Comments for Alastair's Axioms http://blog.alastairdawson.com Flex, Ruby, etc. etc. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:14:13 -0800 hourly 1 Comment on HTML5 vs Flash ! by Alastair http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2010/02/05/html5-vs-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Alastair Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:14:13 +0000 http://blog.alastairdawson.com/?p=178#comment-1534 @sjaak I agree that it's bullshit and both 'sides' have gone overboard. However there are a lot of misconceptions about Flash being flung around on the internets these days and "Flash is a resource hog" is one of them. @sjaak I agree that it’s bullshit and both ’sides’ have gone overboard. However there are a lot of misconceptions about Flash being flung around on the internets these days and “Flash is a resource hog” is one of them.

]]> Comment on HTML5 vs Flash ! by lonche http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2010/02/05/html5-vs-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 lonche Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:25:52 +0000 http://blog.alastairdawson.com/?p=178#comment-1533 I agree.I tried most experiments on chromexperiments.com and I can say that things aren't looking that pink as some people claim. Very simple demos, which in Flash take minimum CPU, require several times more CPU when done in JS (and running them in Chrome). I agree.I tried most experiments on chromexperiments.com and I can say that things aren’t looking that pink as some people claim. Very simple demos, which in Flash take minimum CPU, require several times more CPU when done in JS (and running them in Chrome).

]]> Comment on HTML5 vs Flash ! by sjaak http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2010/02/05/html5-vs-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 sjaak Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:27:44 +0000 http://blog.alastairdawson.com/?p=178#comment-1532 stop the flash vs html5 bullshit already... its overkill.. get on with your live.. stop the flash vs html5 bullshit already… its overkill.. get on with your live..

]]> Comment on HTML5 vs Flash ! by Mac Laptop News » Blog Archive » News: “HTML5 vs Flash !” http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2010/02/05/html5-vs-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 Mac Laptop News » Blog Archive » News: “HTML5 vs Flash !” Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:11:04 +0000 http://blog.alastairdawson.com/?p=178#comment-1530 [...] HTML5 vs Flash ! on Latest Adobe NewsTopics: MacBook [...] [...] HTML5 vs Flash ! on Latest Adobe NewsTopics: MacBook [...]

]]> Comment on HTML5 vs Flash ! by iBrent http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2010/02/05/html5-vs-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 iBrent Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:23:17 +0000 http://blog.alastairdawson.com/?p=178#comment-1529 True story. My favorite quote I heard in the twittersphere was: Plugins don't kill CPU's, people do. =D iBrent True story. My favorite quote I heard in the twittersphere was:

Plugins don’t kill CPU’s, people do.

=D

iBrent

]]> Comment on Hacking attachment_fu to work with Flash/Flex uploads and crop square images by Daryth http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2007/12/28/hacking-attachment_fu-to-work-with-flashflex-uploads-and-crop-square-images/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Daryth Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:53:58 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/12/28/hacking-attachment_fu-to-work-with-flashflex-uploads-and-crop-square-images/#comment-1528 A little bit to late, but you could use content_type = `file --brief --mime "#{File.join(temp_path)}"`.chomp Because option `file -bi ...` returns 'regular_file' instead of something like 'image/jpeg' on Mac OS-X A little bit to late, but you could use
content_type = `file –brief –mime “#{File.join(temp_path)}”`.chomp

Because option `file -bi …`
returns ‘regular_file’ instead of something like ‘image/jpeg’ on Mac OS-X

]]> Comment on Scripting bezier movement with Tweener by tweener - StartTags.com http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2007/08/09/scripting-bezier-movement-with-tweener/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 tweener - StartTags.com Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:18:16 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/08/09/scripting-bezier-movement-with-tweener/#comment-1523 [...] Simple, clean and fast. ... Posted in ActionScript, api | Tagged ActionScript, Caurina, Tweener ...Scripting bezier movement with TweenerScripting bezier movement with Tweener. By Alastair | August 9, 2007. I downloaded the latest [...] [...] Simple, clean and fast. … Posted in ActionScript, api | Tagged ActionScript, Caurina, Tweener …Scripting bezier movement with TweenerScripting bezier movement with Tweener. By Alastair | August 9, 2007. I downloaded the latest [...]

