Category Archives: Articles

Sorry, but accepting Flash is potentially devastating to me

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Steven Fisher

Ars Technica Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love: If you read a site and care about its well being, then you should not block ads or you subscribe to sites like Ars that offer ads-free versions of the site. … Continue reading →

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Changes to come

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Steven Fisher

What to expect around here: Presentation Helvetica Neue. Because no other font comes close. A streamlined and less boxy design. Removal of side bar. Most of its functionality will be merged into the footer, and the search into the header. … Continue reading →

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A one day project

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Steven Fisher

I started work today on an iPhone project with a friend. I figured it would take only a day to get to a reasonable 1.0. I’ve only put in about a half day on it so far, but at this … Continue reading →

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Learning a new programming language

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Steven Fisher

It took me a while to learn Objective-C. I started at the most basic level, wondering at the language. What are these brackets? What’s with the @ signs? What’s the difference between a – and a +? These aren’t hard … Continue reading →

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The secret to enjoying Xcode

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Steven Fisher

One of the things that made me like Xcode more and become more efficient with it is realizing that while all coders are insane, me and Xcode’s designers are insane in different ways. By that, I mean that aside from … Continue reading →

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iTunes zoom behavior

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Steven Fisher

iTunes prior to 9.0 used a click on the zoom widget to convert to the mini player, leaving people like me who actually like to zoom a window option-clicking it. iTunes 9.0 finally fixed this. A click on the zoom … Continue reading →

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Minimized iTunes player

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Paste this into AppleScript Editor: tell application “iTunes” repeat with b in browser windows set the minimized of b to true end repeat end tell Save it in ~/Library/Scripts. And while you’re in AppleScript Editor, turn on Show Script menu … Continue reading →

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On skins and plugins

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Steven Fisher

I started this post over six months ago, but never quite got around to finishing it. It might never be finished. But this is a thorn to me, so I’m just going to post it as is. Should your new … Continue reading →

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Xcode and iPhone OS 3.0.1

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Steven Fisher

To get Xcode 3.1.3 working with iPhone OS 3.0.1, you’ll need to teach Xcode how to target iPhone OS 3.0.1. Xcode will automatically recognize iPhone OS 3.0.1 and look for a new SDK at a set path. The problem is … Continue reading →

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Three20

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Steven Fisher

I downloaded the latest version of Three20 today by Joe Hewitt. I read through some of the code and ran through the included “catalog” demo. If you’ve used the Facebook application, you’ve seen early versions of a lot of these … Continue reading →

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