I got an unexpected phone call from a writer at one of the prominent Turkish newspapers this morning, asking me about the launch of the No.10 Virtual Tour project. A quick Google search revealed that the BCC has a story on it and that other media outlets have begun reporting about it. The reporter did [...]

WiiNintendo.net has posted a list of key codes that the various buttons on the Wiimote generate, stating that they work in Flash and JavaScript. Well, that's half accurate: They do work in JavaScript but not in Flash. Adding a Key listener in Flash doesn't register anything when the buttons on the Wiimote are pressed. My first [...]

Here's a startling observation: the Flash Player on the Wii appears to run better than the one on my MacBook Pro (2.16 Core Duo). At least for this simple test SWF. With the movie's frame rate set to 60 fps, I'm getting frame rates in the range of 41-52 FPS on my notebook (FireFox). Under [...]

One of the most exciting pieces of news in the last few days was the release of the Opera-based browser for the Nintendo Wii. Why? Because it has Flash support. Flash 7, to be precise. This means that Flash developers are now automatically also Wii developers if they want to be. You have to love a [...]

Alongside Flex Builder 2, TextMate is my editor of choice on OS X. TextMate is a great all-round editor for simple (and some not-so-simple) tasks. For RoR, it's the dog's bullocks. I was, however, initially somewhat disappointed by its support for PHP. Out of the box, TextMate doesn't support PHP code completion or provide you [...]