Development tidbits, struggles, revelations, and still some Flash

As of this morning, I have been offically aggregated by Macromedia’s MXNA. Guess I am going to have to start writing some real content now.

For those who may stumble upon this blog, I use it to share tidbits of Flash with fellow developers, and also to host presentations and files for the ActionScript class I am teaching at UNLV Educational Outreach.

Welcome.

- John

Even the Mac Mini box was almost smaller than the small form factor Shuttle PC I have.

Once its been unwrapped, it even got smaller, but not lighter. The mini may be small..but not light.

Its final resting place on top of the Shuttle box.

All booted up and no where to go… yet..

My new iPod Mini arrived the other day… well, it was mine for about 5 hours. It was really bought for my wife, but I got to play with it until she got home from work.

Her computer is an “old” dual AMD MP BoxxTech machine and was well before FireWire and USB 2.0 was common. I had picked up a USB 2.0 PCI card the other day and got it installed in her machine. After the quick install of the USB 2.0 card, I was ready to get using the iPod Mini.

I had played with the iPod Mini in the Apple stores before, but somehow it just felt smaller now. It took me a little bit to get used to the controls (ok — i didn’t read the manual first). Anyhow.. it wasn’t long before the wife got home and started loading it up with all her music for running/walking while training.

I’ll probably never see the iPod again — but that’s okay — my Mac Mini should be arriving in a week or two and I’ll get my new “toy”.

Switched blogging software
I switched over from using Blogger to using WordPress last night. I don’t have any real issues with Blogger, but its a pain to have to log in each time and then it has to upload all the files back to my server. Plus, I like having the control to edit the code as I see fit.

Bought an iPod and Mac Mini too
Yesterday, after the new iPod mini’s were announced, I finally bought an iPod. Its for my wife but I am sure I’ll get to use it now and then also. While ordering, I also threw in a Mac Mini for good measure. I have an older dual G4/500 Mac, but its huge and not easy to hook into my current system. The Mac mini will sit on top of my small form factor Shuttle and plug into one of my LCDs DVI inputs.