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Rotate Object Around Center In FlashBuilder/Flex

Figo — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:36:40 +0000

In Flash, rotating a movieclip/component simply requires setting the movieclip registration point to the center. In Flex/FlashBuilder there are numerous blog posts on the subject (including wrapping the component inside another container and setting relative coordinate to the center of the wrapper). I thought I’d quickly share a quick way I found to do this: [...]

MooTools Remote RSS Feed Parser

Figo — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:21:25 +0000

Phew! I haven’t written on this blog since September 2010. I don’t really have much to say nowadays I guess. That’s not why you’re here though, so let’s get down business. I searched high and low whilst working on a Joomla module (Job Board) for a ready class that’ll work straight out the box with [...]

Maintenance Release: Job Board 1.5.0b for Joomla!

Figo — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:21:11 +0000

Last week’s release of Job Board 1.5.0 saw and influx of praise and encouragement from the Joomla! community. I was also alerted to a couple of installation related and menu configuration issues, thanks to a couple of folks with a very sharp eye. I want to thank you all for the kind words and encouragement. [...]

Job Board Extension Released

Figo — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:26:10 +0000

The long-promised Job listings component for Joomla has finally been released. Follow this link (http://bit.ly/job_board) to try out the frontend demo and download the component and modules. There are features I plan to add along the way (e.g. front-end job applicant profiles, language translations, etc.). Suggestions and comments are highly encouraged. Subscribe to the comments [...]

Behind The Scenes

Figo — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:45:25 +0000

Whew! This is the first time this year that I’m writing on this blog. Time indeed flies when you’re having fun – (or not – let’s save that story for another day). A rumble in the dark Quite a lot has been happening on the Tandolin side – especially on the development of internal projects, [...]

Founders At Work – A Great Business Read For Tech Heads

Figo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:16:14 +0000

I finally made time to read Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days by Jessica Livingston Wow! What an interesting and insightful book! It’s just one of those books that you wish you had read when they hit the shelves, and it leaves you with strange but exciting feeling that you could not possibly [...]

Building A J-AMFPHP AIR Application in HTML/JS

Figo — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:29:24 +0000

UPDATE: Enhanced code styling 30 June 2009 This post will show you how to write a basic AIR application in HTML/JavaScript and get it to speak AMF with your Joomla! 1.5 (and above) installation. If you’re just starting out, see how to setup and run J-AMFPHP in Joomla first. We’ll be creating our AIR application [...]

jQuery vs MooTools – Which One Is The Best?

Figo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:48:46 +0000

According to Aaron Newton of Clientcide, this is not the question to be asking. And I happen to agree with him. These two frameworks just aren’t trying to do the same things. They overlap in the functionality they provide, but they are not trying to do the same things Opposite Directions MooTools is aimed more [...]

Selling Digital Goods Online: Still Worth The Effort?

Figo — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:27:09 +0000

With all the free and open-source products circling the web, why should you pay for a product that has a free equivalent for download? If you put in a little more effort you can even get retail goods without paying a single red cent! So what’s all this buzz about businesses continuing to sell goods [...]

10 things a web designer would never tell you

Figo — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:37:55 +0000

The hard facts from Paul Boag. A must read for prospective web clients and web designers: Point #10 Getting the design of your website right is important. However it is no use if nobody sees it. Your number one priority has to be driving traffic to your site. Point #9 Web designers like to claim [...]