There is a great guy named Merlin Mann whose work I have been appreciating for years.  He is pretty much a time and productivity guru, although I am not sure you’d be able to catch him using the word “guru” to describe himself in any way.  He invented the Hipster PDA and Inbox Zero.  Earlier [...]

In the last two days, three people have asked me about iPad apps.  I used to occasionally post what apps I was running on the iPhone (the last being in 2008), but have never done this with the iPad.  So in the interest of sharing, let me walk you through my apps. My dock apps [...]

There is a local blog I follow, Vintage Portland, that digs through the city archives and posts vintage photos of Portland every few days.  Last month, they posted a photo of Pioneer Courthouse from 1875, with a school in the background that is now PDX’s living room, a.k.a. Pioneer Courthouse Square.  I really enjoyed t

There is a local blog I follow, Vintage Portland, that digs through the city archives and posts vintage photos of Portland every few days.  Last month, they posted a photo of Pioneer Courthouse from 1875, with a school in the background that is now PDX’s living room, a.k.a. Pioneer Courthouse Square.  I really enjoyed t

My last two posts (skipping over the one regarding comics) mentioned Radio Shack in one form or another, so I thought I would complete the trilogy with this one.  As you may recall reading, I worked at Radio Shack in the early 90s.  It was minimum wage plus poor commission, so basically ended up being [...]

My last two posts (skipping over the one regarding comics) mentioned Radio Shack in one form or another, so I thought I would complete the trilogy with this one.  As you may recall reading, I worked at Radio Shack in the early 90s.  It was minimum wage plus poor commission, so basically ended up being [...]

As a kid, I never got into comic books all that much.  I suspect that the only comics I ever read were the free Whiz Kids comics from Radio Shack.  Seriously.  When the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie was on the horizon, I picked up the graphic novel upon which it was based.  I love [...]

As a kid, I never got into comic books all that much.  I suspect that the only comics I ever read were the free Whiz Kids comics from Radio Shack.  Seriously.  When the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie was on the horizon, I picked up the graphic novel upon which it was based.  I love [...]

This is Dave.  Back in the early 90s I ran into Dave when I was working at Radio Shack.  He came in to buy a tone dialer and a crystal of a specific frequency and I immediately knew what sort of shenanigans he was up to because I had downloaded and read the same text files with [...]

This is Dave.  Back in the early 90s I ran into Dave when I was working at Radio Shack.  He came in to buy a tone dialer and a crystal of a specific frequency and I immediately knew what sort of shenanigans he was up to because I had downloaded and read the same text files with [...]

A few years ago, I ran across Ned Batchelder’s instructions for making a business card cube.  Since then, I have made dozens of them, including a few conjoined cubes that form Tetris pieces.  It occurred to me the other day (about a year or two too late to hit the Portal craze and at least [...]

A few years ago, I ran across Ned Batchelder’s instructions for making a business card cube.  Since then, I have made dozens of them, including a few conjoined cubes that form Tetris pieces.  It occurred to me the other day (about a year or two too late to hit the Portal craze and at least [...]

A few weeks ago, I was complaining about the lack of a good Open Source library for both parsing AND making use of the vcal/ical internet calendar feed format.  Quite a few solutions exist for simple parsing but few (okay, zero that I could find) solid, robust solutions exist for doing anything intelligible with the [...]

A few weeks ago, I was complaining about the lack of a good Open Source library for both parsing AND making use of the vcal/ical internet calendar feed format.  Quite a few solutions exist for simple parsing but few (okay, zero that I could find) solid, robust solutions exist for doing anything intelligible with the [...]

Today I got to continue a 4th of July tradition: pulling up the past 6 months of neglected weeds from the back yard.  This year, though, it was a little different.  Sure, there were still plenty of weeds, but more interestingly, there were worms — lots of them.  In previous years, the lawn itself has [...]

Today I got to continue a 4th of July tradition: pulling up the past 6 months of neglected weeds from the back yard.  This year, though, it was a little different.  Sure, there were still plenty of weeds, but more interestingly, there were worms — lots of them.  In previous years, the lawn itself has [...]

A little over a month ago, I had this crazy idea.  It wasn’t quite as crazy as no sleep for charity, but it was a little out there.  You see, I have played with iPhone development, technically, since before there was an official SDK but for most practical purposes, for a little under a year. [...]

A little over a month ago, I had this crazy idea.  It wasn’t quite as crazy as no sleep for charity, but it was a little out there.  You see, I have played with iPhone development, technically, since before there was an official SDK but for most practical purposes, for a little under a year. [...]

Recently, I found myself in possession of a $20 “virtual” Visa gift card.  To make a long story short, I found the Wolfram Alpha iPhone app useful enough to spend $20 on it when the price dropped from $50, but then it later dropped to $2 and Mr. Wolfram decided to issue refunds to those [...]

Recently, I found myself in possession of a $20 “virtual” Visa gift card.  To make a long story short, I found the Wolfram Alpha iPhone app useful enough to spend $20 on it when the price dropped from $50, but then it later dropped to $2 and Mr. Wolfram decided to issue refunds to those [...]

A feature new to iPhone OS 4 (iOS 4) is the ability to create folders.  You can stack a few icons atop one another and they turn into a folder.  You touch the folder, it pops open, then you can touch an item in the folder to launch it. BUT!  Did you know that you [...]

A feature new to iPhone OS 4 (iOS 4) is the ability to create folders.  You can stack a few icons atop one another and they turn into a folder.  You touch the folder, it pops open, then you can touch an item in the folder to launch it. BUT!  Did you know that you can [...]

Because the world does not yet contain enough vuvuzela, I made an iPhone ringtone of a vuvuzela.  You're welcome.  Just download it and drag it into iTunes.  The original audio file that I used is from the above-linked Wikipedia article, so if you can think of other uses for the sound clip, go crazy! I, [...]

Because the world does not yet contain enough vuvuzela, I made an iPhone ringtone of a vuvuzela.  You’re welcome.  Just download it and drag it into iTunes.  The original audio file that I used is from the above-linked Wikipedia article, so if you can think of other uses for the sound clip, go crazy! I, for [...]

As a few readers of this blog may know, I have been tinkering with iPhone development for about a year.  Technically, a bit longer than that — since the first jailbreaks and community SDKs — but realistically, with all seriousness, about a year of what I’d consider above “tinkering” but below “professional.”�

As a few readers of this blog may know, I have been tinkering with iPhone development for about a year.  Technically, a bit longer than that — since the first jailbreaks and community SDKs — but realistically, with all seriousness, about a year of what I’d consider above “tinkering” but below “professional.”�

I have been working on a little side-project for a few weeks now.  One of the things I thought I could add easy-peasy, slam-dunk, was a read-only view of a shared calendar.  I have seen the iCal data format before, and it didn't strike me as particularly difficult, just A BUNCH OF CAPITAL LETTERS and [...]

I have been working on a little side-project for a few weeks now.  One of the things I thought I could add easy-peasy, slam-dunk, was a read-only view of a shared calendar.  I have seen the iCal data format before, and it didn’t strike me as particularly difficult, just A BUNCH OF CAPITAL LETTERS and [...]

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A picture, without comment. Hello World, App Store Edition is a post from: Netninja.com ✽ Write Comment ✽ Read Comments If you liked this post, you may also enjoy:Hello From Bellydance Thinger Phone Photo Post SPOCK ROCK! Test Phone Post Saint Cupcake on Belmont