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Is my domain still parked?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:06:12 -0700

NO!

Some helpful macros for object creation

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:28:00 -0700

I was building “one to throw away” recently; specifically to play around with NSOutlineView like the easily chokable, lead paint coated Chinese toy it is. I needed to generate a quick and dirty static model so I’d have some data to display. I got really tired of typing [NSDictionary dictionaryWithBlahDeBlahBlahBlah... So I wrote these three macros:

#define NSDICT(...) [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: __VA_ARGS__, nil]
#define NSARRAY(...) [NSArray arrayWithObjects: __VA_ARGS__, nil]
#define NSBOOL(_X_) ((_X_) ? (id)kCFBooleanTrue : (id)kCFBooleanFalse)

Two of them use ~~GCC~~ C99 macro extensions [Thanks to Peter H for the correction -Ed.] to allow variadic arguments in macros, but otherwise they should be kosher. Thanks to Jason H for a better NSBOOL (now with zero object allocations!). Here’s an example of usage:

NSArray *items = NSARRAY(NSDICT(@"Hello World!", @"title",
                                [NSImage imageNamed:@"worldHello"], @"icon",
                                NSBOOL(YES), @"isAwesome"),
                         NSDICT(@"Good Bye, World!", @"title",
                                [NSImage imageNamed:@"winkyfrownyface"], @"icon",
                                NSBOOL(NO), @"isAwesome"));

Enjoy!

p.s. I’m making what looks like progress on recovering my old domain name. WATCH THIS SPACE. Omgz.

Starting over?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:55:13 -0700

So my blog over at iamthewalr.us has been hijacked by a domain squatter. It’s a long story involving a vindictive and inattentive registrar ~~1and1.com~~ and is really beside the point.

I’m attempting to recover the domain but it’s looking unlikely that that will happen. I’ve registered another domain and it’s possible I’ll start over using tumblr, or maybe move my old blog over to the new domain, or maybe…

As you can see, there are myriad choices sitting right at my feet. Something like this is in really uprooting for anyone, especially me, and is a lot to take in right away. This is a partial explanation for why I’ve been so silent about this. The other part is laziness.

There is good news though, cool things in the works, consulting companies being formed, you know, every day stuff, how’s the weather? Things are finally starting to come together on that front, it’s very exciting I assure you.

dietrich: via www.angryflower.com

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:05:45 -0700

dietrich:

via www.angryflower.com

Ajaxian » Coherent: Cocoa Databinding for Ajax

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:38:52 -0700

Ajaxian » Coherent: Cocoa Databinding for Ajax:

Pretty freakin’ slick if you ask me. Do want.

Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:51:02 -0700

Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots?:

Absolutely thrilling. I wish all of Wired was like this still.

SPEED 3: Starring Michael Jackson. implodr: I don’t have...

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:03:08 -0700

SPEED 3: Starring Michael Jackson.

implodr:

I don’t have anything funny or witty to say. This basically speaks for itself.

tmblg:

You have to be kidding me. Is that fucking Virgin Galactic?!

What the fuck.

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:05:00 -0700

curl —basic —user “username:password” —data-ascii “status=`echo $@|tr ’ ’ ‘+’`” “http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json”

Source

Mercurial Summer of Code projects

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:46:09 -0700

Mercurial Summer of Code projects:

I’m pretty excited.

Except about Linux. blah blah penguins blah blah freedom.

CNN Shirt: ABC News fucked up the Pennsylvania debate

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:29:45 -0700

CNN Shirt: ABC News fucked up the Pennsylvania debate:

The sky truly is the limit.

tedger: Someone didn’t get the memo…. via pblair via The Daily...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:47:07 -0700

tedger:

Someone didn’t get the memo…. via pblair via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Radiohead cover Ceremony by New Order/Joy Division. I want them...

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:45:47 -0700

Radiohead cover Ceremony by New Order/Joy Division.

I want them to record an album of covers.

Separating out the fundamentals like this is pretty...

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:56:56 -0700

Separating out the fundamentals like this is pretty friggin’ sweet. Being able to remap a polyphoic sample back to a MIDI keyboard is pretty friggin’ awesome.

rathole:

Melodyne - Direct Note Access (via )

Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:30:37 -0700

Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven:

Joshua Allen (aka @fireland) works his magic.

Hey Joshua, pro tip for you: Perfect essay length is 140 characters. Ohh, burned.

Port Map and TCMPortMapper

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:51:46 -0700

Port Map and TCMPortMapper:

Pretty sweet. Will help a lot of folks get port mapping working, and hopefully will become a central focus point for further port mapping work.

And did I mention it also comes with an applicaiton to forward ports on the fly? Pretty sick. I’m not entirely sold on iPhone UI elements working their way into the interface, but hey, as long as it works.

This "bitter" controversy has really turned the race upside down. Obama's numbers have plummet--oh, never mind.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:52:41 -0700

paultough:

This primary campaign has turned into a welfare-to-work-style jobs program for political journalists. They have to say something in order to keep drawing a paycheck, and the fact that the race is over doesn’t change the fact that the mortgage is due. So every day it’s another column, another news special, another Situation Room, another 2,000 blog posts.

The voters, meanwhile, have made up their minds. Obama’s numbers in the Gallup poll have been between 49 and 52 for 18 days straight. That is what the financial types call a “narrow trading range.” The ups and downs within that range are statistical noise, nothing more.

Clinton has trended down slightly over the last few days, it’s true, but she, too, is stuck in a range, if a slightly less narrow one, between 40 and 46.

Every day there is “news” — a new controversy, a new comment, a new outrage — and it makes absolutely no difference to the voters.

It does sell soap, however, and with the economy in the tank, I guess we shouldn’t begrudge the media their advertising dollars. Have at it, fellas. We’re paying attention. No, seriously. What was that you were saying about rural Catholic voters in the Pittsburgh suburbs? Another shakeup in the Clinton camp? How fascinating! Do go on.

Presentation by Christian Hammond on Review Board, a web app...

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:27:14 -0700

Presentation by Christian Hammond on Review Board, a web app designed to make reviewing code incredibly easy.

On a scale of one to ten I’d give Review Board a “slick as hell.”

This song breaks my heart every single time. What a band.

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:13:01 -0700

This song breaks my heart every single time.

What a band.

Anne and I wandered around the Cherry Blossom Festival in SF....

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:48:48 -0700

Anne and I wandered around the Cherry Blossom Festival in SF. Saw some crazy shit. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!!1

White & Nerdy (Take #1) on Vimeo

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:53:17 -0700

White & Nerdy (Take #1) on Vimeo