I’m starting a new section on my blog: CocoaCodeSnippets. Whenever I run into some interesting code or write a little short method that seems useful, I’m going to post a short little explanation and share the code. For my first CocoaCodeSnippet, I wanted to pose a solution to a problem that might have a better [...]
After being a longtime user of the Motorola V220 (yeah, super popular phone), I’ve finally upgraded to a new phone. At the AT&T store, there were quite a few choices of phones. There was the Blackberry/Palm collection, the 3G collection, the outdated Razr’s, and the supper crappy phone section. Considering I didn’t want a Blackberry [...]
I’ve just transitioned my wordpress instalation over to using WP-Syntax. According to the plugin homepage:
WP-Syntax provides clean syntax highlighting using GeSHi — supporting a wide range of popular languages. It supports highlighting with or without line numbers and maintains formatting while copying snippets of code from the browser.
Like most WordPress plugins, WP-Syntax simply requires a [...]
In a post yesterday, I had some new CSS working. My headings now have a nice line drawn under them. Here’s a sample:
Test Heading
This gives posts a more professional look that I really like. I got this idea from Paul’s style, but I wrote this CSS myself. Here’s the CSS you need to [...]
I haven’t been to Apple.com in awhile, but I happened to come accross it today, and something just really struck me. Here have a look:
Notice anything? Let’s count the iPhones. Eleven, wow!
Apple has chosen to give its prime real estate solely to the iPhone. The large main spot and the four minor spots are all [...]
There are a lot of reasons these days for developing for the Mac. With the technologies included with Cocoa, programmers are having to do less and less mundane tasks. This free time allows for more hours to be spent on new innovation. Not only does Cocoa offer a vibrant toolkit of built-in features, it also [...]
Here’s a little bit from the OpenSoft about page:
OpenSoft was founded on July 13th 2004 with Dustin Bachrach’s first program: QuickTunes. OpenSoft strives to deliver the best freeware applications with 100% of the source code included. This allows for users to customize the experience and contribute to the whole community. OpenSoft encourages all users to [...]
We’ve got a new teaser coming at you today. This one makes the assumption that you actually study, but pending that requirement, give it a look over at MACieval.com. We’ve added a new teaser-chooser to the top right so you can go back and see all of our old teasers. Stay tuned for more because [...]
Already it’s begun. The Harry-Potteresque sorting hat has been placed over all of us ‘11 Owls, and most have been placed into one of the 8 decent colleges, but the lucky few have been allowed to join Sid Richardson, well known as Rice’s best residential college. Although separated even before any of us have met, [...]
Dustin Bachrach is a 20 year old Rice student and developer for both OS X and the web. He also deals a lot with design work and Photoshop. He blogs technology, Apple, programming, and life.
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