2.15.2010

Today I was pleased—to the point of tears actually—to learn that the next version of Adobe Flash is going to come with an iPhone application builder.  This means all the Actionscript (The coding language native to Flash) knowledge I have at this point can be translated into creating my own iPhone apps.  And all this time I thought Adobe and Apple were ebbing closer and closer to an unavoidable train wreck of a lawsuit.  I am very stoked to have the ability to code for iPhones in an environment and language with which I'm already accustomed.

Now if only my iPhone would play Flash files!  Seriously, how much longer can Apple hold out on keeping the Flash player working on the iPhone?  It's getting ridiculous if I can say that I can create apps from Flash for the iPhone, but can't play Flash files on an iPhone.  And if Flash doesn't work on the iPad as well, there are going to be a lot of ticked off people trying to browse the web.  My Facebook fan page Insights use Flash player.  My google analytics use Flash player.  Half the glitzy cool webpages on the internet use Flash player.  Apple needs to stop worrying about cannibalizing its app store, and allow its mobile version of Safari to play nice with Flash.  A little bit of a soapbox tangent, I know.  Still VERY happy about creating iPhone apps within the Flash IDE (That means Integrated Development Environment for anyone who isn't as nerdy as me).

Tracy Morgan's character Tracy Jordan on NBC's hit television show 30 Rock is a continually growing caricature of the comedian actor himself.  I've known this for quite some time, but I have missed several of the allusions to his personal history.  Tracy used comedy to educate the world about diabetes.  As a diabetic, he saw an opportunity to infuse entertainment and knowledge in an area that truly resonated within him.  The episodes about his court-ordered alcohol ankle monitor are no different.  Tracy had to wear one for nearly a half a year after committing several alcohol related infractions of the law.