XCode sucks
Okay, I don’t really have enough experience with it to make that judgment, but I doubt further familiarity will change my opinion.
Against publicizing private lives
“In one short decade we have been reconditioned to be entertained by the most private areas of other people’s lives. We’ve become the family dog who’s allowed to eat anything that falls on the floor, and the press is the little kid in the family who keeps
I modified a recipe
I was in the mood for an old recipe I got from my Dad, a zucchini frittata with cream cheese, zucchini, and other miscellaneous vegetable plus soft bread cubes in a custard. But it wanted a cup of black olives and I’m rather off olives these days…
So I
Developing for the iPhone
Man, Android is a lot easier to develop for than the iPhone. Admittedly, part of this is my detestation for Objective C, but part of it is that the Android framework is very simple.
I’m having a really hard time forcing myself to even look at Objective C, let
No-Knead Three-Cheese Semolina Bread
Servings: 1 large or 2 smaller loaves
Source:
King Arthur Flour
Ingredients
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup semolina
2 teaspoons instant yeast
1¼ teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon pizza dough flavor optional
2 tablespoons garlic oil or olive oil
1 cups lukewarm water possibly up to an ounce more
Mobile platform comments
I’ve recently downloaded the Palm WebOS SDK, the iPhone SDK, and the Android SDK and have been playing with developing for them. I doubt I’ll ever do anything serious, so it’s not a critical issue for purchasing a tablet.
Having written some play apps for all three
Trying to find an internet tablet
So I currently have a 17″ MacBook Pro, a Kindle 2, and an iPhone 3G. (I also have a Linux server and a Windows entertainment system, but that’s not relevant to the discussion.)
When I work, I work on the MacBook, because it’s an excellent development environment. It’
More maven plugins (and site skins)
I've created a couple of site skins, one that looks like this blog for my use, and one that's much simpler and blue for use with Sea Glass documentation.
I've also created a successor to my HTML Filter Site plugin called docbkx-wrapper-plugin that wraps
Dark Chocolate Pudding
Servings: 4
Source:
Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites
Ingredients
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups skim milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
In a saucepan, thoroughly combine the cornstarch, sugar, and cocoa powder. Add the milk and stir
until very smooth.
Cook on medium heat,
My first Maven plugins
I suppose you never forget your first Maven plugin. I’ve created two, and they’re both sync’d to Maven Central.
The first takes a description of Java Swing controls with configurations and creates image files of them for use in documentation.
The second allows the output of the