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Wow - Flash 10 for Windows, Mac... and LINUX?!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:58:00 GMT

Most of you may not realize this, but historically Linux support for Flash has been somewhat of an afterthought by Adobe. While you everyone else was using Flash 8, we were using Flash 7. In fact, they just skipped that version entirely for Linux. When Flash 9 beta came out, they assured us that Linux was in the works. Eventually we did get Flash 9, but well after the rest of the world.

That brings me to this morning when opening up the aggregators and Digg (go digg it!), I find that they have released a beta for Flash 10 (Astro) for all 3 platforms concurrently! I find this pretty exciting, and want to thank the Adobe Flash development crew for keeping us current!

For all the information about updatess/features on this version, check out the Penguin.SWF blog and their announcement.

Flash 9 for Linux is officially released today!

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:16:17 GMT

Adobe has officially announced the release of Flash 9 for Linux. The full press release can be seen here.

Or, if you wish to just skip the formalities and go get it for yourself, head here:

www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayerlinux

Grand Canyon... It's on!

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

My father and I decided that this was the year that we would hike the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I know this seems crazy, but it is actually a paperwork challenge to be able to hike the Grand Canyon. There is an application process in which you have to fax your request in the 1st day of the month 6 months before the intended date of your trip with a detailed itinerary, including where you will be sleeping and when. We sent faxed our paperwork in and held our breath on the 1st of April, 6 months before we hoped to go in September. After no word for a month we finally contacted them, only to find out that we had been rejected. Discouraged, but not beaten, we laid out the calendar to see if there was another time that would work. We decided that November would be acceptable, albeit a little colder. It should be in the 60s in the bottom of the canyon though where we will spend the majority of our time. Once again, we laid out our itinerary and faxed in on July 1. My dad received a letter today dated July 6, 2005 telling him that they were sorry, but they were unable to accept out application. He spent a good hour walking around the house cussing and feeling terribly disappointed. A bit later my mom noticed there was another letter from the Grand Canyon dated July 7, 2005.

Dear Mr. Shuck, we have accepted your request to hike the Grand Canyon on the dates of November 1, 2 and 3, 2005. Enlcosed are your passes, which you will need to affix to your backpack and carry with you in the canyon. There is no need to stop by the back country headquarters before departing on the trail.

So in 3.5 months, I will be taking this in....