The Tinley Harrier

RealClearPolitics - Chicago v. Self Defense

2010-06-02T08:32:00.001-05:00

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/06/02/chicago_v_self_defense_105806.html

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Can test apps on the iPhone again

2010-04-03T16:50:00.003-05:00

OK, well that was a little embarrassing. Turns out the whole problem with my apps not testing was that I didn't put in an asterisk in my bundle identifier. You see, if you don't put an asterisk in your bundle identifier, you get all kinds of of code sign errors that will make your life abslolutely miserable. Now, if I understood the the how-to videos on Apple's development portal correctly, at some point I'm actually going to have to make an actual bundle identifier if I want to get a program into the App Store. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. For right now, I think I'm going to celebrate by going for a little run.

Make It: iPhone Guitar Connection Kit | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

2010-03-25T11:57:00.001-05:00

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/make-it-iphone-guitar-connection-kit/

I need to build this.

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iPhone certificate reinstallation: I'm on a mission from God

2010-02-21T16:50:00.002-06:00

OK, it's just me, the MBP, my iPhone, a bunch of Google searches. Let's go. Quick rehash: My first year came and went in the developer program, so my certificates expired. For whatever reason the certificates just don't renew themselves when you re up with the developer program. So I've removed the expired certificates, and went into the development portal to get new ones. However, I'm getting the dreaded codesign error, and so now I'm stuck, as least as far as testing on the actual iPhone hardware, the simulator still works. I'm going to wipe out my new certificates and try it again, see if I missed something

Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll

2010-02-21T16:35:00.004-06:00

My main man Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll yesterday. Of course, the MSM and even Fox News is dismissing it, but it should be noted that he throttled everyone, including previous 3 time winner Mitt Romney 31-22. No one else polled above single digits. If RP can continue to build his organization, he may be able to win the Iowa caucuses in 2012. This would give him huge momentum going into New Hampshire, whose "Live Free or Die" residents voted for another septuagenarian, John McCain, twice. If he wins those first two contests he might be able to overcome a Mike Huckabee win in South Carolina for a showdown in what is likely to be the biggest Super Tuesday ever, with 20-25 states participating.

Ron Paul is a prolific money raiser, able to drop money-bombs that pull in millions in a 24 hour span. He can be appeal to the youth vote every bit as well as Barry Obama, who's youth movement will likely leave him in droves. If he can do an end run around Fox News and talk radio and get enough Tea Party folk going his way, he's got a real shot. He's got two years to get it done. Do work son!

RealClearPolitics - Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly

2010-02-17T15:18:00.001-06:00

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/17/education_too_important_for_a_government_monopoly_104432.html

John Stossel is the best journalist out there. Keep up the good work!

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iPhone Certificate problems

2010-02-11T20:51:00.001-06:00

Code Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Developer' doesn't match any valid certificate/private key pair in the default keychain So I'm on my second year in the development program of the iPhone and now these certificates are not working. Any ideas?

iPhone app asking me for me iTunes password

2010-01-02T11:24:00.003-06:00

I've seen some odd errors in Xcode before, but this one takes the cake: When I test my app on the iPhone, it's asking me for iTunes password. Why would it do this? The only thing I can think of is that I had a download that failed while using iTunes on the iPhone, but what does that have to do with my app? Things that make you go hmmm....

Happy New Year!

2010-01-02T11:22:00.002-06:00

Happy new year, well new decade for that matter. OK now that we got that out of the way it's time to start that resolving stuff. I resolve to do one thing this year: Get an app in the app store. Easier said then done, but now that I got MBP and my couch back, I am in prime coding shape. Time to do work!

iPhone Savior: "I'm On A Phone" Video with Lyrics

2009-12-24T21:06:00.000-06:00

http://www.iphonesavior.com/im-on-a-phone-video-with-lyrics.html

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Assigning apps to a specific space in OS X

2009-12-20T11:13:00.002-06:00

This has to be the coolest feature in OS X besides Spaces itself. As an X Coder, I hated the fact that every time I launched Interface Builder it would launch over Xcode. I would then have to drag it over to a separate space. Pain in the rump. Now by following the instructions in this awesome tutorial, I now have all my favorite apps launch into specific Spaces. It's the ultimate in organization!

Camcorder brings video recording to iPhone 3G and 1st gen - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

2009-12-14T15:49:00.001-06:00

http://i.tuaw.com/2009/12/14/app-store-approved-app-brings-video-recording-to-iphone-3g-and-1/

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CO2 is good for the plants

2009-12-13T11:14:00.002-06:00

This is a great article on how CO2, (carbon dioxide for the chemistry illiterate folk) is actually good for plants, and that all the CO2 that's gone out has actually increased plant life all across the Earth. Now you'd think the treehuggers would welcome this bit of news, but since their goal is actually socialism, not helping the environment, I heavily doubt you'll be hearing much about this during Copenhagen.

Great letter to global warming idiots

2009-12-13T10:02:00.002-06:00

Found this link in a forum. It hits the Global Warming Gestapo with some inconvenient truths, and is well worth a read. I have to say, I am glad that the blogging community has finally grown to the point where NY Times/CBS/ABC/NBC/CNN denials no longer means stories don't get out anymore. Thanks goes out to the Matt Drudges, the Andrew Breitbart's, the anonymous hackers that go out there and expose the truth. The MSM is in their twilight. May the dawn of the new media result in a glorious sunrise.

