September 17, 2009
This past Saturday I installed Max OS X Snow Leopard, but only after doing my homework! I read a lot of blog posts of pros and cons, most of them on the Apple discussions board. Plenty of scary stories and some praises too, let’s face it though, most people only go to discussions for trouble shooting help not to praise Apple. If your not having troubles you just continue with your day without a thought of what could have gone wrong. Even still there were enough horror stories to make me wait a week and take some pre-update safety measures. First and foremost I backed up all of my important files to external drives. In addition I set my Time Machine (Apple’s Back Up Utility) to do a complete back up, usually I will only back up personal important files, not system, applications etc. because I have the original discs for those things and I don’t want to bog down my back up disc with things I can just reinstall. Then lastly I made a small 120 GB partition on my main hard drive and duplicated my existing system 10.5.8 using Carbon Copy Cloner, incase I needed to go back to my previous OS.
I ran the installer for Mac OS 10.6 on my mid 2009 iMac 24 inch with 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor and all went fine, took a little longer than I expected, about 30 to 45 minutes, but not bad. All my software seems run fine so far, Adobe Web Premium CS3 apps couple CS2 apps, Rosetta Stone, and most importantly Ghost Recon! I am excited to get some Exchange support in Mail, however no shared or public folders show and calendars do not connect. There is a huge performance increase with VPN connections and reading remote directories on Windows and Mac systems.
I have not fully tested everything yet but I will and update this post in the near future as I test the system more.
Oh, and while I was at it I treated my iPod to the new iPhone OS 3.1, sweet, copy and paste!
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September 9, 2009
My poor iPod fell down the shaft
While on vacation in Charleston South Carolina I had a traumatic experience. I was taking the elevator down from the third floor where our room was in the Marriott Courtyard hotel in North Charleston, when the doors opened I walked out, not looking up but checking my email on my iPod Touch. When I did look up I saw I was only on the second floor. Looking back down at my ipod I turned back to the elevator, took one step and was bumped by the closing door. The bump knocked the ipod from my hand and sent it tumbling 2 stories down the elevator shaft. I didn’t realize what had happened at first, then while scanning the floor I noticed the familiar glow of the screen shinning up at me. I was relived to see it was still on. The extremely helpful staff at the hotel was able to retrieve it for me in short order. I never invested in a case, cover or any kind of protection for the ipod, and as it turns out I didn’t need to. Other than a few nicks, a couple of scratched and a bit of a dent the thing is fine and in perfect working order. I think I will reward it with a iPhone 3.1 software upgrade.
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February 11, 2009
Corner Edge Solutions is proud to announce the launch of 22one.org.
Zarphath Christian Churchs’ 22one Marriage Ministries mission is to Encourage, Empower, and Equip couples to promote Christ Centered marriages where couples are biblically strengthened and engaged. Users of 22one.org can learn about the unique growth groups offered. Members and new comers can check in for activities information. Drop into the gallery to see photos and videos of the 22one events, while you’re there let the folks at 22one what you think about their mission by sending them an email.
There is more to come at 22one.org so keep checking back!
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February 11, 2009
How can I use a variable in a target path? This may be a well known bit of info for many Flash developers but for this designer who is not code jockey it was a quite a challenge. I have a flash file that has a movie clip (myclip) attached to it dozens of times, each clip is dynamically named (myclip1, myclip2, myclip3, etc.) and each contains a variable (var_in_myclip) which is loaded from xml. The root contains 2 variables, one is a number (var id:Number;) and the other is a string (var whichclipvar;).
So I need my “whichclipvar” to be the same as one of my “var_in_myclip” in one of “myclip” movie clips and I want to use my “id” number to target a specific “myclip” to get it’s var, like this
whichclipvar = _root.myclip1.var_in_myclip;
But I need the myclip1 in the target path to change if “id” changes.
The solution is to create a new variable that can be used as a string in the target path. Like this:
var myclippath:String=”myclip”+id;
Then use [myclippath] in place of the movie clip in your target path. The square brackets are important for this, and no preceding “.” who knew? The whole code looks like this and requires a movie clip on the stage with an instance name of “myclip” and its symbol properties must be set to export for action script and named “myclip”:
var id:Number;
//// NOTE: the id var can be set in any way that works for your purposes///
var whichclipvar;
var mycontent:XML = new XML();
mycontent.load(“my_content.xml”);
mycontent.ignoreWhite = true;
mycontent.onLoad = function (success) {
if (success) {
var myxml = this.firstChild;
for (var i=0; i<36; i++) {
myclip.attachMovie(“myclip”, “myclip”+i, (0+i), {var_in_myclip:myxml.firstChild.childNodes[5].childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue,});
}
}
var myclippath:String=”myclip”+id;
whichclipvar = _root[myclippath].var_in_myclip;
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February 11, 2009
Raphael Giglio is a recording artist and worship leader. He is part of a fresh new genre of singer/songwriters who have evolved from many styles of music and are enjoying mainstream success.
His style is a mix of Folk, Pop, Modern Messianic, Contemporary Christian and Worship. Raphael serves as pastor of worship at Zarephath Christian Church and on Star 99.1 FM radio.
Corner Edge Solutions has developed a completely new website to help Raphael spread his words and music of faith. Raphaelmusic.com offers many ways for fans to learn more about Raphael and keep up to date with what’s happening with him. A complete history of Raphael’s career is documented on the biography page. You can listen to every song ever recorded by Raphael on the music page, and to read the words that make his work so inspirational click to the lyrics page. In the photos section of Raphaelmusic.com you can check out how Raphael looked through various styles and stages of his career.
Go see Raphael perform! to find out where just check the events page for a complete schedule. The new site even offers fans info on how to get their favorite Raphael songs, and for faith leaders to schedule an event with Raphael. If all that Raphaelmusic.com has to offer is still not enough check out the links. Learn even more about Raphael and Aly at http://www.myspace.com/raphaelmusic and http://www.myspace.com/raphaelandaly. The new site design is a vast improvement presenting the content in a clean and orderly manner with great new listening and lyrics features that make the experience interactive and fulfilling.
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May 13, 2008
Corner Edge Solutions has launched the new Rennroc corporate website. Rennroc is a powerful risk management data base service. The new corporate website design reflects the power of the product with bold accent colors on a striking black and blue page. Visit the site to learn all there is to know about Rennroc and why so many companies are choosing it to address their risk management needs. Rennroc is a scalable service with an ever growing list of tools and modules, so as your business needs grow Rennroc will be there 24-7 to help you through. Shoot them an email to schedule a online demonstration.
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April 19, 2008
The Corner Edge team is very proud to announce the implementation of design.corneredge.com.
Corner Edge services a wide base of clients ranging from fortune 500 multi-nationals to small business and Entrepreneurs. This site was developed to showcase the broad range of design that Corner Edge offers to its’ clients.
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April 15, 2008
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April 15, 2008
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