Getting BlazeDS running on Leopard

(hey I haven't posted in forever, but since I actually had something to share...) I was looking for any information about getting BlazeDS running locally on my Mac to take a stab at learning Flex remoting, and I found this nice tutorial over at Coding Cowboys, but got disappointed when...
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reusable flash Creating Reusable Flash Buttons Controlled by HTML

Oman3D:In this tutorial you will learn how to create a reusable flash that can be configured through the HTML of the page displaying the SWF file. Using the technique you will be able to use one single SWF file for all your buttons in a single page.This is one of...
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Tututorialatic!

I was looking for some information on how to style lists and blockquotes (I'm getting a little annoyed with them -- I can't figure out how to change their default indentations, and browsers give them way to much vertical space. I found this nice site (or 5 sites) by maxdesign...
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CSS From the Ground Up

Nice CSS tutorial, aimed at designers. Mostly nice because it gives tips on how to translate page layout concepts to CSS. CSS From the Ground Up Can you tell I'm working on a website?...
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the advantages of knowing thyself

From Republicans look to Reagan era for inspiration (Yahoo! News):But Joe Barton of Texas, also considering joining the House Republican leadership race, doesn't see the party of Reagan as extreme. "Our party does not suffer the affliction of being a boiling mad collection of fringe interests with notions so cockeyed...
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CSS Tricks Roundup

Pete Freitag posted this awesome list forever ago: Rounded Corners Rounded Corners without imagesCreating a Netflix style star ratings Tableless forms Styling Lists with CSS 2 Column Layout Technique 3 Column Layout with CSS 3 Column Fixed width centered layout Printing with CSS Adding a CSS stylesheet to an RSS...
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I can't believe that took as long as it did

I finally found out how to center divs on a page. I feel so stupid for not finding it earlier: Max Design - CSS Centering - fun for all! Theoretically, you should be able to apply auto margins to the left and right of the containing block and it should...
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simple human decency

A very funny satirical(?) essay from a recent Harpers: On Simple Human Decency I hardly mean to imply that George W. Bush is a delusional party hack whose aim is to rob and mislead us for the benefit of his friends. That idea deserves to be stated outright: George W....
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Pantagruel at BibliOdyssey

BibliOdyssey: Pantagruel I Pantagruel is a great collection of crazy creatures. Just looking a it I thought it beat the clap-trap in most of the Fantasy RPGs I've played. Some game company should give this stuff serious attention....
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fixing the MT bookmarklet for Safari

I knew if I googled this enough times I'd eventually find the rigth answer. This is totally the right answer. Fixing the MT bookmarklet for Safari :: The Daily Journey :: JayAllen.org Change: t=d.selection?d.selection. createRange().text:d.getSelection(); To: t=getSelection();...
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MacBook video game tests

So I got my hands on a new MacBook Pro. It's seemed very fast, but you don't really know how good a computer is until you see how it runs a couple games, am I right? So I decided to test it out, espeicially after a guy over at the...
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Fly for fun (or fee?)

Flyff: Fly For Fun is the cutest free mmorpg I've seen in a while. I think they may use in game RMT for funding, which is less cute....
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I think I'm in trouble

Dofus Arena looks to be Final Fantasy Tactics remade as a multiplayer internet game. Uh-oh. I hear my productivity dropping through the floor now....
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Race online, or "cybertypes"

A review of Cybertypes by Lisa Nakamura. From: Kali Tal - Reviews: Lisa Nakamura: Cybertypes: Nakamura gives us excellent coverage of the phenomenon she calls "techno-Orientalism" in her chapter "Race in the Construct and the Construction of Race: The ‘Consensual Hallucination’ of Multiculturalism in the Fictions of Cyberspace." In this...
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Terry Jones on Barbarians

Decline and fall of the Roman myth - Newspaper Edition - Times OnlineThe Romans kept the Barbarians at bay for as long as they could, but finally they were engulfed and the savage hordes overran the empire, destroying the cultural achievements of centuries. The light of reason and civilisation was...
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