AT&T needs to step up

2009-12-12T13:19:00.004-06:00

OK, I'm totally fired up from FSJ's post about AT&T yesterday. Time for some unsolicited advice to AT&T:

You will not have an exclusive on the iPhone forever. Sure, you're the only GSM 3G network in America now (sorry T-mobile, yours does not rate at such), but there's this 4G thing around the horizon, and Verizon is going to beat you to it by a country mile. In summer of 2011, Apple will probably release a 4G iPhone model, and that will be the end of AT&T exclusivity. So you've got a year and a half to get in gear. So how should you spend that time?

1. Build. Some. Damn. Towers. Yeah I know it's easier said then done, what with NIMBY folk not wanting to look at a tower and what not. But you know what? I don't buy it. Because every little podunk town has a fire station, park, village center, etc. that you can put a tower up on. Every single one. Do you really think they're going to turn down money so you can put up a tower, especially in these recessionary times? Hell no. Get to work!

2. Get 4G going now. It's game over if Apple releases the 4G iPhone while you're still putzing around with 3G build out. You have to move right now, aggressively, because infrastructure doesn't build itself over night.

3. Quit with the damn Luke Wilson commercials already. Look, Luke Wilson doesn't make your fundamental problems go away. Building towers does. Spend your money there. If you have to show commercials, why don't you show some proletarian putting up a tower somewhere in the vast tracts of the country where you have no 3G service?

4. For the love of God quit threatening to punish your customers. What are you, the music industry? You did see how that turned out, didn't you? Do you really think subcharging iPhone users is really going to get you more customers? Look AT&T, your rep is shot as it is. You don't need anymore bad press right now, mmmm'k?

5. iPhone tethering. Sometime next decade? Just sayin'.

Greatest FSJ post ever

2009-12-12T12:46:00.002-06:00

Those of us condemned to AT&T because of the iPhone have to read this post by Fake Steve Jobs. I have to admit, FSJ had gone a bit wayward lately, what with the endless Tiger bashing. But this article makes up for it. I couldn't have said it any better myself, especially the part about "What the f*** happened to this country?". Priceless.

Quit guilting me, Nick

2009-11-29T10:17:00.004-06:00

In today's column of the NY Times (yes, I read the NY Times when RealClearPolitics links to them, if only to find out what the enemy is thinking), Nicholas D. Kristof tries to guilt us into passing ObamaCare so some guy named John doesn't die. Now, don't get me wrong, John has a horrible medical condition that prevents him from working, insurance won't cover the surgery because he has a pre-existing condition, and I'm sure it's all George W. Bush's fault. But, Nick, buddy, instead of putting your pity story in the New York Times in a shameless attempt to change Joe Lieberman's vote on health care, why don't you put your money where your mouth is? Hmmmm? Get a quote from the doctors that say they can save him with surgery, and start raising some money. Dedicate every column you have to appealing to your dwindling NY Times readership and let's see how compassionate they really are. I mean, come on, your paper is mostly read by bleeding heart, latte liberals that have coin to spare. Have them quit going to Starbucks for a week and pony up some dough! Come on my Nick, man up! Quit peddling your guilt trips and take some action for a change!!!!

Blueprint for Revolution | Young Americans for Liberty

2009-11-25T09:17:00.000-06:00

http://www.yaliberty.org/yar/blueprint-for-revolution

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Star Wars: Trench Run for the $5 Jedi in all of us - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

2009-11-18T10:30:00.000-06:00

http://i.tuaw.com/2009/11/17/star-wars-trench-run-for-the-5-jedi-in-all-of-us/

Trench Run is out!!!

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Biographer Talks Ayn Rand and Her Hollywood Days - MarketWatch Video

2009-11-14T23:48:00.001-06:00

http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/biographer-talks-ayn-rand-and-her-hollywood-days-2009-11-14/49159457-E768-4CE8-9855-FBCE9DFAFF5D

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Got the MacBook Pro!

2009-11-14T19:35:00.002-06:00

Well, I finally took the plunge. I rolled over to the Orland Square Apple Store and got myself a brand new 13" Macbook Pro (henceforth will be referred to as MBP). It's a thing of beauty, with the aluminum body, the back lit keys, the ginormous multitouch trackpad. I'm in the midst of transferring all of my files over. I've got my music and photos over so far, and it looks like Gimp, OpenOffice, Firefox, and even Xcode made it over OK. I had a little permission issue snafu that delayed things for awhile, but I think I've made it through the worst of it. Right now I'm going through the trickiest part, moving the iPhone over, but I've found a good article that I hope will get my apps and data over without any issues (crossing my fingers). Last, but not certainly not least, is to see if my own iPhone apps come over. I anticipate a nightmare of getting the certificates to work, so I'll think I'll save that for tomorrow.

2011: Obama’s Coup Fails Injects Politics Into Strategy Game | Underwire | Wired.com

2009-11-11T12:52:00.001-06:00

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/obamas-coup-fails/

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Column: Judge the person, not the résumé - Opinion - USATODAY.com

2009-11-04T12:48:00.001-06:00

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/11/column-judge-the-person-not-the-r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-.html

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Comics for iPhone!