]]> Comment on Flex Image Component: Loading, Resizing, Aligning, and Smoothing by Nuwan http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2007/11/02/flex-image-component-loading-resizing-aligning-and-smoothing/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Nuwan Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:33:05 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/11/02/flex-image-component-loading-resizing-aligning-and-smoothing/#comment-1520 Thank you , this was really helpful!!! Thank you ,
this was really helpful!!!

]]> Comment on MT GS RoR A-Z: The complete guide to Rails on Media Temple’s Grid Server by rails frustrated http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2007/02/18/mt-ror-a-z-the-complete-guide-to-getting-rails-running-on-media-temple/comment-page-2/#comment-1507 rails frustrated Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:53:00 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/02/18/mt-ror-a-z-the-complete-guide-to-getting-rails-running-on-media-temple/#comment-1507 Been unable to deploy rails app for a few weeks now.. feels like a month. After running "cap deploy:update_code" ..i get this error... cap deploy:update_code * executing `deploy:update_code' executing locally: "svn info svn+ssh://{USER}@{DOMAIN}/home/{SITE}/data/svnrepos/{APP}/trunk -rHEAD" checking for svn... yes * refreshing local cache to revision 5 at C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/{APP} executing locally: svn update -q -r5 C:\Users\raw\AppData\Local\Temp\{APP} * copying cache to deployment staging area C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810 compressing C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810 to C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810.tar.gz executing locally: tar czf 20100104184810.tar.gz 20100104184810 servers: ["s{SITE}.gridserver.com"] ** sftp upload C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810.tar.gz -> /tmp/20100104184810.tar.gz C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:156:in `[]=': undefined method `[]=' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:207:in `handle_error' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:48:in `process!' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:43:in `loop' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:43:in `process!' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:11:in `process' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/configuration/actions/file_transfer.rb:40:in `transfer' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/configuration/connections.rb:172:in `execute_on_servers' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `each_slice' ... 19 levels... from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/cli/execute.rb:14:in `execute' from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/bin/cap:4 from C:/Ruby/bin/cap:19:in `load' from C:/Ruby/bin/cap:19 Been unable to deploy rails app for a few weeks now.. feels like a month. After running “cap deploy:update_code” ..i get this error…

cap deploy:update_code
* executing `deploy:update_code’
executing locally: “svn info svn+ssh://{USER}@{DOMAIN}/home/{SITE}/data/svnrepos/{APP}/trunk -rHEAD”
checking for svn… yes
* refreshing local cache to revision 5 at C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/{APP}
executing locally: svn update -q -r5 C:\Users\raw\AppData\Local\Temp\{APP}
* copying cache to deployment staging area C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810
compressing C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810 to C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810.tar.gz
executing locally: tar czf 20100104184810.tar.gz 20100104184810
servers: ["s{SITE}.gridserver.com"]
** sftp upload C:/Users/raw/AppData/Local/Temp/20100104184810.tar.gz -> /tmp/20100104184810.tar.gz
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:156:in `[]=’: undefined method `[]=’ for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:207:in `handle_error’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:48:in `process!’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:43:in `loop’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:43:in `process!’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/transfer.rb:11:in `process’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/configuration/actions/file_transfer.rb:40:in `transfer’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/configuration/connections.rb:172:in `execute_on_servers’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `each_slice’
… 19 levels…
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/lib/capistrano/cli/execute.rb:14:in `execute’
from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.10/bin/cap:4
from C:/Ruby/bin/cap:19:in `load’
from C:/Ruby/bin/cap:19

]]> Comment on Multiple File Upload with Flash and Ruby on Rails by Frank http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2006/09/08/multiple-file-upload-with-flash-and-ruby-on-rails/comment-page-3/#comment-1505 Frank Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:24:20 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2006/09/08/multiple-file-upload-with-flash-and-ruby-on-rails/#comment-1505 Thank you for posting this tutorial. Can you email me the plugin fix from bubbleshare? According to their site, they are no longer operating. Thanks, Frank Thank you for posting this tutorial. Can you email me the plugin fix from bubbleshare? According to their site, they are no longer operating.

Thanks,

Frank

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