HTTPS + Flash + IE + Dynamic XML = Bug

How was web development done before Google? A site we're releasing just got hit with this IE bug that occurs when you're running Flash through https. The full description of the problem can be found here.

I was able to find a solution in about an hour. Before internet search it probably would have taken days to get to the bottom of the problem, and might even have required communications with Microsoft.

Adding these two lines to your page rendering PHP fixes the problem the problem:

header(“Cache-Control: cache, must-revalidate”);
header(“Pragma: public”);

Yahoo! ActionScript APIs

I've been playing around with the Yahoo! ActionScript 3 APIs, which are pretty cool. You can access Maps, Search, and a number of other services. The documentation is so-so, and it took a bit of trial and error to get things working, but here's a simple search tool I created. The search is restricted to Pasz.com. You can right-click and do "View Source" to see the ActionScript and MXML code. This version should be considered alpha.

In the future, I'll probably clean this up, and integrate it as a permanent feature on my site.

Samurai Kittens is an Award Winner

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Getting married has taken up a lot of my time. :)

I'm told Samurai Kittens has picked up a couple of awards, including a Silver Addy award for interactive media. I can't believe it's been a year since we launched. That project was a blast!