Monthly Archives: August 2010

WPTouch and Webcomic Working Together

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I happen to be a user of both WPTouch (a plugin that makes my blog mobile friendly) and Webcomic (a plugin and theme that allows you to organize comic series). The problem lies in that webcomic uses a custom post type for displaying the images associated with each comic and WPTouch has no idea how to display a webcomic. Thus, when someone visits my site on a mobile device, they can see any text that I post for a webcomic, but they can’t see the image associated with my post. Today I resolved to fix that problem and I was successful. While it’s not the most elegant of solutions, it at least works for now and I hope it can help others.

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Facebook Places – Notification Settings Falacy

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I’m going to try and nip this one in the bud. For those of you who don’t know what Facebook Places is you can read about it here. It is a new service by Facebook that allows you to “check in” at a location to let other people know where you’re at and who you’re with. I saw someone with this status today:

Facebook launched Facebook Places yesterday.
Anyone can find out where you are when you are logged in. It gives the
actual address & map location of where you are as you use Facebook.
Make sure your kids know too. TO UNDO: Go to “Account”, “Account
Settings”, ………”Notifications”, then scroll down to “Places” and
UNCHECK the 2 boxes. Make sure to SAVE changes and re-post this message

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Stay Safe On Facebook

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I’ve been on Facebook for a long time. I have seen people do some pretty dumb things when it comes to protecting themselves, their identity, and the identities of their friends and loved ones. One of the biggest threats on Facebook is to give strangers access to your personal information. A lot of people I know play Facebook games which rely on you getting your friends to be neighbors. What typically happens though is that your personal friends don’t play those games, so you go out and find a bunch of random people to be friends with so that they can help you in the game.

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The Future of Character Modeling in Video Games

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One of the biggest disconnects in video games has been the inability for a 3D model to fully interact with it’s environment. Hair never seems to follow the laws of gravity, hands and arms seem to float right through clothing. I have often been disappointed that no one has stepped forward to solve some of these basic modelling problems. It seems now that my long wait could be over. In a video released by CCP (EVE Online) they showcase a technology that solves a lot of those interaction problems. It seems this will be the technology they are going to be using when they migrate to a fully 3D modeled character (as opposed to the static character portraits they’ve used for years).

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Adobe: Worst Customer Support Ever – Flash Builder 4 Premium Profiler Not Working

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This blog is a chronicle of my adventure with Adobe in trying to get support for Flash Builder 4. You see, I purchased the premium version of the product 5 days ago, and one of the key features for the premium version is a “profiler”. Now, I got the application installed fine, and everything works EXCEPT for the “profiler”, the one feature that I paid $700 for. What follows is how Adobe chooses to conduct support for a $700 product.
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