Month: February 2010

Masking Test & Input Fields in Flash

A common problem in Flash involving text and masking. Check it out!

Normally, mask setting in Flash IDE don't work for dynamic TextField and TextInput components. With default settings, you'll not be able to see the text through the mask. People using masked layers from Flash IDE often fall into this problem. One stupid solution to this problem is not using mask at all. However, if you want to implement something like custom scrolling, sliding etc. then most of the time you'll need to use mask.

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Bloom Box - the new wow factor in Green Energy.

A new Green Energy concept.

A U.S. based company has recently unveiled a new Green Energy source that is both cheap and efficient; And what more? -  It is supposed to transfer the energy wireless! They named the devise as Bloom Energy Server. Is this the long waited breakthrough in green and efficient energy source technology? Is this alternative to our petroleum dependence?

There is a video in cbsnews site, along with an article discussing just that. Cbs is calling it the "Magic Bloom Box!" Although, the original company likes to call it as "Bloom Energy Server".

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