http://lukhnos.org/blog/en Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:39:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (I haven't been in the writing lane for a while. In lieu of stuff about life, here I repost an entry from the ObjectiveFlickr blog.) I haven't really been taking care of ObjectiveFlickr.framework for a while. For the past few months many things have demanded my attention. In between I've attended ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/96 It rained, serendipitously, when he was deciding which part of his past to throw away, whom to avenge, and how to forget. Matsumoto Shinosuke, also known as Dr. T in his pro circle, was an ASP .NET programmer who wrote bespoke, or customized, blog systems in Akihabara, Tokyo. But his real ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/95 Was tracing a mysterious bug. Some software component that uses NSData's dataWithContentsOfURL: suddenly fails to work with a specific URL endpoint only when it is run on Tiger. Switching the URL endpoint to the dev server, and the problem is gone. Turns out that the specific URL endpoint is served by ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/94 Bought a pin at a museum shop, it says "Helveticul". The salesperson, who just like many others are bilingual, confirmed my guess: it combines the word Helvetica with the French insulting word (think of "en-" plus the word in question then verbalize it). In a genius stroke it becomes a ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/93 question = self.be? o_f = fortune(:outrageous) suffer = s.mind.suffer(slings(o_f) && arrows(o_f)) sea_of_trouble = [:trouble, :trouble, :trouble] fight = sea_of_trouble.map { |t| kill self.arm.take.against(t) } nobler = suffer > fight ? suffer: fight if fork == 0 while 1 sleep end else die end nil # no more http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/92 question = self.be? self.call nobler? ? lambda{|s| s.mind.suffer([:slings, :arrows].each {|x| fortune(:outrageous, x) }) } : lambda{|s| s.fight_and_kill([:trouble, :trouble, :trouble]) } if fork == 0 while 1 sleep end else die end # no more http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/91 Eric Rasmussen of Yale Chinese Mac has started a discussion on the .cin support in Apple's Mac OS X Leopard, an addition to their exisitng input method framework as an alternative to help users create their own input methods. I was invited to share what I know about the format, ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/90 People on the cocoa-dev mailing list talked about the cover flow API, which does exist, albeit not in public. If you know how to use IKImageBrwoserView, you already know how to cover-flowize your application. In your Interface Builder project, drop in a custom view and make its class IKImageFlowView. In the ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/89 Today we announce the release of OpenVanilla 0.8. It is the third major version of OpenVanilla (0.6, 0.7, 0.8) since 2004. Version 0.8 is available for Mac OS X and Windows. For the unpatient, the new release is available at openvanilla.org. One thing that I'd like to mention is that the ... http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/88 It's sweet watching a software project grow. And as a birthday present... The most important of all is that OpenVanilla helps people--then it fades in the background. It's getting more interesting and more fun. Bon anniversaire, OpenVanilla! http://lukhnos.org/blog/en/archives/87