All posts in January, 2006
Cocoa: drop down menu buttons
In Cocoa, it is pretty easy to use an NSButton that creates a drop down menu. One of the key-tricks to making it appear to be an NSPopUpButton is to set the [NSCell sendActionOn:]. Generally,... [read more]
Jan
29
2006
Uniplex: Episode 2
Uniplex Episode 2 is out! Download the w4v file and play it with QuickTime 7 or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. This episode has Trevor Blackwell and his self-balancing electric unicycle. Plus, some interviews... [read more]
Jan
29
2006
One year at Apple.
Today is my one year anniversary at Apple! Apple is a great company, and I have been having a great time working on the AppKit framework and I’m looking forward to all the cool new... [read more]
Jan
17
2006
Woodworking: Box #3
Today, I finished box #3. It is a simple box, with a slight pyramid shape. The edges slant upwards at a 5 degree angle. It is made of redwood (home depot junk redwood!) that I... [read more]
Jan
15
2006
Proteas. Macro Photography.
Today, I went to the UCSC Arboretum with Chris Bensen and took some great pictures in between some pouring rain downfalls. I used my 100mm macro lens, and I got a few good shots. Take... [read more]
Jan
14
2006
Tango lessons!
On last Tuesday night, I took my first tango lesson. It is really cool! Check out Steppin’ Out Productions.
Jan
13
2006
synergy on Intel MacOS X
Hi All. I use synergy to share my keyboard/mouse on my computers. I recompiled the server for Intel MacOS. Feel free to grab it and use it: synergyc_synergys_mac_intel.zip. It is an Intel ONLY binary. It... [read more]
Jan
13
2006
MacBook Pro: I want one!
If you haven’t heard, Apple has new laptops, the MacBook Pro. I want one!
Jan
10
2006
Photography: Great tree pictures from Castle Rock
Last weekend, I took a trip up to Castle Rock state park. It is a popular climbing destination, and there is some gorgeous scenery. I went by myself, and brought my camera along with my... [read more]
Jan
10
2006
Cocoa: Creating a custom Color Picker in Cocoa. Part 1.
It is pretty easy to create a custom Color Picker that is available in any application, or for just your particular app. It isn’t difficult to do, but there are some caveats that you must... [read more]
Jan
8
2006
Boxes. Woodworking. Making things.
In today’s modern day and age, making things seems to be a lost art. In junior high, and high school, I took a few woodshop classes. I’ve always enjoyed woodworking, and making things with my... [read more]
Jan
8
2006
For sale: House in Maui, Wailuku, Hawaii. MLS 315702
If you are interested in having a house to stay at when you visit Maui, well, this one might be for you! A single family house with a detached “Ohanaâ€/cottage. The Ohana currently is rented... [read more]
Jan
5
2006
Cocoa: Using NSPredicate and NSMetadataQuery
Hi Apple Cocoa developers. Here are some more tips and tricks for Cocoa development. On Tiger, there is a new class called NSMetadataQuery that allows you to do some cool Spotlight searches. See the “Spotlighterâ€... [read more]
Jan
5
2006
Cocoa: Disappearing headers in CoreData generated TableViews
Apple Cocoa developers: Finally another blog entry for you! Everyone else: You may want to skip this one… It has come to my attention that some NSTableView instances created by dragging CoreData objects into Interface... [read more]
Jan
5
2006
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