Dragging

It's very easy to drag and drop objects between programs as long as the target program is not covered by another program. Here's a way to drop objects on programs that are hiding behind other... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The last weekend in March we went to the casino for a little getaway. While searching for overpriced extra strength Excedrin in the casino gift shop I spotted a quarter and a dime. I never updated but my March found money grand total was $2.27. On to April, I found a dime in the Vons parking [...]

Tatum has a problem I really need to work on. Okay okay… it’s really the Mum that has the problem. The problem is, the Mum (me) is a clutz, and sometimes drops the flexi leash when I’m walking the dogs. None of my dogs care.. they drag the bouncing, noisy thing behind them without a [...]

The following example shows how you can enable or disable live dragging on a Flex TileList control by setting the liveDragging property. Full code after the jump. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white"> <mx:ArrayCollection id="arrColl"> <mx:source> <mx:Array> <mx:Object label="ColdFusion" icon="@Embed('assets/cf_appicon-tn.gif')" /> <mx:Object label="Dreamweaver" icon="@Embed('assets/dw_appicon-tn.gif')" /> <mx:Object label="Fireworks" icon="@Embed('assets/fw_appicon-tn.gif')" /> <mx:Object label="Flash" icon="@Embed('assets/fl_appicon-tn.gif')" /> <mx:Object label="Flash Player" icon="@Embed('assets/fl_player_appicon-tn.gif

Buddy TV posted an interview on Friday with recently ousted "Fan" Joel from Survivor: Micronesia. Since I'm a big, big fan of Joel's (or not), I thought I'd share this with you.Amongst the highlights:* "I don't think"* "I was one of the weak players"* "I never would ever go to Tribal Council"* "he...be my partner"* "work my butt"* "I have no idea"* "I'm at home"* "I go back to serving the city of Phoenix"Joel, whenever you're ready to serve me, I'm available.The above comments are all taken horribly out of context, if not worse (though I could have been harsher). The full (read: real) transcript and MP3 of the interview can be found here: -interview-joel-ander-17426.aspxFinally, since I'm a nice, mature guy that holds no hard feelings, here's a pic I took of Joel in happier times. Enjoy!

Taskbar Shuffle is a small program which allows you to arrange your buttons in the taskbar by just dragging and dropping. This program is freeware and it provides two functions. It allows you to rearrange the buttons on your Windows taskbar by dragging and dropping them. It also allows you to rearrange icons in system tray, just you have to press 'CTRL' key while dragging and dropping the system tray icons. In the option window it has options like start with Windows, Show System Tray Icon etc. To set with which hotkey you want to drag and drop the system tray icons, I repeat system tray icons. The last option Enable tray icon shuffling by holding down this key is used. You don't need to press 'CTRL' key while dragging and dropping the taskbar buttons. This tool supports XP/Vista

The following example shows you how you can reorder nodes in a Flex Tree control by setting the dragEnabled , dropEnabled , and dragMoveEnabled properties. Full code after the jump. View MXML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white"> <mx:XML id="xmlDP"> <root> <para label="Paragraph 1" isBranch="true"> <node label="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit." /> <node label="Cras porttitor nunc a pede." /> <node label="Nulla ac magna non risus accumsan egestas." /> <node label="Aenean pretium porta felis." /> <node label="Sed massa." /> </para> <para label="Paragraph 2" isBranch="true"> <no

That's what it feels like I'm doing this week. I gotta snap out of it! I have tons of crap to do, websites to complete, and on the social front, I don't even have New Year's Eve plans yet! Yikes!I do have a couple Xmas parties lined up though. Yep, party girl, that's ME!I am, however, making plans to go into the year 2008 kicking ass. In EVERY department in my life: my businesses, socializing and networking (I was damn near a hermit in 2007, unless I was outside blading or playing tennis), and spending more time with my family. They HARDLY EVER see me, and I know that when my ass breaks a leg, or a few ribs speeding down some wicked slope on a snowboard, THEY will be the ones rehabbing me and feeding me soup through a straw. Gotta keep 'em close and give them that respect! ;)I also need to knock down the balances on some of my credit cards. NO MORE frivolous spending for me! Makes me want to cry, that last one, cause I LOVE frivolous spending! I'll just have to get over i

