October 2008
52 posts
“To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and...”
– Actual title of the bailout bill. I’ve read this probably 10 times in the last few days and am still speechless at the amount of bullshit that reeks from it.
September 2008
48 posts
gunshot outside; let’s see how long it takes the police to show up.
Pet gate with small door for kitty to keep dog out of laundry room and away from cats food $75 Dog walking right through cat door: priceless
waiting patiently for True Blood, Entourage and Dexter to finish…
http://twitpic.com/ddik about to watch Burn After Reading! Debate later.
Cool iPhone app for photographers: PhotoJot (http://snurl.com/3v7p8). Handy way to record where you took your photos at.+ made by a friend!
Waiting for this loratadine to kick in. Pharmacy closed so no Claritin-D. Thought it was a cold earlier today, apparently not.
I’m thinking Whiskey Creek babyback ribs for dinner…..
Convinced todays move is really to postpone the VP debate. http://snurl.com/3toyc (YouTube) explains it all. It wouldn’t be a debate.
Anyone else going to Startonomics?
poppin’ pills and trying to get my head cold to go away.
trolling sourceforge for objective-c projects to learn patterns from. sf’s UI is utter crap.
G. Reader iPhone version broken for anyone else? It’s showing the “normal” mobile UI. Ugly.
From the iSquint README:
Q: I don’t like your error buttons.
A: I don’t like your FACE.
Sitting outside at Bella Luna cafe. Not to many nice days left to do this.
The power of Apple: Wife: “If I’m going to pay $179 for a new phone I’m going to get an iPhone.” (referencing the T-Mobile G1 launch).
Just saw the new (3rd) High Fructose Corn Syrup commercial. I swear Karl Rove is behind these ads.
tattooed redneck in front of me buying sushi. only in kansas.
Beef, its whats for dinner: http://twitpic.com/crr4
Having a hard time getting back into Heroes… First hour: BORING.
Installing “Air Sharing” app for the first time. Curious, did they release it for free because of having to wait on the financial contract?
Red Sweater Blog - Better To Ask Forgiveness →
Viva La Revolution!!!
Props to the person in Florida that ran NameTag (http://snurl.com/3qaky) for 7 hours straight. Wish I knew who you were!
Commit 3353b85b0eae76bf36ae7c2f7b6adc1863278a8e to... →
LOL. Drama in Rails Land. ”Taiwan, Province of China” or just “Taiwan”?!?
laying out UITableViewCells using IB is 1000x easier than layoutSubviews. Yet, it’s so difficult to actually use the nib.
Watch the GigaOM Mobilize conference live at http://snurl.com/3rm74 I think someone from pinchmedia is up right now!!!!!!
Lessons Learned: How to get distribution advantage... →
Daily / Weekly Download Stats from iTunes
It’s not enabled by default. You have to e-mail Apple and have them turn it on. Click ‘Contact Us’ at the bottom of iTunes Connect, then e-mail the Reporting Contact on the far right.
iPhone Platform Quickies
I made the jump from PHP to full-time Ruby on Rails between August and December of 2004. RoR was a breath of fresh air compared to the grind of PHP at the time. Code was beautiful, coding was fun, and there was a lot of excitement and tons of new techniques to learn.
Objective-C has not provided that same feeling. The excitement is there, it’s fun to solve problems, but damn the...
SpeedDate Hijacks Facebook Users With A Bait And... →
I’ve been trying to figure out for the last couple of days when / how I installed this application. I’m not “on the market” anymore and it was odd to say the least. The real story though, is how damn hard it is to remove Facebook applications. I had to have my wife show me where to do it.
The Podcaster (App Store) Scandal
My quick two cents on the recent Podcaster App Store Rejection:
The approver just got the reason wrong. The reason “Pull My Finger” was rejected wasn’t “limited utility”, it was because it was obscene. Limited utility is probably just the first reason the approver came across in the “rejected reason” dropdown list.
Why would I think that? To start...
Fraser Speirs – App Store: I’m out. →
(and down goes one.)
Launch paranoia
That paranoia you feel right before you’re ready to launch a new web product? The one where you’re concerned that someone else is going to beat you to the punch? That you’re going to get sideswiped by someone with a better product?
It’s even worse for iPhone apps. Because you have to wait a week for the review. You’re working under someone else’s schedule...
CarFinder →
Horrible webpage, horrible app design, but seriously cool idea.
DHH keynote notes - "Legacy Software" →