2009-10-30T09:13:00.001-05:00

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303491945&mt=8

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Macworld New iPhone app translates English into Spanish as you speak | Software | iPhone Central

2009-10-29T15:01:00.001-05:00

http://www.macworld.com/article/143566/2009/10/jibbigo.html

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iPhone Atlas

2009-10-21T16:08:00.001-05:00

http://m.iphoneatlas.com/#__1

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Libertarian Wonderland: “Pirate Radio” | KyleSmithOnline.com

2009-10-19T12:16:00.001-05:00

http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=4853

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OCRegister.com : Mark Steyn: Limbaugh bad, Mao good

2009-10-18T23:36:00.001-05:00

http://m.ocregister.com/ocregister/db_13102/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=pFPw9D4y&src=cat

Mark Steyn is my favorite Canadian.

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Embrace your Kaizen

2009-10-18T21:16:00.000-05:00

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/153ffd82-b9eb-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058

This may the best article I've ever read, of any kind, ever.

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Droid is coming, Apple is scared. Not.

2009-10-18T08:27:00.003-05:00

So there were some Droid commercials dissing the iPhone last night. I'm sure Steve Jobs is quaking in his New Balances. Look, I love Google, and it's a given that Verizon's network is completely superior to AT&T's, but Google/Verizon/Motorola would have to pay me to use Droid. Break my AT&T contract for $175 (I actually don't have any problems with their coverage), give up all my iPhone apps, convert all my iTunes files because the iPhone doesn't have full multitasking or interchangeable batteries? Verizon, you're going to have to do better then that.

They're simply two years too late. Millions of people have bought into the whole iTunes/App Store ecosphere, and while it's not perfect, most people are extremely satisfied with it. Now if AT&T had crap coverage in my area and I was a Sprint or existing Verizon customer, I might be excited. But I'm not. A bit of friendly advice to Verizon: Stick to attacking AT&T with your clever "There's a map for that ads". There's a legit beef there. But since you're not going to convert many iPhone users who have decent coverage, you might want to drop these "iDon't" ads because all you're doing is making Steve Jobs angry. And you don't want to see Steve when he's angry.

Why the economy nearly collapsed

2009-10-17T19:24:00.003-05:00

Lord knows I usually can't stand the New York Times, with it's hideous liberal slant and what not. Which would be fine, except they pretend they are an unbiased paper, mountains of evidence to the contrary (most recent example: denial of the ACORN scandal). But that's another post for another time. Google News dug up this absolutely astounding op-ed piece which basically blames the financial crisis on too many smart people entering finance, inventing derivatives and credit default swaps, when they should have been studying physics or engineering. Part of the rationale was that college has become so expensive that the smartest students started picking finance so they could pay off their gigantic student loans faster. It makes more sense then anything else I've read on this most important subject, and while it's not the only reason we're in the sorry state we're in (mass government intervention in the housing market and good old fashioned greed come to mind) it explains quite a lot.

Where are the new Mac Minis?

2009-10-17T10:01:00.002-05:00

I'm seeing in multiple places that people have been turned away from by buying a Mac Mini at Apple Stores because they are sold out. What's the hold up on the new model Steve? Waiting for all the iMacs to run out too? How many MacBook whites are left while you're at it?

I'm tired of waiting. I want a MacBook (preferably at 900 bucks and multitouch trackpad)

2012 Poll: Huckabee Leads GOP Pack - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com

2009-10-16T18:45:00.001-05:00

http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/10/16/2012-poll-huckabee-leads-gop-pack/

GOP looks like its going to mail it in next election.

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WRT54G died

2009-10-13T21:03:00.002-05:00

The old Linksys WRT54G gave up the ghost Sunday, so I had to get another router to replace it (I think this is the third one I've got from Linksys). Sadly, since Linksys was bought by Cisco, it looks like they are giving up on the old purple color scheme I'd grown so fond of. The new WRT54G2 is low profile, black and working now after a mad scramble to find the MAC address I needed to clone to make it work with my cable modem.

Why the Nobel Peace Prize Should Go to Nuclear - Flash Player Installation

2009-10-11T19:39:00.001-05:00

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1929553,00.html

Couldn't have said it better myself...

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Al Gore, Destroyed | KyleSmithOnline.com

2009-10-09T13:12:00.000-05:00

http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=4804

Can't wait to get the new Freakonomics book!

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"What it Feels Like to Be a Libertarian" - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

2009-10-07T11:35:00.001-05:00

http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/07/what-it-feels-like-to-be-a-lib

Being a libertarian is frustrating.

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Apple Analysts are idiots

2009-10-04T08:15:00.002-05:00

How does one get these "analyst" jobs anyways? By getting a worthless finance degree? So here's the latest "knowledge" revealed by "analyst" Kathryn Huberty at J.P. Morgan: That Apple's market share of the U.S. mobile phone sector would double if they would just end iPhone exclusivity with AT&T. Gee, really? You don't say!

The lesson will repeat until it is learned: APPLE WILL NOT GO WITH VERIZON OR SPRINT BECAUSE THEY ARE CDMA AND THE IPHONE IS GSM. APPLE WILL NOT MAKE A CDMA VERSION OF THE IPHONE. EVER.

But what about T-mobile, you may be thinking? T-MOBILE IS EVEN MORE BACK-ASSWARDS WITH 3G DEPLOYMENT THEN AT&T IS. The last thing Apple needs is another underperforming wireless partner.

I'm reminded of the showdown between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men":

Are we clear? Yes, Sir. ARE WE CLEAR? Crystal.

Until there is a 4G iPhone, which won't happen until there is actually a 4G network in the US (Verizon 2011, earliest, AT&T, who knows?), or T-mobile drastically increases 3G coverage in the US (probably not going to happen before Verizon gets 4G up) there will not be an alternative to AT&T in the US for the iPhone. Look, "analysts", wishing for something does not make it so (iPhone nano, iTablets, sub $1000 dollar netbooks, etc.) You'll get what Steve Jobs wants, when he wants you to have it.

