I often pondered what would happen to Degrafa when Thermo hits the shelves, now it looks like Adobe has made a partnership with the Degrafa team and will initially adapt Degrafa's core graphics engine into Flex Graphics.  I think this is an awesome idea and will only improve the Flex community at large. 

You can read up on the full details here.

Last week while I was at WebManiacs I decided I wanted to go with a different theme for my blog. The GlossyBlue one was nice, but a lot of people are using it and I wanted to be a bit more unique. I searched around and found a couple free WordPress themes and decided to port one over. I must say skinning Mango is not as easy as I would like, but it isnt rocket science either. I created a new skin in about 3 days, working via the plane, hotel room at night and this morning. I am not a CSS wizard so it could probably be done a lot faster if I had some more skillz. I plan on skinning a couple more themes, which I will share. This one however "BlueMoon" wont be shared until I decide to switch to a different one (sorry).

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I know, I just started this blog and thought I was set on the skin I was using but.... Laura the creator of Mango Blog recently ported over a new skin called "GlossyBlue" by N. Design Studio and well I just really like it so I figured what the heck, might as well use it as my blog skin right?  So enjoy!  I hope you like it as much as I do ~.^

I was reviewing some of the AIR applications that are available on Adobe Labs and came across Kuler.  Have you ever just had trouble finding a color palette for a new site or application your designing?  I know I have  and I like to call this designers block.  Sometimes I find myself fumbling through the web trying to be inspired and occassionaly I do.  Sometimes this is great, other times it's such a time consumer.  With all the push to become more efficient that's the last thing I want to do.

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The carbon theme I submitted in late September ended up being the winner for the first round of FillColors.  Unfortunately I was the only submitter, I urge anyone who likes CSS, Flex and has a couple hours of free time to mess around with it and submit something.  Heck you cant beat a free license of Flex Builder 2, plus the recognition you get.  AsFusion has quite a following :)

Thanks again for the opportunity AsFusion and I wish you guys luck with future FillColors projects!

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