UPDATE: Well, glad I spent the time preparing this…Apple decided to post it on their site…
Happy iPad release day! Now that the iPad NDA has been been lifted, there are a lot of topics I’d like to write about. iPhone OS 3.2 brings about several new features including a new UIViewController called UISplitViewController. This allows you to, in landscape orientation, have two UIViewContollers side-by-side. On device rotation to portrait orientation, the left-most UIViewController (the “rootViewController”) disappears from view and is replaced by a UIBarButtonItem in the right-most UIViewController (the “detailViewController”). | Read more »
Posted in: Technology | Tags: 3.2, iPad, iPhone, MultiDetailView, NDA, Objective-C, OS, Protocols, UISplitViewController
One of the worst things about being a “tech guy” to non-technical people is that you are constantly bombarded with questions or favors and you feel obliged to give in a large amount of the time. It’s even worse when the knowledge of your “skill” is spread to friends and neighbors of your friends whom you don’t even know. Most of the time, especially recently (being unemployed), I don’t so much mind helping out but people definitely take advantage. | Read more »
Posted in: Technology | Tags: combofix, computer science, malware, rant, tech support, virus, windows
I spent today doing a lot of favors for people, including getting Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) running on a friend’s Dell Inspiron Mini 10v. Making a hackintosh out of these machines used to be a pain, but it’s really quite easy now. | Read more »
Posted in: Technology | Tags: 10v, audio, dell, hackintosh, inspiron, mini, netbookinstaller, os x, sleep, snow leopard
A few months ago, I dropped my 15″ MacBook Pro from about 3 feet. Upon immediate inspection, I only noticed a small dent near the DVI connector, but I figured that was the extent of the damage since the computer was off (or at least in sleep mode) at the time. | Read more »
Posted in: Technology | Tags: display, hardware, macbook pro, problem, reed switch, sleep
I gave my final presentation for my iPhone Development class tonight on my project called UMBC Campus Friend. It’s an app that tells you places you are near on a campus. From a developer’s perspective, it’s very cool in that all you have to do is provide an XML file with POI descriptions and another XML file with building coordinates to get the app to work, with zero programming experience necessary.
After the presentation, I was approached by an individual from UMBC’s DoIT who expressed a great deal of interest and excitement in the app and said that we would probably be in contact. Several other students thought I should be trying to go somewhere with this app. They’re probably right. I’m looking to get the ball rolling, beefing up the app to add some features I thought about but didn’t have time to implement, and hopefully even taking this app to market. It’s a good night for sure!
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