Kindle for iPhone good, but not great

2009-10-03T09:25:00.000-05:00

As I sit here at the local Jiffy Lube I'm glad that I have the option of perusing the dozen or so titles in Amazon Kindle app library. While I'd prefer that Apple would have just added iBooks to the iTunes store, Kindle's online store is a close second inconvience, with a decent search feature and one-click shopping. So it's good, but not great. Why? In a word, selection.

There are around 250,000+ books in the Kindle store. That may seem like a lot, until you consider the millions of books that are not in the store. Now granted, a lot of those millions are tripe that have sold less then 5,000 copies that the world wouldn't miss. But no Harry Potter? Atlas Shrugged? These are mega best sellers. Why are they not in the store? Is it the publisher? Is it the author?

I mean, isn't the whole publishing industry a bunch of leftist kooks that should be considering the negative effects of cutting down the trees to produce the paper version of these tomes? Hmmm? The book industry needs to go electronic for the enviromental benefits if nothing else. Or they're just hypocrites.

The Weekend Interview with John Mackey: The Conscience of a Capitalist - WSJ.com

2009-10-03T09:24:00.001-05:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574447114058870676.html

Whole Foods gets health care insurance right.

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Obama will go to Denmark to pitch for Olympics :: The SouthtownStar :: News

2009-09-28T20:12:00.001-05:00

http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1794218,obama-olympics-0928.article

Way to go Barry! Represent!

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Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran?

2009-09-27T11:36:00.002-05:00

Here's what I don't get: We have twenty $2,000,000,000 B-2 bombers sitting in hangars somewhere in Missouri, and yet, for some reason, they are not flying towards to Iran right now to take out the most severe threat to nuclear catastrophe the world has ever known. I want my tax dollars back! That's what these planes were designed to do: Take out heavily protected, high priority targets. Shame on George W. Bush for putting the planes back to work back when we first found about this threat (not on Friday as the media would have you believe). We invade Iraq, a country that doesn't have WMDs, and then we don't do squat when the country next door is building nukes! In what universe does that make sense?

Interface Builder: Amateur Hour at the Apollo

2009-09-27T10:02:00.002-05:00

Don't get me wrong, Interface Builder is a good tool for developing on the iPhone, but it seems kind of limited to me. It would be nice if it had some kind of layers support, for starters. And how about being able to rotate objects? Just a thought. The alternative is going to Quartz, which I'm going to probably have to do anyways, but for now I'll see what kind of game I can bang out just using IB.

iPhone MMS is real

2009-09-26T19:36:00.002-05:00

Two plus years into the iPhone experiment and there is MMS. I really don't plan on sending any, as I never used it before. Tethering on the other hand....

Charles Krauthammer's great article

2009-09-18T13:05:00.001-05:00

link Obama doesn't lie, he misleads! But don't you dare call him a lier! That's not Politically Correct! -- Post From My iPhone

Google's lack of Blogger app

2009-09-18T12:45:00.000-05:00

Is Google just lazy? Or am I the only one still using Blogger? Look I don't know, but I think I have enough knowledge now to get a halfway decent app in the App Store. Landscape only, link support, pictures. That's it, but that already will make it better then BlogPress. If anyone knows of a better Blogger blogging app I'm all ears.

-- Post From My iPhone

'What You're Left With Is Libertarianism': Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld on what guys like to read, what meth addicts do to toasters, and why liberals and conservatives are so annoying - Reason Magazine

2009-09-18T12:18:00.001-05:00

http://www.reason.com/news/show/135714.html

This guy seems pretty cool. Too bad his show is on at 3 in the morning.

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New Desk today

2009-09-15T23:24:00.001-05:00

Got a new folding table from Menard's for 40 bucks for my Mac Mini and other assorted goodies. I can't get any work done in the living room too many distractions. Can definitely feel the feng shui improvement.

The Guardian

2009-09-13T12:25:00.000-05:00

http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/13/legalise-drugs-john-gray

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Peter Ferrara: The Keynesians Were Wrong Again - WSJ.com

2009-09-12T09:48:00.000-05:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574400580004827114.html

Looks like were doomed to relive the 70's.

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Michelle Obama to carry the torch :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago 2016

2009-09-12T09:16:00.001-05:00

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/olympics/1766585,CST-NWS-oly12.article

What is this? Michelle Obama will go to lobby for the Chicago Olympic
bid and not Barack? What an embarrasment. Hey Barry, our Olympic bid
needs you! Jump onto Air Force One and do some work! The health care
debate is not a valid excuse!

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Mac equivalent to Paint is Paintbrush

2009-09-07T17:12:00.003-05:00

Came to the sad realization that GIMP cannot make a simple circle without going through an elaborate work around. It took me a while to accept this fact, and when I did, I found an even bigger oversight in Mac OS X: There is no Paint-style program! Let me get this straight: There's a comic book drawing program but nothing to draw some simple circles? Weary, I asked Google to find me the Mac equivalent to Paint, and it came up with Paintbrush. I immediately downloaded it and in a few seconds I sketched the circle I will need for the fire button in my iPhone app. Crisis averted.

