While adding support for stored preferences to Rouser, I realized I needed to add another outlet to my controller class so that it could restore the setting of the on/off radio buttons. So I went into Interface Builder, added the outlet, and told it to regenerate the class files …
Rouser
My "Rouser" alarm clock application for Mac OS X is coming along nicely. It is basically functional now, allowing me to turn the alarm on and off and set the alarm time. When it is on, it displays a countdown (e.g. "Alarm will ring in 2 hours, 13 minutes …
Living in Squalor
A few weeks ago, after watching the film Supersize Me!, I stopped eating fast food. I was preparing my own meals, using fresh ingredients. I felt better, lost some excess weight, and had more energy. Unfortunately, with the long hours and stress at work recently, I've returned to the old …
Two Weeks In
10:42 up 8 days, 21:46, 3 users, load averages: 1.56 1.41 1.14The iMac has been pretty stable, after the first few days of instability. I haven't had many application crashes (only OmniWeb is prone to die) and haven't needed to reboot.
While the iMac …
Little Victories and Little Celebration
We passed a significant milestone today at work: we finally got all the hardware together and loaded the current software on it. And whadya know: the damn thing actually works!
This should have made me feel good, but it really didn't. For one thing, I was tired: it was after …
Application Naming
I've read a few chapters of some Cocoa programming books and documentation, so I'm ready to start work on a simple Mac OS X alarm clock application. The first step, which often takes me longer than the actual implementation, is to come up with a cool name for it.
I …
Sprinting to the Finish
I haven't written much in my blog about what I'm doing at work. This is because I've wanted to avoid writing anything that could get me into trouble with my managers, coworkers, or customers. However, I do want to write a little about what's going on at work, because that …
I Bought Microsoft Office for Mac
I just ordered Microsoft Office Professional for the Mac. I feel a little dirty.
I was hoping that the Mac could be a Microsoft-free haven for me. Then I found that I needed Windows Media Player, so I got that. Then I needed Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection, so I got …
The Brushed Metal Look
I was going to blog about what I think about the mixture of the "brushed metal" look and the more traditional Apple look in Mac OS X, but someone else already wrote everything I wanted to say: http://daringfireball.net/2004/10/brushedmetal.
The Finder is especially annoying in that …
Sleepless-Night Wiki Moved to Quartus
A few years ago, I created the Sleepless-Night Wiki as a forum where Quartus Forth users could exchange information and code. I considered it to be pretty successful, as it attracted several talented people who contributed code, tips, and advice. It also attracted some people interested in related matters, such …