LightCharts – Lightweight charts for Flex

{ Posted on Jul 12 2010 by david }
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Categories : Code Sample, Flex, Programming, Technology
LightCharts A lightweight line-chart library for Flex. Background I created LightCharts for a project of mine that involves tracking many stock market symbols. Originally I was using the Adobe Flex Charting library, but found that performance suffered greatly given the number of charts ...Read More »

Generating Random Session IDs

{ Posted on Sep 13 2009 by david }
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Categories : Code Sample, Geek, Programming, Python
For any online service you must login so you can gain access to your stuff. So that you only have to put in your password once, the website must maintain a special unique character sequence called a session key ...Read More »

KryptoPhoto Photo Viewer is Released

{ Posted on Aug 11 2009 by david }
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Categories : Flex, Photography
I have released my new photo viewer, so now I can once again show my photography on this site. It currently supports the API at SmugMug.com, but I have plans for compatibility with other photo-sharing sites. I built it using the ...Read More »

My New Camera: Canon PowerShot SD890 IS

{ Posted on Jul 02 2009 by david }
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Categories : Photography
I just received my new Canon PowerShot SD890 IS! I purchased it for my up-and-coming Colorado trip to partake in a honest-to-gosh cattle drive (a la City Slickers). I’ve always wanted a Point-and-Shoot in addition to my Canon Rebel XT DSLR ...Read More »

When I own a MacBook Air, this leather bag will be its home

{ Posted on Mar 17 2009 by david }
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Categories : Misc
Having the sexiest laptop in your possession, it’s only fitting that one get a equally uber-cool bag. And in general, there should be a law against putting a $2000 work of art in a $20 black laptop bag. After looking ...Read More »

Finally, my move to WordPress!

{ Posted on Mar 03 2009 by david }
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I have finally changed over to WordPress ! I have been taking my time because I am still on the hunt for a way to display my photos and I haven’t found exactly what I’m looking for. Despite that, I ...Read More »

How to do custom chart annotations in Flex

{ Posted on Mar 03 2009 by david }
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Categories : Code Sample, Flex, How-To, Programming
Hunting around the ‘Net, I found a few good examples of creating chart annotations in Flex. One example app which helped me greatly was from a blog posting by Ely Greenfield. If you’re interested, you can view it on his website: ...Read More »

How to build and install the Metakit DB for Python on MacOSX

{ Posted on Feb 10 2009 by david }
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Ever since I used it years ago on a geek-project for my Zaurus, the Metakit DB has always been a favorite of mine. I had the chance to use it again on another personal project and this time on MacOSX. ...Read More »

Trying to do MVC in pure Flex

{ Posted on Feb 01 2009 by david }
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Categories : Flex, Programming
I was looking for some examples of how to structure a Flex application using MVC, but using only the Flex framework. In the long run I think I’ll be using PureMVC, but right now I am anxious to get my ...Read More »

Moving to WordPress

{ Posted on Dec 01 2008 by david }
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It’s time for another blog / website changeup. This time I’m moving from RapidWeaver to Wordpress. I think it’s going to be much better for me and my needs. Please update your RSS feed links: http://blog.davidmccuskey.com/feed/ I will ...Read More »
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