January 3rd, 2010

Outputting trace statements outside Flash/Flex Builder in OS X

For quite a while, I have been using the Terminal to output trace statements while I’m viewing Flash content in the browser. It works great, but you need to follow a few steps to set it up. After I got my new laptop, I needed to enable the Terminal to do this and I searched the web for instructions since I had forgotten how to do it. I did find what I was looking for, but I also found a pretty neat application for OS X called FlashTracerX that does exactly what I wanted.

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January 1st, 2010

Machinarium – A beautiful Flash game

I just finished playing Machinarium, a point-and-click adventure designed and developed by Amanita Design. Winner of the prize for Excellence in Visual Art at this year’s Independent Game Festival, Machinarium is one of the most amazing games I ever played.

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