Printing Flex Grids
Posted by Lance | Filed under Flex
I came across an issue where I will need to have a button that allows a flex DataGrid to print ALL the cells. I've come across some helpful posts on the web, however; none do exactly what I need to be done. So I figure I'll improvise. (Most examples you'll find on the web only print what is in the viewable area.)
I'll be putting a tutorial together to explain this shortly, if you have any suggestions, or special requests, let me know, and I'll try to include them. Should be up later today, first thing tomorrow.
Lance
Tags: Flex, print dataGrid, printing, tutorial
Friday Video of The Day!
Posted by Lance | Filed under Off the beat, Video
Two words... HOLY #$%*
Happy Friday!!
Tags: big wave surfing, friday video of the day, surf, surf video
Changing HD On a Macbook Pro
Posted by Lance | Filed under Mac
This morning I finally had a few hours to do "anything" I wanted. So I pulled out the HD drive I cloned last week, grabbed my tools, cleaned my glass dinning room table, and positioned my laptop for surgery. I must admit, I was a nervous wreck. I basically store my life on my laptop (hence why I need more space) and the thought of losing any of that info freaked me out!
So, with a little advice and direction from the folks over at Ifixit, I was able to knock this out in under an hour. I am writing this post using my new Western Digital 320g HD!
A few pointers for this. I got a plain white piece of paper and a red ultra fine point sharpie to help me keep track of all the screws that you must remove. Not such a big deal, but you don't want to mess this up.
Also, don't be lazy, get the required tools that Ifixit recommends.
- #00 Phillips Screwdriver
- T6 Torx Screwdriver
- Spudger <---- never heard of this until now
Summing up, I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my original HD to my new HD. Read about that here. Then, I followed IFixit's guide to install the new HD, and turned on my MBP and everything was just like normal, only I have TONS of space now
Tags: carbon copy cloner, clone mac hd, mbp, scorpio black, spudger
Clone Your Mac HD
Posted by Lance | Filed under Mac
Ok.. this was a scarry process. I'm super nervous about doing this, after all let's face it. I'm a designer. Not a techie. Yeah, I can bust flash and flex code, but that's "cool code" 
Today I got a WD Scorpio Black 320 HD for my MBP (Mac Book Pro). It's super tight because it's the biggest you can get for my mac. With all the music, artwork, and production softare my old 120 HD got smoked quick. this 320 should do just fine!
I found several great screenshot tutorials for this, and if you do a simple "clone mac hd" in google, your sure to find the same ones. With all the choices out there, I'm going to use Carbon Copy Cloner to "clone" my existing HD onto my new scorpio. I put it inside an enclosure and hooked it up to my mac with a USB. I read that you would need firewire, but I also read that you wouldn't. So far so good for me.
Just a side note, I tried using SuperDuper!, but had issues with it stoping during the cloning process. So I searched for a different answer.
Right now I have 10.81 GB Data copied and it's been 37 min. and 58 seconds. So pretty slow, but at least it's moving. Thanks to my neighbor for the enclosure. An early thanks to you because I'll have to tell you I can't give this backbefore the day is over.
Now, once this is done, I'll be taking apart my mac with this tutorial. It's going to void my warranty, but i think I only have a month left on it anyway. I have a big show this Friday, so let's hope this works right.
I'll update this section with the progress after each step.
Lance
Tags: 320 hd, carbon copy cloner, clone mac hd, dj lance, mbp, superduper, tutorials, wd scorpio black
The Espy Goes To….
Posted by Lance | Filed under Basketball, Video
Remember this story from a few years back? This was incredible! Thought I'd share the ESPN story on Jason McElwain. (J-Mac)
Tags: autisim, Basketball, espn, espy, J-Mac, jason mcelwain
Flash File Size
Posted by Lance | Filed under Web Work, eclipse
I just re-flashed a project in which the size was GIGANTIC. Not to mention there were 2000 + frames, and a ton of Actionscript here and there, which made this a prime target for the trash can!
I wanted give a few tips on how to keep your flash file to a minimum.
1. Re-Use movieClips - In the library, you can rightClick on a movieClip and select "Duplicate Movie Clip". This will allow you to re-design the movie clip... for instance say you have 6 buttons at the top of your website, and you just want to change the text, or colors. Flash will use the original movieclip's properties to build on the new clip thus creating no more bytes
2. Keep your frames in the time line to a minimum - The more frames you have -- the higher your file size. If you notice your frames getting pretty hefty in length -- this would be a sign to pick up the Actionscript 3 language. You can get pretty far on just the basics.
3. Reduce the quality of your images - Back in the library if you right click on an image and select properties, you can use the simple check box to specify a quality size. Believe me, sometimes I use 10% and it looks just the same to the naked eye. Now this won't help tremendously, however a little here, a little there can all add up.
4. Try to use as much Actionscipt as possible. I realize not everyone is rockin' out guru stuff with AS3 -- but if your still on AS2 -- try AS3 -- you might enjoy it as it's so much more of a "Designer Common Sense Language" and it's a bit lighter on the processor making your movies run smoother, thus running "quicker".
Hope these tips help you out - ask questions if you have them... thats what this blog is for
Lance
