Apparently AutoCAD is coming to the Mac OS.  I've got a mac, and a bootcamp install of Windows 7.  I like both, but find I use the mac side for personal media management (videos, photos, and music) and windows 7 for productivity.  This might be because I've used Windows personally and professionaly for years and am more comfortable (although 7 is quite a departure), or it might be do to all the software available on Windows.  Will this push ESRI to release something for the Mac?  They've got an iOS app already.  I doubt it.  They are pretty heavily tied to windows, and porting that much code can't be cheap or easy.  There would have to be a pretty big incentive.  It isn't clear if it is just the base AutoCAD coming over or the whole family, including their GIS (Map 3D).  If a competing GIS becomes popular on the Mac, then that might be enough incentive...  Anyway, I guess this shows how macs are not just the domain of graphic designers, web developers, and personal computers anymore.

I just saw a note about VBA in regards to ArcGIS 10.  Apparently it is still available, but requires a separate install and (free) license file.  So you've still got one more version to use your vba scripts, but essentially it isn't supported.  I suspect this might be available for at least one more version, because of the vast quantity of scripts available.  Then again, ArcGIS 8 got rid of their AML and ArcView's crap scripting language.

One of the more popular entries on this blog is my example of using Actionscript/AIR to load a shapefile.  I just saw this other tutorial which looked pretty good.  Provides more information, and a bit cleaner than my code.

I've complemented the NFL website on their play-by-play interactive graphic before.  Well, it's football season again, and until One HD starts broadcasting the games in Australia, I've been catching up on the NFL website.  I noticed another interactive map that they have that displays a team's schedule on a map.  Basically it is a flow map of home and away games.  It does leave something to be desired unfortunately.  I'd like to see labels of the teams without having to click on the clunky lines.  Either way it was a unique attempt at displaying the information.

This is a poorly executed map (the labeling makes me cringe), but it was entertaining nontheless.