Seems like Akismet is doing a good job keeping the spam away, so I decided to turn off the requirement to log in when you want to leave a comment.

If you build just about any Flash application you will need a menu that will manage button states and let you know when something has been clicked. This class will do that and can be implemented in projects big and small. Below is a very basic example on how it can be used, on the Mall World page it is implemented six times. Can you guess where?

A very basic implementation

Creating a Menu Object can be as simple as this


var menu = new Menu();
menu.addItem({clip: buttonOne, id: 1});
menu.addItem({clip: buttonTwo, id: 2});
menu.addEventListener(MenuEvent.NAVIGATE, this.menuNavigateHandler);


This code is released under the MIT License with just one request. If you improve it in some way that could benefit other users leave a comment.

Download the code & example files

I received my demo umd of Chains of Olympus in the mail on Friday and dug out my duty PSP for the first time in about a year to play it. Wow. It plays almost identical to the PS2 games and looks just as great. I think I would play more PSP games if they were all of this quality.

I am in the market for a new desktop computer to replace my aging Windows desktop which I built myself. I am trying to decide if I want the Mac Mini, or the iMac, the 2.0ghz Mini or the 24″ iMac. I have a Dell 20″ LCD monitor which I would use with the Mini, but a 24″ screen would be much nicer. However, I don’t have a lot of money to spend, so the Mac Mini makes the most sense for me, however, why bother getting a computer I doubt will be powerful enough for my tastes. At $1,799 the iMac would be the most expensive computer I have ever paid for myself.

Mac Mini Pros

• small
• quiet
• I could use my exisiting Dell 20″ monitor to save some money

Mac Mini Cons

• smaller and slower hard drive
• would have to use my ugly Dell 20″ monitor
• slower cpu
• no iSight built in
• sad video card

iMac Pros

• faster hard drive
• new, great looking monitor
• iSight built in
• takes up less desk space
• comes with a new keyboard and mouse
• great video card

iMac Cons

• price

What I really want is a Mac Pro, but I really can’t afford that $2,499 baseline price tag. I think the Mac Pro I would want would come in at over $5,000.

So, when I have the money I will have a serious decision to make. I think I am leaning towards the iMac at the moment, in the end I think I will be happier.

I picked up my new glasses on Thursday. Its nice not having to squint at my screen anymore.

Do my eyes look crossed?

Good stuff

I was hoping to find one of my co-workers outside smoking.

After three weekends of travelling you would think I would be tired and in bed. Not me. I am up worried about finding a multi-room dvr solution for our two high def televisions.

We currently have two 32″ LCD displays. One is in our living room, and one is on the wall in our bedroom. I have an Xbox 360 and a Blu-Ray (PS3) downstairs along with a high-def DVR downstairs and a normal high-def set top box upstairs. Problem is, I want to play Xbox, and Monica wants to watch her recorded “stories.”

My ideal solution is a media server recording all the content, serving photos, music, podcasts, movies etc. Trouble is, there are products out there that will do all that with standard def TV, but nothing exists for high-def tv.

• I would be fairly satisfied with a Windows Media Center PC streaming to two Xbox 360s, but in order to get high-def TV you need a cable card, and apparently that is next to impossible to get running on your own
• I would be really satisfied with two Tivos, but the high-def models apparently do not support multi-room viewing
• Moxi sounds promising, but is not available through Comcast or their Pittsburgh area competitors
• Verizon has a multi-room DVR for its Fios service, but it won’t stream high-def
• There are many open source projects out there, but most won’t do a remote or streamed version of the interface to a smaller remote box, and none of them work with cable, only over the air high-def

This is something that has really been annoying me lately.