AT&T admits it sucks

2009-09-04T22:39:00.001-05:00

So AT&T sent some goofy dweeb in desperate need of a haircut to explain that, yes, AT&T's network does suck, but it's not their fault because who could have possibly forseen 300 percent growth in data traffic year after year, and there's only so much bandwith, and yada yada yada we'll make it better. Some day.

AT&T, let me save you some time. People don't care about bandwidth, or cell towers, or base stations, or whatever. What they do understand is they have slow or worse, non exisistent data service. I get the fact that you can't wave a wand and grow new cell phone towers, or pluck more spectrum out of the sky, or get your lazy employees to update your software to have MMS ready. Yet you still feel compelled to charge users 30 dollars a month when you are clearly not holding up your end of the deal. Look, if you were really serious, you'd drop the price of the data plan to 10 bucks a month. I mean, since it's dial up speed, you should charge dial up rates. Fairs fair.

One more point. To all of those people that think Verizon will come in and end AT&T's exclusive contract next year, I hate to be the bearer of bad news: Not. Going. To. Happen. I know's it been said before, but it bears repeating: Verizon is CDMA, AT&T and the rest of the planet is GSM. Apple will NOT make a CDMA only phone. The only way Verizon gets the iPhone is when the Apple makes the 4G version, which is probably two years away since no one's 4G network will be ready until then. So everybody that's so gung-ho about jumping ship to Verizon needs better get used to waiting. And waiting.

I seriously need to write a blogger mobile app

2009-09-04T21:36:00.001-05:00

OK, I've had it. I'm done waiting for Google to write a blogger app. And since no one else is going to write one that works in landscaping mode (I'm looking at you Blogpress) I guess it's up to me. Sigh. -- Post From My iPhone

RealClearPolitics - Global Warming and the Sun

2009-09-03T22:30:00.000-05:00

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/03/global_warming_and_the_sun_98154.html

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Campaign For Liberty — Publik Edumacation Яefermation | by Jerry Salcido

2009-09-03T12:03:00.000-05:00

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=171

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RealClearPolitics - Afghanistan: Time to Stop Nation-Building

2009-09-01T07:46:00.001-05:00

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/01/in_afghanistan_knowing_when_to_stop_98109.html

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‘Sam’s Club’ Republican Pawlenty Bids for 2012: Albert R. Hunt - Bloomberg.com

2009-08-31T11:59:00.001-05:00

http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aJcczU_RQS.U

A logical argument for Tim Pawlenty to be the GOP nominee in 2012.

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Snow Leopard Install Successful

2009-08-29T09:50:00.003-05:00

Have to hand it to the software engineers over at Apple: They know how to slim down an OS. After years of operating systems growing considerable girth, Apple switched gears and put OS X on a diet. And it's a diet that Rush Limbaugh could be impressed with: after installation I went from 7 GB to 18 GB of available space! That was worth the price of admission alone, a paltry 30 bucks (meanwhile the geniuses of Redmond want to charge $200 to erase the memories of poor Vista victims). In addition to the hard drive space savings, there is a general increase of speed overall, the finder is significantly faster, and the scrolling through the dock icons is a breeze.

The best new feature is QuickTime 10, which does audio and video recording now, plus a really cool video screen capture that allows you to do tutorials and such. I plan on using it to show how to make some of the iPhone programs I'm developing.

My 2007 Mac Mini Core isn't ancient, but it's pretty old, so it took over an hour to install (a lot of sites were claiming 45 minutes) , and it's puny Intel Graphics card will not really be able to take advantage of the OpenCL features that would take advantage of any extra GPU cycles. Still, since the CPU has two cores, I expect video capture to go a little faster (haven't had a chance to try it yet.)

As far as compatibility with existing apps, I'm pleased to report that the GIMP, OpenOffice, and Flip4Mac (a .wmv viewer) are all working as before. Google Chrome, which is still in beta, is functioning but ironically Google's homepage had some strange hieroglyphics on it when I pulled it up. Most importantly to me, Xcode is working fine and it still recognizes my iPhone as a developer phone, which I was extremely worried about.

The verdict: If you have an Intel Mac with a gig or more of memory, this is a no-brainer upgrade. The hard drive space saved alone will save me tons of time every time I have to download the mammoth XCode updates, which usually require 6GB of free space that I rarely have. My Mac feels a bit faster, and I know I'll use the video screen capture a lot. This update should carry my Mac until the iTablet (if and when it ever comes out), and it should do the same for you too.

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet - CNET News

2009-08-28T11:59:00.001-05:00

http://iphone.cnet.com/site?sid=cnet_ip&pid=News.Detail&category=38&topic=10320096&changeTitle=Bill%20would%20give%20president%20emergency%20control%20of%20Internet%20-%20CNET%20News%20

Obama to take over internet? Don't even think about it Barry!

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Campaign For Liberty — We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process! | by Ron Paul

2009-08-26T13:21:00.001-05:00

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=181

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Mac 201: Preparing your Mac for Snow Leopard

2009-08-26T13:03:00.001-05:00

http://i.tuaw.com/?date=2009/08/17&slug=mac-201-preparing-your-mac-for-snow-leopard&a=show-post&commentspage=

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New Nolan third installment of his Batman Saga rumor... -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

2009-08-26T12:33:00.000-05:00

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42153

If this is true....there are no words for the awesomeness it would be

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RealClearMarkets - What Is the Foundation Of Your Economic Beliefs?

