Monthly Archives: November 2006

Database vs. Text File 3

![MySQL](/blog/wp-content/uploads/icons/mysql.jpg)

[acid]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID “Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability”
[sqlite]: http://www.sqlite.org/ “SQLite”
[mysql]: http://www.mysql.org/ “MySQL”
Oh boy. What a can of worms.
I’m approaching this question from a small business/project perspective because if you already know about the ACID test, you don’t need to be reading this. I’m going to stick to my own experiences and approach this question from a [...]

Detecting an Idle User 0

![Adobe Flex](/blog/wp-content/uploads/icons/Flash.jpg)

I wrote a very simple AS2 class which monitors mouse movement. If the mouse is idle for the defined duration, then a message is broadcast and a callback function is fired.
I call it ActivityMonitor… because it monitors activity.

AMF/Flash Remoting with PHP 0

![Adobe Flex](/blog/wp-content/uploads/icons/Flex.jpg)

[amfphp]: http://www.amfphp.org/ “http://www.amfphp.org/”
[sdcfug]: http://www.sdcfug.org/ “http://www.sdcfug.org/”
[hoyt]: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/khoyt/ “http://weblogs.macromedia.com/khoyt/”
[sabreamf]: http://www.osflash.org/sabreamf “http://www.osflash.org/sabreamf”
[weborb]: http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/php/index.htm “http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/php/index.htm”
[potter]: http://blogs.adobe.com/mikepotter/2006/11/using_flex_2_an.html “http://blogs.adobe.com/mikepotter/2006/11/using_flex_2_an.html”
I’ve been using [AMFPHP][amfphp] for a while now to power all my data driven flash websites, so I was disappointed to learn that AMFPHP doesn’t support AMF3 which is what Flex 2 uses.
In my search for answers, I attended the [SDCFUG][sdcfug] meeting [...]

San Diego Flash Meetup Group 0

![Meetup](/blog/wp-content/uploads/icons/Meetup.jpg)

Here’s some shameless self promotion:
Click here to check outThe San Diego Flash Meetup Group!

Refresh San Diego 0

![Refresh San Diego](/blog/wp-content/uploads/icons/Refresh.jpg)

[refresh]: http://www.refreshsandiego.org “http://www.refreshsandiego.org”
[forum]: http://www.refreshsandiego.org/forum “http://www.refreshsandiego.org/forum”
[recap]: http://www.refreshsandiego.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=75
[SDCFUG]: http://www.sdcfug.org/ “San Diego Cold Fusion User Group”
I attended a meeting of the [Refresh San Diego][refresh] group and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the discussion and the friendliness of the people. I’ll post some info here when I get a chance, but if you’re in San [...]