October 2009
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A Blocks Gotcha
So I was just writing some code, and I refactored it a bit by putting a little chunk into a block, then calling that block in multiple places. Here’s the gist original declaration: NSXMLDocument * (^fetcher)(NSString *) = ^(NSString * typeName) { NSArray * arguments = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: ...]; // fetch the data NSXMLDocument * doc = ...; if ( doc == nil ) { ...
Oct 6th
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Villain laughs as he guts public library
“I wanted that kid to lose sleep that night,” a grinning Xinos says Wednesday, as he invites me for a nearly two-hour interview in his Mercedes-Benz in the gated Oak Brook community where he lives. “This is the real world and the lesson, you folks who brought your kids here, is if you want something, pay for it.” If there were any doubt about this asshat’s...
Oct 6th
“If MonoTouch and Flash applications are slow and crash or use gobs of memory or...”
– iPhone Development Jeff nails it again.
Oct 6th
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Thawte FreeMail (Web of Trust) Certificates to...
Just found a link to this FAQ on Slashdot (so it might be a little bit inaccessible). I use this for my main email account (and have done for about 5 years now), but still haven’t received the official email from Thawte enabling me to enrol for a one-year VeriSign email certificate just yet. I have to wonder if that will arrive before my certificate becomes invalid on November 16 this...
Oct 6th