Archive:October, 2009

Trials and Tribulations with PHP

 

I read through a lot of PHP over this past weekend to fine tune the site’s new look and feel. There was actually one rather nasty bug in the last version that I’ve missed for the past 6 months or so. So, to elaborate on that bug and the relatively easy solution, here is some [...]

Site Update

 

For those that might not have noticed yet, I finally put on most of the finishing touches to the site this evening and decided to release it into the wild. I’m sure there will be some bugs in my code, as I spent some time working through PHP for the first time, but hopefully it [...]

Feeder Review

 

Feeder is a cool application that lets you create XML feeds for whatever your current project requires. I tried this application because I needed an AppCast to use with the Sparkle Framework, a framework that easily allows developers to drop in support for automatic updates in their applications (hint: Application in the works). I reviewed [...]

Killer iTunes Download Speeds

 

I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced superior download speeds in the last few days when downloading from the iTunes Store. I purchased a few songs that downloaded in just a couple seconds and then purchased last weeks episode of CSI and it downloaded in just a couple minutes. I looked a the [...]

Lorem Ipsum

 

Maybe I’m just way out of touch with reality, but I didn’t really have a clue about this. How many of you knew that the standard text used in all kinds of applications is actually latin and has been in use for this very purpose for over 5 centuries! You can read more at the [...]

Some fun with NSNumbers

 

I have an application that I work on just for kicks, adding new “features” and discovering how things work with Cocoa. Today I tackled one of my larger fears to date; NSNumber. I’m sure there are some seasoned Cocoa programmers out there wondering about my confusion over this class, but it was kinda scary. I’m [...]

YummyFTP Giveaway on MacAppADay Tomorrow?

 

For those that haven’t heard the buzz about MacAppADay this Fall, this site promises to give away 5000 copies of each app, a different one each day. This comes to a lot of money, but is really awesome because Mac users get in on some really great software that is available in the community and [...]

Quick Look at Parallels Desktop 3036 Beta

 

Wow. Let me say that again. Wow. This is a breakthrough for Parallels. The software has been great before, letting you run Windows or Linux in a window. Versions after the initial release added some nice features such as better mouse, networking, and USB support. However, all of that is just a memory with the [...]