We went to the Dallas World Aquarium on Sunday with some friends and their one-year-old boy. Brenden was wiggly, but looked at stuff when we pointed it out. He has been really into Finding Nemo and this was a great way to show him all sorts of fish and other creatures. At the end of […]
So things are finally starting to settle down around here a little bit. School is over for the semester ( I got an A in both my classes! ) and things at work are getting into the summer groove. My love affair with Cocoa is still on-going. I’ve come to realize I have a lot […]
15 Programming Exercises (tags: programming language exercise)
Mega Vulcanicity: When Volcanoes Spew Lightning A “Wow” picture of an eruption with lightning (tags: volcano science lightning photography photos) Ready Lisp: Common Lisp for Mac OS X (tags: lisp programming macosx development)
Ruby on Rails – Rails Migrations Cheat Sheet (tags: Rails cheatsheet migrations) C++ Frequently Questioned Answers A strange reverse FAQ where the FAQ answer is furthered with more answered questions (tags: Programming C++ FAQ)
Simon Heys » Word Clock A cool Text Based screen saver (tags: OSX screensaver)
A List Apart: Articles: Getting Started with Ruby on Rails good Rails article from Dan Bengamin on the basics of Rails (tags: Rails Ruby Programming) A List Apart: Articles: Creating More Using Less Effort with Ruby on Rails Rails article about the “sweet spot” of rails (tags: Rails Ruby Programming rubyon) Rands In Repose: Saving […]
DryIcons | Free Icon Sets Some nice looking free icons (tags: icons)
CS193E – Cocoa Programming Standford Class on Cocoa Programming. Must download slides (tags: OS X Cocoa Programming objective-c development)
Git Guide – SourceMage Wiki A quick guide to how to do several operations using Git (tags: git versioncontrol reference) Hiding disclosure triangles in an NSOutlineView Make your source list look like iTunes (tags: Programming Cocoa OSX IB) iTunes-ifying a Core Data App (tags: IB Programming Cocoa)
Amazon Wishlist Tip Cool things to do with your wishlist and it’s URL for sharing (tags: Amazon wishlist tips) Rent vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market (tags: RealEstate renting money housing bubble)
Obsolete Skills: Skills/Skills (tags: obsolete technology Humor)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9T5cxnowyA[/youtube] Pretty funny stuff from the man most people only think of as Harry Potter. Goes well with my Patrick Stewart post over on Clusterflock.
Well, in a matter of an hour of signing and initialing, our house is up for sale. Maggie and her parents have done a lot of work to get this house ready. I helped when I could on the weekends since this is the busiest time of year for me at work. I’ll get some […]
Ruby on Windows: Using Ruby & ADO to Work with MS Access Databases Can be tweaked to work with SQL Server, allowing access from Ruby. (tags: Ruby ado SQL Server)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s13sASS5F4[/youtube] A great song showing how many songs essentially use the same chord progression as Journey’s “Can’t Stop Believing”. Thanks Jim ( via M@ ) for the link.
I just read my first Hemmingway story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” That’s it. 6 words. So many emotions at once. There’s a Wired piece where they got other authors to attempt to tell a story in 6 words. It’s pretty good. via Will
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. I wrote about it earlier today on Clusterflock and I don’t have much more to add. The title of this entry, and the accompanning video are different than that entry. I got them from Thingamababy. Hearing the almost robotic way the PA announcer says […]
DreamHost, Movable Type and FastCGI A guide for setting up Movable Type via FastCGI at Dreamhost. (tags: Dreamhost movabletype MT fastcgi) Moveable Type on Dreamhost Some more notes (tags: Dreamhost fastcgi movabletype)