I’ve posted some source code showing basic and more advanced usage of the DataGrid component that ships with Flash MX Pro 2004. The more “advanced” examples uses the DataSet component as a dataprovider to the DataGrid, and it’s all done with code–no Bindings tab in the Component Inspector for this example. You can find the URLs to the examples here:

http://www.flashsupport.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2032

Just came across the ActiveSWF product line while doing a Google search on Flash Video. Looks like a lot of the functionality you used to find in Macromedia Generator–the capabilities to build a SWF on the fly, etc:

http://www.activeswf.com

Today, we had brunch with Phillip Kerman and his daughter at Cafe du Berry, in SW Portland. Snow found this cafe reviewed in the recent issue of the Portland Monthly, and it raved about the quality of its french toast. We all ordered the french toast, and it was definitely tasty. I don’t know if I would say it’s the best french toast–that honour still belongs to the Butler’s Pantry in Toronto, Canada. We ate in the outside patio of Cafe du Berry, and the traffic noise was a bit overbearing, making it at times difficult to hear conversation. I’m not quite sure if we’d go back to this restaurant for quick eats, considering it’s about a 15 min drive from our house in NE Portland.

This is a bit of a belated post, but I felt the need to post about some of the great museum experiences we had while visiting New York City during and after the FlashForward 2005 conference. On Saturday, July 9th, we went to MoMA’s PS1, which features contemporary art from artists all over the world. The current exhibit is titled “Greater New York 2005“, featuring over 160 artists from the NYC area. I didn’t have my notebook with me, but I liked the artist who built a mini theme park-like ride where you could sit in this little cart constructed mainly out of 2×4′s and be pulled around a little track where you’d pass constructed objects that projected shadows onto a scrim mounted on the cart. I wish I had some video of it. There was a nice film/installation by Mika Rottenberg that told the story of how moistened towlettes were made, and this piece worked with distorted imagery on a polished steel column. I liked the short film by Christian Jankowski, 16mm Mystery (2004), a collaboration with the Brothers Strause, which plays in a room in the basement of PS1.

On Sunday, July 10th, we went to the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as the recently re-opened MoMA in mid-town. The Lee Friedlander exhibit was worth the $20 admission cost to the MoMA. You can buy the exhibition catalog at Amazon.com–I’m pretty sure it has every photo from the massive show included. (I just ordered it, and I’ll make a follow-up post after I receive it.) With the exception of new exhibits, you’re allowed to photograph work featured from the MoMA’s permanent collection–something the Whitney won’t let you do. I’ll likely post some photos from the trip on our photo gallery soon.