I’m looking over things, and I see there haven’t been any posts on the blog in awhile, and I don’t really have any content planned for the next coming days. I just moved into Rice University on Sunday and have been tied up in Orientation activities and such.
I just want to put out this short [...]
Is it just me or does Apple’s previous acquisition of CoverFlow mean more than just its implementation into iTunes, or for that matter its inclusion in Leopard’s Finder? CoverFlow, the beautiful interface used in iTunes to let users flip through their album art, provides more than just a sleek way to view your albums; it [...]
I return from my weeklong journey to Italy and Britain, but I bring pictures too. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves (mostly).
We Begin in Turino
Our first days were spent touring and exploring Turino, Italy (famous for its olympic involvement). The city had a typical Italian feel and housed some great cafes. Drivers in Italy [...]
I’m leaving for Italy and Britain today for a weeklong vacation. Other than my iPod and camera, I will be completely out of touch of all things digital, so for the following week there will be no posts. I apologize to all my readers, but sometimes we all need to get away from things.
When I [...]
There’s a lot of little tricks that web designers use that can turn a good page into a beautiful page. Lots of times you won’t notice it. For some reason, your page just doesn’t pop like pro pages. This is also true on blogs. Some blogs just look great, and some are severely lacking in [...]
You might be familiar with this trick, but I find it to be incredibly useful, so I thought it was worth mentioning. Typically when you cmd-space into Spotlight and start typing, pressing enter selects the Show All option, which in my opinion is the most useless default. Spotlight’s supposed to be fast and get you [...]
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 There was the Blackberry/Palm collection, the 3G collection, the outdated Razr’s, and the supper crappy phone section.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 [...]
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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