When Michael Privat (@michaelprivat) and I signed up to write a book for Apress, we both gulped at the schedule: one chapter due each week. He gulped because, despite being a book virgin, it sounded like a breakneck pace. I gulped as a book veteran because I …
Read more →Every so often I search Amazon for Pro Core Data for iOS, which I did this morning. Last time I checked, we didn’t have a cover image, but now we do! Look here. I have no idea what that is, either, so I’ve asked our project manager to enlighten us. Any …
Read more →After some discussion with Apress, I’ve decided to move my blog from there to here. Many thanks to Apress for hosting my blog all these years. We must still like each other, too, because not only do I fill my shelves and my nook with all kinds of Apress …
Read more →I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and got a new MacBook Pro at work, so I had two machines to set up. Here are the steps I went through to make these machines tuned for developing iOS applications as well as doing Java, Ruby, and Groovy development. I’d love …
Read more →Originally posted 2009-08-30 13:37:19 Salespeople may live from a suitcase, but I’ve lived from a PDA for over a decade. I’ve bounced from Palm to Windows Mobile to BlackBerry before landing on my iPhone about six weeks ago. I love the big, crisp screen, the …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-06-08 02:56:35 Just before 5:00 this morning, my daughters’ screams ripped me from sleep. I have two sons and three daughters. The boys fight and the girls scream. That’s just what they do. So screaming girls shouldn’t startle me. These …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-03-13 03:34:08 These are some amazing optical illusions, accompanied by explanations for why they fool the eyes. I especially like \Rollers\–I find myself staring at one portion of the image to verify that it isn’t actually moving, and …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-06-22 16:09:47 I think I’ve found Alpha Geek. He’s one of the Unix sysadmins where I work. He hacks. He tinkers. He solves problems I can’t fathom. He does things like write Linux drivers for his cable modem so he can surf the Web at …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-03-11 05:14:02 When we bought AccuRev a little over a year ago, we knew AccuRev had no direct Ant support, but that it had a command line tool that we could use inside our Ant scripts. This setup worked well, but required lots of …
Read more →Originally posted 2004-09-30 08:20:33 My Panda antivirus software informs me that my antivirus updates subscription approaches its end, and urges me to renew. In fact, the warning defaults to one visible option: Renew Now. Clicking a \show more\ button reveals …
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