http://www.random-seed.com Random thoughts on programming, finance, and art. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:35:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love my Amazon Kindle.  I have one of the original ones bought it the day they came out.   A feature I continue to ask for on the Kindle is some indicator of some page number one could find on a physical copy of the book.  Lacking this feature ... http://www.random-seed.com/2009/09/08/citing-a-kindle/ In some ways, I understand, but in most I do not.  For some reason Adobe removed web services from ActionScript 3 in Flash.  The web services classes we all used in AS 2 with abandon for no longer exist in the Flash API.  Wow.  This post offers up my research ... http://www.random-seed.com/2009/07/24/web-services-in-flash-and-actionscript-3/ I may be missing something, but a search around the Internet revealed several people having the same problem and not finding any good answers.  You have an ASP.Net user control with fields on it, but when you compile you get an error.  Intellisence knows the objects are there, but the ... http://www.random-seed.com/2009/07/15/asp-net-user-control-field-does-not-exist-in-the-current-context/ My undergraduate research paper on virtual teams. I discuss problems which may occur, development of shared mental models, mentoring, and collaboration software. I plan to expand on this paper with more research into how the so-called millennials affect the proliferation of virtual teams. [scribd id=19164417 key=key-bsl6e1a20z1ablew8am width=700 height=620] Books cited in this ... http://www.random-seed.com/2008/12/03/managing-virtual-teams/ When Becca and I called our weekend warrior photography "Finn Productions", I wrote an article for Digital Photography School on the different between shooting in Raw or JPEG.  I still find a lot of serious photographers who shoot in JPEG will very expensive cameras.  If you do, please read this ... http://www.random-seed.com/2008/07/30/raw-vs-jpeg/ A lot has been written recently on The Da Vinci Code book and now movie. Many experts have deftly examined the claims and inferences from the novel, valditating some and debunking most. A whole cottage industry has sprung up around The Da Vinci Code, almost claiming entire shelves ... http://www.random-seed.com/2006/05/16/da-vinci-code-hype-gnostic-gospels-and-the-true-holy-grail/ I'm not all code, numbers, photographer, and all around computer geek.  I love a good deep story, and there is none better than the Lord of the Rings.  This paper was presented at the 2003 International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI.  It was eventaully published as “Arthur and ... http://www.random-seed.com/2005/07/01/arthurian-influence-in-the-lord-of-the-rings/