I'm currently debugging a Flex program I wrote 18 months ago. My very first "big" Flex app. All the variables and functions are public. Data is passed around by tightly coupled components. The database is requeried CONSTANTLY. I went into this thing to make a text change a few weeks ago. While in there, I wanted to make some little efficiency upgrades and ended up rewriting half the thing. Going back to your own old code is actually more frustrating than picking up someone else's. It's fun to see how I've progressed as a Flex programmer in the last year and a half. But also very frustrating to weed through all the junky code I put in because I just didn't know better then.

To say this post contains spoilers is a moot point. "Spoilers" means it will ruin the surprise of the movie when you see it. But you should never see this movie. The movie HAD to have been written by fan fiction writers.

Jet Li + Michelle Yeoh = Endless Supply of Win?

Incorrect.

The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was hands down the worst movie I've paid to see in over a decade (I saw Patrick Swayze in 'Black Dog' at the dollar show). The plot was forced and scattered. The acting was terrible (point: Brendan's voice sounds like a muppet when he says he put down the same mummy, twice). The characters had zero chemistry. The dialog was flat and poorly delivered. The special effects were cheesy and very unimpressive.

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I've said it before and it's still true. ColdFusion Report Builder is absolute trash. Very unstable, very inconsistent interface, very tedious to fine tune a report. I always get the impression an Adobe intern was given this to do one summer. It's impressive for an intern, but an embarrassment for Adobe. Even as a free application, it's not worth the cost.

Yea for getting carpal tunnel playing on your phone! With the iPhone 2.0 update last week, so came a wealth of apps. I naturally went right for the (free) game category.

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Term coining!

Decision radius: The scope of individuals capable of making a decision. Example: I'm outside the decision radius about where we'll be raiding tonight.

Adobeverse: A group of high-image individuals known for their knowledge in Adobe-related technologies. Such as Ben Forta, Ray Camden, and Ben Nadel are in the ColdFusion wing of the Adobeverse. Unfortunely, this term was used at least a year ago, so while I thought of it on my own, someone else thought of it on their own first.

iTard: One who has displayed inability to navigate Apple's simple interfaces.

Because I always forget how to do it, and always have to look up the syntax... Here's how to update table A with values from table B.

A non-WoW related post? For realz?

I've been working on a Transfer/ColdSpring/ColdBox site. I've got one word for Transfer: voodoo magic. The powers-that-be for this project decided yesterday to abandon Transfer and go back to generating CFCs. I don't exactly know why it was abandoned, but it was cited that Transfer is causing more work arounds than its solving problems. Now I'm just a code monkey on this project. I pull down the files nightly, copy/paste what the other developer did, and change variable names until my portion of the work is done. So I don't have any problems with Transfer, I'm not involved in whatever hoops the other developer is jumping through to get stuff working. I can say I really liked Transfer for the short while I used it. It's shiny and new and from my perspective saves a lot of time.

Shocker, I was playing World of Warcraft last night. Tuesdays are the usual day for Karazhan runs in my guild. I went for a slurpee run and came back to full raid, ready to go. Then the main tank (let's call him Asshat) leaves, saying the group was insufficient to complete the instance.

Some background on Asshat, he has nine level 70 characters and a few level 60+. Getting a character to level 70 takes (guessing, haven't leveled 1-70 since they sped up the process) nine to eleven "play days", which means 9x24 to 11x24 hours of playing that character. This guy is the very image of a WoW addict.

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Joshua Cyr's done a sweet job setting up a CF/Flex/Air cruise!

http://www.riadventure.com/

I immediately couldn't help but imagine certain big names in the Adobeverse... in swim wear.

I then immediately bashed my head against the wall until I stopped.

Now that you've killed High King Maulgar and Gruul a bunch of times, it's time to move onto bigger fish. I actually think the Mag fight is easier than Gruul. Gruul's Shatter ability is really annoying and does lots of damage. Mag has earthquake, that bounces you around, which is annoying, but much less destructive.

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