When Microsoft released Windows Vista to businesses exactly one year ago, near-term expectations weren't high.Experts widely predicted that Vista, even if it was bug-free and proved to be an immediate hit with consumers, would only slowly catch on with corporations.For instance, Gartner forecast at the time that fewer than 5 percent of PCs worldwide would be running a business version of Vista by the end of this year.One year on, it's unclear whether Microsoft has met even those pessimistic projections. In July, Redmond said enterprises had renewed 42 million Windows licenses that made them eligible for Vista. Trouble is, Microsoft also admitted that the vast majority of those 42 million PCs were likely still on XP, though the company claims it has no accurate way of tracking this. Microsoft has not provided a more up-to-date figure in the last four months.According to another estimate of Vista's uptake, a Forrester survey of 565 North American and European PC decision-makers, after

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SortFix is a new search engine which provide user better search results. Their search results are base on Google and Yahoo. In the future, search engine technology will continue to develop until they can really understand what user wants and return the appropriate results. Currently, Google search results is base on PageRank, but sometimes they can’t really work perfectly. But, SortFix introduce a brand new search engine, their slogan is “Start Dragging Stop Typing”. SortFix’s search results are base on Google and Yahoo. But, they include “Power Words” in their search results so that the search results more specific to what user wants. “Power Words” is terms introduced by SortFix, which are words that related to the search. User can drag and drop the “Power Words” to “Add basket”, “Remove basket”, and “Dictionary basket”. The screenshot below shows the search results for “Wordpress&r

Taken 6th May, 2007. Click image for larger view. As I have said before, macro photography is so much fun and a real challenge when you try to capture moving insects. I believe the ant is some kind of wood ant (Formica rufa), but I have no idea what species the spider is. I bet some of my readers have the knowledge. Feel free to write a comment with the information about species as I always love to learn new stuff about the nature. Information about the picture: Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125) Aperture: f/4.5 Focal Length: 35 mm ISO Speed: 200 Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

You know it is cool to save Darfur. “Darfur is the new Tibet“. I don’t know much about Darfur except that it is a killing ground and the US isn’t doing anything to help it. Now there are lots of people that aren’t helping, so let’s not get into a Sean Penn rant, even though it would be cool and I could use a picture of myself looking like a conductor of the Boston Pops. I digress, I was listening to NPR on my way home and found out that Google had incorporated an interesting feature into Google Earth in order to drawl attention to Darfur and the suffering there. This could be an awesome addition for Google Earth. Maybe it could join with groups and work to pinpoint injustice in the world. It could be the first superhero application. I wish we really cared about where terror is being inflicted in the world. Not pseudo-cold war crap, but really where millions will die. Africa is a continent of ravaged by terror and yet. . .

First off, thank you so much to everyone for posting a comment on my last post. It was wonderful to "see" so many new visitors, as well as those I see occasionally, and my regulars. I've got a ton of new blogs to visit now, so expect to see me stopping by in the next week or two. And even if you don't have a blog, thanks for letting me know you're reading. Blog writers are attention-whores, and it feels good to know people enjoy our writing.We arrived home from Chicago this morning a little after 3am, so I'm still trying to adjust to being home again. The drive back was horrible - rain, heavy rain, and torrential rain, but we were determined to get out of Chicago before the rain switched over to ice and snow up there.Aaron's workshop was held in a different location this year. While I enjoyed staying in downtown Chicago for the past four years, right across the street from Grant Park and in easy walking distance of the Art Institute, Field Museum, and Shedd Aquarium, this year the

The media lately has been hashing the troubles many regions of the country are having with new-fangled computerized voting devices. They claim that bugs, errors, and glitches make the entire endeavor questionable, and many parts of the country want to say the hell with it and go back to paper ballots. People say that our country isn't ready for our voting to be computerized.For God's sake, it isn't that complicated. The inherent distrust our behind-the-times government is showing for computers at the polls is unbelievable. Need we remind the naysayers of the infallible nature of the hanging chad, the miniscule scrap of paper that spawned thousands of Capitol Steps send-ups and MAD TV skits? Fraud and errors are just as common with physical voting as digital voting.In a country where we can't even get half the population to cast a vote for their elected leaders, we desperately need to advance voting technology and increase the ease of access. I think we should go one step furt

Two men are approaching each other on a sidewalk. Both are dragging their right foot as they walk.As they meet, one man looks at the other knowingly, points to his foot and says, Vietnam, 1969." The other points his thumb behind him and says, "Dog crap, 20 feet back."