AMFWP – AMFPHP + Wordpress Integration
Jan 30, 2007 Miscellanous
The site for my work on AMFPHP and Wordpress Integration can now be found at
Building a Versatile Application
Jan 28, 2007 Miscellanous
I have a strange coding habit.
Sometimes I need to create a class. Say I need to have a dog. So I create this dog class, and make it bark. Then I think to myself, what if I wanted to create a cat? How would I do that. Throw in an Animal class, and subclass it, making sure that each animal will have a correct sound. And since I’m doing that, I better make sure that I can define whether the animal is domesticated, 4 legged or 2 legged, big or small, or what colour it is too. All inside a fully versatile package, together with all the error detection anyone would ever need, and custom functions.
But all I wanted was a dog that barked.
Does anyone ever suffer from this “compulsive versatility” your applications or classes must have? When all you wanted was something that does a specific thing, and instead you build a full encapsulated class brimming with methods and functions that you probably won’t use, but others might?
I bring this up because, as some of you may have noted, I’ve been working on using Wordpress as a CMS, for Flash and AMFPHP. And Patrick Mineault of 5etdemi, and developer of AMFPHP, asked for volunteers to create a package to integrate Wordpress and AMFPHP. Now, as much as that sounds good and all, but for my purposes, I don’t need a full package, and I probably won’t finish it. Maybe its my self-perceived quality of work doesn’t seem up to scratch.
Well, hope I can keep at it. The other bad habit I have is losing steam really quickly.
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Live on Wordpress 2.1
Jan 25, 2007 Miscellanous
Successfully moved. Nothing seems broken yet, but if you see anything please email me or leave a comment! Thank you!
Expect Some Difficulties
Jan 24, 2007 Miscellanous
Domain is still shaky. Not sure if its the hosting, or its just random instability.
Furthermore, I will be migrating over to Wordpress 2.1 soon. So I’ll have to make sure nothing breaks. Wish me luck!
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Server Offline
Jan 23, 2007 Miscellanous
Spent about 15 hours offline today, thanks to DreamHost suffering from an apparent DDos attack. Had to resync my feeds (again), and check everything is working as it should.
On a separate note, Wordpress 2.1 has been released! This was a mixed blessing for me: it comes at a time when I am working towards a Flash/Wordpress integration, so while I get to make sure it works with the latest version, I had to double check that all my work had not gone to waste. Thankfully, most of the database structure stays the same, except in the case of Links.
Instead of Blogroll having its own table, it now has a simple table of links, which are referenced by a Category in the categories table.
In other plans, I might start this blog from scratch, using Wordpress 2.1 . The more I post here, the more I have to migrate.
Shall fiddle around with flash some more. Many apologies for the downtime.
Update your RSS Readers
Jan 21, 2007 Miscellanous
To my 2 loyal RSS Subscribers, if they should ever return, please re-update your RSS Readers to reflect the change (it seems that I forgot to change my Feed target in Feedburner, and it was still linking back to the original host)
Many Apologies!
More shifting
Jan 20, 2007 Miscellanous
If this is the first time to my blog, you might not know this, but DarylTeo.com now runs on DreamHost servers!
Things will be a little unstable, while I get everything back up to speed, install the required plugins and such so rest assured I’ll be posting here again eventually.
Are You Looking For Dazzer?
Jan 14, 2007 Miscellanous
I’ve been receiving a small percentage of hits from people searching the term “Dazzer”. I know there is a Dazzer Dog Repellent, but that doesn’t explain why people search for “Dazzer” in the first place.
Do comment, and enlighten me! What exactly are you looking for when you search for “Dazzer”?
iPhone – truely Revolutionary?
Jan 14, 2007 Uncategorized
Am I the only one who isn’t so “wowed” by Apple’s Multi-Touch? I saw it, gestures and all, a long while ago when Jeff Han showed the public some of his team’s research Here and also presented a demo of it at the Technology Entertainment Design 2006 seminar . This demo showed off an “intuitive, ‘interface-free’, touch-driven computer screen which can be manipulated intuitively with the fingertips, and responds to varying levels of pressure”. (The demo can be found on their site Here) So did Apple work with him 2 years ago? Or is Jeff working for them? Or did they buy rights off him? Either way, the technology itself is only revolutionary because…
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