Is Weblog technology going too fast?

In Archive by Fredy Ore

An interesting article in the New York Times (free subscription required to view) which looks at whether the rapid adoption of weblogs and the technology associated with it is just a trend which will fade out in the future.
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Detecting if a file exits in ActionScript

In Archive by Fredy Ore

A useful tutorial by Guy Watson from Flash Guru on “Detecting if an include file exists”.
http://www.flashguru.co.uk/000310.php

[js] fileExists=new LoadVars();
fileExits._parent=this;
fileExists.onLoad=function(success)
{
//success is true if the file exists, false if it doesnt
if(success)
{
//the file exists
var nm=this._parent.createEmptyMovieClip(“swfHolder”,1); //so create a movieclip
nm.loadMovie(“myfile.swf”); //and load our .swf file into it
}
}
fileExists.load(“myfile.swf”) //initiate the test
[/js]