2009-08-24T12:08:00.001-05:00

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/08/24/what_is_the_foundation_of_your_economic_beliefs_97371.html

Great article on "morality" and economics.
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Carbon Dioxide irrelevant in climate debate says MIT Scientist

2009-08-21T20:30:00.001-05:00

http://www.examiner.com/x-7715-Portland-Civil-Rights-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Carbon-Dioxide-irrelevant-in-climate-debate-says-MIT-Scientist

MIT now says Global Warming is bunk. Ignore me if you want, but those
guys at MIT are pretty friggin' smart.

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Batman Begins - Nolan Drops The Prisoner - Contactmusic News

2009-08-19T12:21:00.001-05:00

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/nolan-drops-the-prisoner_1113280

New Batman in the works? Say it's so!

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Gus and Misty

2009-08-16T09:55:00.001-05:00

A 'Jobless' And 'Wageless' Recovery? - Forbes.com

2009-08-13T07:26:00.001-05:00

http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/12/payroll-losses-jobless-recession-consumer-opinions-columnists-nouriel-roubini.html

Doom and Gloom.

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Someday, A Tiny Subway Will Deliver Your Groceries | Autopia | Wired.com

2009-08-12T10:06:00.001-05:00

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/someday-a-tiny-subway-will-deliver-your-groceries/

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John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare - WSJ.com

2009-08-12T07:21:00.001-05:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html

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Ambience is a Godsend

2009-08-09T22:38:00.002-05:00

One absolutely must have iPhone program for me is Ambience. It effectively drowns whatever my wife has to watch so she can fall asleep. My personal favorite it Waterfall, it's the most effective for drowning out everything. Plus I just like waterfalls, I can stare at them for hours.

iTablet doomed to Apple TV status without Snow Leopard

2009-08-08T20:37:00.001-05:00

I really, really want this iTablet thing to exist. However, I want it to be called a Macbook Touch, have Snow Leopard on it, and in general not be a glorified iPod Touch. I know Steve Jobs is a man of Reason, and he must realize it is not Reasonable to have a crippled computer, dependent on another computer to be able to function. Think about an iPhone. You can't use it unless you have another computer to sync up with, whether to backup up your music, put your movies on it, or update it to the latest OS. You can't even rearrange your photo album without the outside assistance of iTunes running on another computer. That's OK for an iPod or even an iPhone (although I would dearly like MobileMe to do all this in the cloud, which will never happen so never mind) But an 800 dollar computer? No way. No how.

I've read some very disturbing reports from supposed analysts that say this is some Apple TV replacement garbage, running on some iPhone OS variant, and I'm thinking, no, this just can't be. It can't. Apple would never make such a crappy product, would it? But then, they did make Apple TV, didn't they? Stupid thing doesn't even have Blue Ray, and is stuck playing the miniscule movie selection of the iTunes store, in lo-def no less! Say what you want about the Mac Mini, at least it has OS X.

That's the choice Apple has: Make some kind of weird Apple TV/Big iPod Touch for the niche market of weirdos that thought TV was dead and we'd get all of our content from iTunes, or build something that will actually be useful, like Mac Mini and it's proper Mac OS X operating system, except it will have a touch screen. I would buy a Macbook Touch with Snow Leopard. I've wanted a Macbook for some time but thought a thousand dollars is steep for a laptop. Give me an 800 dollar Macbook Touch and I'll camp out at the Apple Store the day it's released. If not, I'll stick with my Mac Mini/iPhone ecosystem, thank you. -- Post From My iPhone

Pajamas Media » Is Obama Really Like the Joker?

2009-08-06T19:40:00.001-05:00

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/is-obama-really-like-the-joker/

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My theory on the Apple Tablet: It doesn’t exist, will never exist, and it is probably a 10 inch laptop

2009-08-04T20:05:00.001-05:00

http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/03/my-theory-on-the-apple-tablet-it-doesnt-exist-will-never-exist-and-it-is-probably-a-10-inch-laptop.html

I'm convinced.

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Sorting out the facts in Obama-Joker 'socialist' posters around L.A. | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times

2009-08-03T19:29:00.001-05:00

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/sorting-out-the-facts-in-obamajoker-socialist-posters-around-la.html

Love it! I want a T-shirt!

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iTablet is a no go without Snow Leopard

2009-08-02T17:01:00.000-05:00

Not that Steve really cares what I think, but I would like to reiterate my stance on the supposed iTablet in the face of the latest rumours.

1. No Snow Leopard, no chance I'm buying it. The lastest rumour is iTablet will be based on an ARM chip, not an Intel Atom. Since Snow Leopard is apparently an operating system based now solely on Intel chips, I'm afraid it will get stuck with an iPhone like OS. This is not good. People may tolerate a locked down OS for thier phones, but computers? I'm thinking no. People aren't going to drop 800 bucks for something that won't let them multitask or save files locally. Unless Snow Leopard is being built for ARM chips, which I've heard absolutely nothing about, expect this thing to be an overgrown iPod touch.

2. iTablet? That just doesn't sound right. Am I the only one that thinks iTablet is a dumb name? Doesn't exactly roll of the tongue. If the thing had a real Mac OS, I could seeing bein called a MacTab or something like that. Since it's probably going to have the iPhone OS, it should be called something like iPod Grande.

3. $800? Is it just me or is that insane for what essentially an overgrown iPod? I know Apple is all about premium pricing, but in case anyone needed reminding we are in a recession/depression.

