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The dumbing down of screen content?

By Eric Dolecki Posted on April 14, 2019 Posted in Blog, General, User Experience No Comments
The dumbing down of screen content?

It used to be that the main screen in homes sat in a corner of a living or room in wooden appliance. The television. After time passed and technology grew at a larger scale, some homes would have perhaps two …

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AirPods 2. Even better.

By Eric Dolecki Posted on April 2, 2019 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
AirPods 2. Even better.

My AirPods Series 2 arrived today. Engraved on the front of the case… “Five Ohhh…” I got them as part of my turning fifty years-old. I already have a pair of the series 1, but the upgrades seemed quite interesting. …

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My Atlantis Bahamas Review: The Reef

By Eric Dolecki Posted on February 27, 2019 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
My Atlantis Bahamas Review: The Reef

Before we departed for our Atlantis vacation, I spent far too much time watching YouTube reviews and reading packing lists. I wanted to know what to expect. The most prevalent thing I noticed people talked about was the price of …

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Verifying assets with the iTunes Store… solved

By Eric Dolecki Posted on July 30, 2018 Posted in Blog, General, Swift, Xcode No Comments
Verifying assets with the iTunes Store… solved

Your mileage may vary with this post, but in my case, I was chasing my tail for some time while finally coming to a solution. At work, I generally author all kinds of prototypes. Sometimes I use Xcode and author …

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A funny trip to the Apple Store

By Eric Dolecki Posted on April 6, 2018 Posted in Blog, General No Comments

I purchased the iPhone X when it first came out and I’ve been loving it. I had a screen protector applied at the store as well as a silicone case. I’ve since dropped the phone many times – even on …

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1949 Doxa in rotation

By Eric Dolecki Posted on March 2, 2018 Posted in Blog, General, Watch No Comments
1949 Doxa in rotation

In my wristwatch rotation is a newly acquired 1949 Doxa (Swiss Made of course) with a sub seconds complication. Think about that. The watch is a mechanical wind that is 69 years old. It keeps incredible time for such an …

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Tagged with: Doxa, Mechanical, Vintage, Watch

Xcode 9: lost syntax highlighting and autocomplete?

By Eric Dolecki Posted on January 31, 2018 Posted in Blog, General, Xcode 1 Comment
Xcode 9: lost syntax highlighting and autocomplete?

Have you ever been working on a project, and then one day your syntax highlighting is gone? Your autocomplete is generating almost nothing useful? This trick saved me from bouts of madness.

Swift: checking if a String is valid JSON

By Eric Dolecki Posted on January 29, 2018 Posted in Blog, General, Swift No Comments
Swift: checking if a String is valid JSON

I’ve been developing an application that produces a JSON string for use online. Pretty simple, but I want to make sure the JSON is valid (since a user can edit the JSON by hand if they want to before using …

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Incoming: iPhone X

By Eric Dolecki Posted on November 14, 2017 Posted in Blog, General, Uncategorized No Comments
Incoming: iPhone X
<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/FranciscoFdez/">FranciscoFdez</a> / Pixabay

My go-to phone has been the iPhone 6 Plus. With the onset of iOS 11, I’ve had some issues. Wi-Fi misbehaving. Stuttering performance. Notification rendering issues. Battery consumption at an elevated rate. So I started looking at phones. I was …

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Current Reading List

By Eric Dolecki Posted on November 9, 2017 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
Current Reading List

The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger Amazon Link At 13,025 feet, the Swiss Eiger doesn’t approach the height of Everest or Denali, but the sheer rise and difficulty of its 5900-foot north face keep …

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Tagged with: books, Reading

My brush with greatness

By Eric Dolecki Posted on November 8, 2017 Posted in Blog, General, Uncategorized No Comments
My brush with greatness

I have long admired the grit and determination of Joe Simpson. From Wikipedia: Joe Simpson (born 1960) is an English mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. He is best known for his book Touching the Void and the 2003 film adaptation …

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Tagged with: Hiking, travel

Bose SoundTouch 300 Soundbar

By Eric Dolecki Posted on October 17, 2017 Posted in Blog, General, Uncategorized No Comments
Bose SoundTouch 300 Soundbar
<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/shadowfirearts/">shadowfirearts</a> / Pixabay

When we moved, I already had a Bose Lifestyle 5.1 system including bass box. However, our new living room has a vaulted ceiling (not too much unlike the image above). We have even more angles, however. And a taller ceiling. …

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Why am I attracted to this stuff?

By Eric Dolecki Posted on October 11, 2017 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
Why am I attracted to this stuff?

Background Jöttnar was born in Arctic Norway and is the creation of two former Royal Marine commandos and lifelong mountaineers, climbers and skiers. As commandos, Tommy and Steve specialised in mountain and extreme cold weather warfare, often training in the …

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Tagged with: Hiking, travel

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Event

By Eric Dolecki Posted on October 10, 2017 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Event

I will be honored to meet members of the US Ski and Snowboard Teams as they are preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics. They will be stopping by for a Q&A and probably discuss training regimens and how stuff I …

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Tagged with: Ski

Martin Lancelot Barre.

By Eric Dolecki Posted on September 29, 2017 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
Martin Lancelot Barre.

Last night I was able to check off a bucket list item… meeting and chatting with one Martin Lancelot Barre. And in quaint Natick, Massachusettes of all places (TCAN). I’ve never been to TCAN, but the location was lovely. Very …

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Tagged with: Music, Tull

Analog III: iTunesConnect Problems

By Eric Dolecki Posted on September 21, 2017 Posted in Blog, General 1 Comment
Analog III: iTunesConnect Problems
<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/StockSnap/">StockSnap</a> / Pixabay

I am ready to submit Analog III (the successor to Simple Analog 2) to the Apple App Store. However, I am being told that I need to review the updated Paid Applications Schedule. The address Apple has is an old …

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Tagged with: iTunesConnect

Incoming

By Eric Dolecki Posted on September 9, 2017 Posted in General No Comments
Incoming

Probably my favorite album cover for a Jethro Tull album. Great iconography, illustration, and stained glass effect. Something I’ve been after for years. eBay has failed me in procuring. I am a member of a Facebook Jethro Tull group, and …

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Tagged with: Tull

Travel Aspirations

By Eric Dolecki Posted on September 8, 2017 Posted in Blog, General, Travel No Comments
Travel Aspirations
<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/BJ1088/">BJ1088</a> / Pixabay

My cousin Kelly Spanik) has a nice travel blog that she’s had for some time now. However, she is about to embark on a dream of hers. Reading her post about taking action instead of merely keeping a dream in …

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Tagged with: EBC, Mount Everest

Development Documentation

By Eric Dolecki Posted on September 8, 2017 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
Development Documentation
<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/Engin_Akyurt/">Engin_Akyurt</a> / Pixabay

As developers, it’s part of our job to code and design aspects of an ask. A prototype, a full application, a module for another developer, and more. While doing this, it’s easy to forget what transpired last week that caused …

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Tagged with: documentation

Saturday Morning

By Eric Dolecki Posted on August 26, 2017 Posted in Blog, General No Comments
Saturday Morning

Good morning everyone. I’ve had my Huel this morning after about an hour in the refrigerator. I’m not quite sure that three scoops and about 600ml is enough for me. It’s quite thin. Less water might be the ticket. I …

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