Cron for Windows

Wanted to deploy an application on a Windows server. The application had features that would work only if cron was setup to call a particular php page at fixed intervals. Doing this on Linux is a job of two minutes. But I did not know how to do cron on Windows. And this is something […]

Taking a snapshot of Flex app, from Flex!

On a recent Flex project, we needed to take a snapshot of what’s shown on the screen and save it as an image. I had seen somewhere that this was possible, but couldn’t locate how exactly it was to be done. Turns out it’s very easy to do such a screen capture / screen grab […]

Crossing the River

Ok, you have seen a few river crossing puzzles, right? Then solve this one! Instructions: Help these people to cross the river, in the next screen. Only two people at a time, at least one adult. Criminal (in striped dress) cannot be left with others, without the Police. Mother cannot be with sons, while father […]

Flash, Flex & Web service problems

I always have a tough time deploying a Flash/Flex based app that uses web services. And we use web services (or similar) on almost all projects! Every two or three months I come across a new problem with web service deployment and have to spend some long hours finding and fixing it. The post describes […]

AirTalkr: AIR based instant messenger

AirTalkr is the new instant messenger on the block. And it’s not just an IM that connects to multiple networks, it can also connect to mySpace and a whole lot others. And what’s more interesting is that it’s built in Adobe Integrated Runtime! From the site: AirTalkr is a multi-protocol Instant Messenger that connects to […]