I hope I'm wrong. I wish Apple all the best, and I really want them to succeed. But if this thing is shaping up the way the rumors are going, I don't care how goord Steve Job's reality distortion field is, this thing's going to be another Mac Mini or Apple TV, i.e a niche product. Please Steve, put Snow Leopard on it or don't release it at all. -- Post From My iPhone

Computer Slowing Down? What to Do About It

2009-08-02T07:50:00.001-05:00

http://www.aralifestyle.com/article.aspx?UserFeedGuid=88bf2447-ecd9-4d1b-9958-542491b025f9&ArticleId=950&ComboId=0&title=Computer-Slowing-Down-What-to-Do-About-It

Thankfully, Macs are fairly immune to this.

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Campaign For Liberty — What's the Establishment Got to Hide? | by Peter Orvetti

2009-07-30T12:19:00.001-05:00

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=151

Auditing the Fed will show us what's going on behind the green curtain.

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RealClearPolitics - Health Care Mythology

2009-07-23T06:51:00.000-05:00

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/23/health_care_mythology_97552.html

Great article on health care.

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Acceration app

2009-07-19T20:55:00.002-05:00

Working on my acceleration app, found adding a subtraction constant of .5 keeps the ball in the center while held at a 45 degree angle. Now adding the fire button.

Running the West Side

2009-07-19T19:46:00.002-05:00

I ran the West Side yesterday, miles thirteen through 22 of the Chicago Marathon. Everything went fine with the exception of the iPhone dying right before 18th street. I soldiered on without it, but running up desolate Archer truly sucks without music. I'll always make sure it's fully charged before next time!!

AT&T: The iPhone's Achilles Heel -- Seeking Alpha

2009-07-19T19:35:00.001-05:00

http://seekingalpha.com/article/149691-at-t-the-iphone-s-achilles-heel?source=yahoo

I concur. Verizon, let's get LTE in place sooner rather then later,
mmmm'k?

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Why is Atlas Shrugged Not on Kindle

2009-07-18T18:45:00.000-05:00

I've noticed that when I ask for things on my blog they are generally granted, with the notable exception of a Blogger iPhone app. So I ask Amazon and the estate of Ayn Rand for the following: Atlas Shrugged in Kindle format. I enjoy reading Kindle books on the iPhone, but for some reason my favorite novel is unavailable, despite it's tremendous popularity. Come on Amazon, you're sitting on a fortune here. Give us Atlas Shrugged! (and all the Harry Potter books too) Just Kidding! -- Post From My iPhone

Chicago Marathon 2009 Directions

2009-07-12T16:43:00.004-05:00

Directions for Chicago 2009 Marathon:

Start by going North on Columbus Dr at Monroe then left onto

Grand Ave then left onto

Rush St. then right onto

Hubbard St then left onto

State St. then left onto

Jackson Blvd then left onto

LaSalle St which then becomes Lasalle Drive and then you go left onto

Stockton Dr then you go right onto

Fullerton Dr. and then you lefto onoto

Cannon Dr. and then you take a soft right onto

Sheridan Rd.and then you take a soft left onto

Inner Lake Shore Dr. and then a left onto

Addison St. and then a left onto

Broadway St. and then a left onto

Clark St. then a right onto

Webster Ave followed by an immediate left onto

Sedgwick St. which then you go left onto

North Ave.then a right onto

Wells St. and then a right onto

Hubbard St and then a left onto

Orleans St. which after you cross the bridge becomes

Franklin St. and then you go right onto

Adams St. then a left onto

Damen Ave. then a left onto

Van Buren then a left onto

Ogden then a right onto

Jackson Blvd then a right onto

Halsted then a right onto

Taylor Street then a left onto

Ashland then a left onto

18th Street then a right onto

Halsted then a left onto

Archer then a right onto

Cermak then a right onto

Wentworth then a left onto

33rd then a right onto

State then and then a left onto

35th and then a left onto

Michigan then a right onto

Roosevelt then a left onto

Columbus and then YOU FINISHED!

iMovie letterboxing is slow

2009-07-12T11:28:00.002-05:00

I'm getting serious with my iMovie work. I just recorded a 21 minute clip of me tooling around Tinley Park in preparation for recording the 2009 Chicago Marathon route. It took about 50 minutes to 'letterbox' the clip once I had imported it. I edited out all the traffic stops, then exported in .mov format. Exporting took another 15 minutes. It turns out that to get the time lapse effect I was looking for, though, I needed to turn Time Lapse on BEFORE I imported the video. Sigh. Now I know for next time.

Sticky notes program a buried treasure in OS X

2009-07-12T08:16:00.003-05:00

I just rediscovered the greatest little program in Mac OS X: Stickies. I had used it ages ago on a whim, but didn't like the little notes cluttering my screen. With Spaces enabled, however, I can reserve an entire Space for just the Stickies! This is a great organizational tool that I plan to use for the foreseeable future.

Vibration on the iPhone achieved

2009-07-11T20:29:00.003-05:00

Managed to get the iPhone to vibrate, fairly easy to implement using the same AudioToolbox framework as before.

Can now play sounds on iPhone

2009-07-11T16:57:00.002-05:00

It's Saturday so that means wife at work. I generally use these wife-free times to code the iPhone. Today I had I fairly good breakthrough: Playing sounds. I recorded my voice using Quicktime Pro and my microphone. Exported the file to .wav format, and then included the sound file in my Resources folder in my project. I included the Audiobox framework and threw in some code from my Callen book. A couple of tweaks to the code and it compiled. I linked the IBAction in Interface Builder, saved it, and then I ran it through the Simulator. Lo and behold, I heard my voice when I clicked on the button. I just wish I didn't sound so goofy.

