A set of free and open libraries, written in ActionScript 3.0 for Flex and Flash developers. Follow the External Project Link for links to source code & docs as well as the project group. NOTE: These libraries are of beta quality and released as-is.

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AjaxCFC is a Coldfusion framework meant to speed up ajax application development and deployment by providing developers seamless integration between Javascript and Coldfusion, and providing built-in functions, such as security and debugging, to quickly ad

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FishNet is an offshoot of a Mobius Artists Group Work in Progress, John Cage: Variations VII, to be presented at the New Art Center, Newton, MA, in the spring of 2007. FishNet, created by Mobius members Margaret Bellafiore, Lewis Gesner, Lawrence Johnson,

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DocuBurst is the first visualization of document content which takes advantage of the human-created structure in lexical databases. We use an accepted design paradigm to generate visualizations which improve the usability and utility of WordNet as the bac

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Get oriented to Flex
Part I. Creating a Simple RIA
Part II. Exchanging Data
Part III. Top things you need to know
Part IV. Building Your Own Flex Application

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Originally published in The Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 58, No. 2 June 2001, pages 101-108, this reprint is meant to take advantage of the electronic medium, allowing readers to hyperlink from one aspect of “geek culture” to another, while also allowin

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his page covers various attempts to describe RPGs in general terms. There are many sources for advice on role-playing games, but most of these try to promote a “One True Way” of playing. Rather than telling you how to roleplay, this is a collection of art

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This is a study of the text in various recent role-playing game books, analyzing them for their portrayal of gender roles. There has often been controversy over the position of women within role-playing games. RPGs have a reputation for being male-dominat

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Links to articles on gender and rpg playing

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This column assumes that roleplaying is an art form. I considered trying to prove this opinion in the first few installments, but finally decided that would be a waste of both our times. There will doubtlessly be many people reading this column who do not

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