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My ultimate wish for the Flash 8 IDE

( News and Work )

This is going to surprise many: a better library window. That’s it. That’s all I want. That and improved JSFL. If MM can do that, I’ll be a happy man.

Wait, what’s wrong with library window? Well, first of all, you can only open it once per movie. Makes sense right? Wrong! How many times have […]

Randomness, Keith Peters’ experiments and entropy

( Actionscript and Work )

Keith Peters has done some experiments recently on randomness and it inspired me to give you a little theoretical background on the subject. One of the most impressive experiments uses a sum (Math.random() + Math.random() + …)/n to create a distribution with more stuff in the centre (near 0.5) than on the sides. Why this […]