Tosser show

2009-07-11T16:54:00.003-05:00

Saw the Tossers last night they are friggin' amazing. Seriously, they are the greatest band you've never heard of.

Structure 32 run

2009-07-09T06:55:00.001-05:00

-- Post From My iPhone

Ron Paul Strikes Gold: Why the oft-marginalized congressman is the greatest threat to Obama’s regulatory plan. | The Big Money

2009-07-03T06:53:00.001-05:00

http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/mothers-milk/2009/07/02/ron-paul-strikes-gold?page=0,0

RP might actually get a bill out of the House.

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Kindle app saved me money

2009-07-02T06:24:00.000-05:00

So I was in Borders last night because Public Enemies was sold out at Marcus, looking for an iPhone SDK book. I then saw a book called Inside Steve's Mind. I leafed through it and it looked interesting. Interesting, but not 23 dollars interesting. Then I remembered: Kindle for iPhone! Went to Amazon's Kindle page and searched for it and lo and behold, there it was for 14 dollars! Saved 9 bucks! It was downloaded onto my iPhone before my wife could pay for her books. Thanks Amazon! -- Post From My iPhone

I, Toaster: A British artist inadvertently brings Leonard Read's classic essay "I, Pencil" to life.* - Reason Magazine

2009-06-29T11:55:00.001-05:00

http://www.reason.com/news/show/134322.html

Interesting article on how much goes into making simple items, in
short, the miracle of capitalism.

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Slow Mac DNS lookup fixed

2009-06-27T19:02:00.005-05:00

Okay, it turns out Comcast was at fault after all. While the signal to the cable modem was good, apparently Comcast DNS servers no longer play nice with OS X Leopard, resulting in my hideous lookup delays. After turning off IPv6 (no effect) and manually configuring my Ethernet connection to use Open DNS Servers 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222 (that was the ticket!) in System Preferences->Network, everything was back to normal, sites like nba.com, Google, mlb.com et. al were all working fine. It looks like when Apple went up to Leopard they changed the nature of their DNS queries to match the new standard, while Comcast's backwards DNS servers are still in old school mode. Thank you Open DNS servers and all the people on the internet who suggested to change to them.

Slow Mac DNS lookups

2009-06-27T18:50:00.003-05:00

Found this very interesting page regarding my current Mac slow DNS resolution issue. Before I proceed any further, I'd like to say shame on Apple for not having any decent articles about resolving this and shame on Apple for being worse (way worse) then window at such a fundamentally simple task. Basically, when Leopard came out it completely changed DNS requests using IPv6, which unfortunately for me turning off does not solve the problem. There's more in the article and it's way more informative then I'll ever be, but needless to say I'm not the first Mac user to have this problem, and eerily, there seems to be no easy fix. I have half a mind to take this thing up the Apple Store and let some "Genius" play with it.

UPDATE: Turns out it was Comcast's old school DNS servers, which no longer work with OS X Leopard apparently. The solution for me was to switch over to Open DNS servers, at 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222

Sorry Comcast

2009-06-27T17:50:00.005-05:00

I'm the first one to admit when I've made a mistake. I recently accused Comcast of being slow, but upon further review, they are not at fault for my recent bouts of internet slowness. By checking on my wife's computer sites like Google, mlb.com, Yahoo!, I noted that the problem was not with Comcast. It was with the Mac. This of course pains me deeply, I do not like to speak ill of the Mac or any other Apple product I own, but it is the truth. It takes almost 10 seconds for a page to load in Safari, even a simple one like Google. Now I know Safari is a gigantically bloated browser (not as bad as IE, though) but this is completely unacceptable.

At first, I thought it was just bad wi-fi and maybe I was picking up another network or something. So I tried hooking up a CAT5 cable directly to my router. Still slow. And when I say slow, I'm talking EDGE speed slow, wanna chuck your computer slow.

I even went and tried Chrome on the Mac and it was no better. Out of desperation I'm trying Firefox again, hoping that it can handle simple things like logging onto Blogger, but I am not hopeful. Is it time to replace the Mac Mini? Say it ain't so Steve, say it ain't so.

UPDATE: This is so depressing. I've isolated the slowness of the internet to bad DNS resolution on the Mac. Ping tests confirm the same times to google (45ms) from both the windows machine and the mac, but it takes at least 5 seconds for the DNS resolution to occur. They should be using the same DNS, but I've got to check and make sure.

UPDATE 2: Actually it was Comcast's fault after all as their DNS servers don't work with Leopard anymore. And don't blame Apple either, they were just following the new IPv6 standards, we're all going to have to go them eventually. Get with the program Comcast! Thank you Open DNS servers for saving the day! And I'm sorry for ever doubting the Mac!

video projector for iPhone

2009-06-26T20:23:00.001-05:00

So want this iPhone projector -- Post From My iPhone

Internet is going slow again

2009-06-26T18:07:00.001-05:00

Internet was fine two days ago, I go on tonight and it's slow again. Now I read a story about how the internet broke yesterday after Michael Jackson died?

iPhone speedtest

2009-06-26T16:43:00.001-05:00

http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html

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Comcast is back up to speed

2009-06-24T20:28:00.001-05:00

Comcast did indeed get my internet fixed, and they even left a comment on my previous post when I complained about it. Nice touch, Comcast. -- Post From My iPhone