For the past few days I’ve been messing around with the API that Google Maps put out for Flash. It lets you use Google maps in your own Flash/AIR applications and customize them however you want. I’m going to explain how to make your own AIR app that lets you display bus routes and stops using the Google Maps API and ZendAMF.

We’re also going to create a function that lets us see the approximate time the next bus will come to any given stop (ex. “5 minutes until the next bus”).

I’ve started to make an LTC map synced with Google Maps so you can figure out if there is a bus near your position in London Ontario. Right now I have the 21/15 and 17 routes marked. It’s an AIR app, but I can easily port it to a SWF for use with Flash.

Check it out here.

Be warned, there are a few bugs.

Update: Now synced with a MySQL database to find when the next bus will come. (There are only a few stops in there, so if there are some REALLY huge times or it says “bus is already there”, I haven’t put the next time in yet.)

It’s showing me what application the file is open in. When did MS add this? I’m always used to searching through the process list to find what app is using the file, or using Unlocker to “unlock” the file from whatever application.

johnny_ripper is a electronic artist from France that also worked on the nin.com community’s Phantom Project. He just released his new EP “Exit Pieces” and some of the beats and ideas he uses are really inspiring.

With his permission, I’m hosting the album here.

Download

You can also visit his Facebook page here.

I made this remix for the Deconbrio Fixt Remix contest. I might do another one of the same song before the contest is over.

How do you deal with clients that don’t communicate? Recently I’ve had a couple clients that flat out didn’t respond to any of my emails. They would ask questions about WordPress, how they could do certain functions, etc. and I would tell them the solution in the best way that I could, and I get no response. No, it wasn’t due to the email not going through or anything, they flat out just didn’t get back to me on whether they had success or not.

I just thought I’d plug this. I’m hosting and administering this gaming related site. They have a bunch of E3 coverage and alot of great plans for the future.

Check it out.

http://www.ragingnerds.com