A quick review of the Banana flavor of Ambronite. It’s less sweet than Berries. In a very good way. Now that I have been updated with the correct amount of Ambronite to add, the texture is pretty much spot on. The flavor is slight, the same with the smell. I made the unfortunate error of …
I’ve long loved my PRW 1300t-7v. It’s gorgeous but it lacks the version 3 sensor cluster. My 3100 has that but it’s a negative display and basically everything on it is black. The band is comfortable but it’s not metal. I like metal. Best of both worlds… the PRW 3500t-7v. Looks a bit like my …
There were a few things I found invaluable while attending. My Snooz white noise generator to replace a fan for sweet slumber at Hyatt Place. It kept me from needing to pack an actual and unwieldy proper fan. Anker 20000 portable USB charger. I used it a lot when I wasn’t near an outlet in …
So I am traveling from Chicago to San Jose on United Airlines, and I was struck by the lack of small display on the back of any seats. Surely something would drop from near the light controls? No. Touted on the rear of the seats is something called private screening. What this is… bring your …
I recently played around recording audio on my Apple Watch. Doing that was easy enough, and I wanted to send the recorded file from the watch extension to the iOS application – and play it. I started messing around and used sendFile as the communication protocol since it can work in the background (without the …
It seems that before holidays my list of features coding and bug solutions in mind always grow before holidays. I ruminate on things I want to do and think of solutions to particular bugs. And I have to shelve them until after the festivities are enjoyed. It’s true. Right now I’m thinking about VPN and …
It sucks. Hard. My wife purchased one to use for work and she abandoned it not long afterward. About a day. So it’s been laying around and I have given it a go a few times. Every single time it hangs, mysteriously brings up the right-click menu and prevents scrolling, scrolling is highly erratic, etc. …
I declare this day a fine day having discovered non-Objective-C protocols! No more @objc protocol usage. Now it’s as simple as something like this: protocol myDelegate { func report(info:String) } class MyClass: NSObject { var delegate:myDelegate? var serviceType = “hephaestus” init(withServiceType: String){ self.serviceType = withServiceType DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) { self.delegate?.report(info: UIDevice.current.name) } } convenience …
For years I have tried various shaving creams, expensive and cheap – except for XPEC since that’s around $80 a tub. I’ve narrowed it down to 1805 as my favorite go to shaving cream. Taylor of Old Bond Street easily a number two (just about any scent but Eton College it’s amazing). I read a …
Incredible. What an awesome beater. The only thing I don not like about this watch is the concentric rings on the sub dials, because they reflect a lot of light which sometimes makes it look like there is a scratch or two on the domed sapphire. There never is, and I’ve banged this watch against …
I’ve waited a day to try one of the Coffiest that arrived this week. I waited for it to chill in the garage refrigerator. First thing. Opening is now a joy. You only need to remove the outer wrapper around the cap! No more secondary pull film over the opening (which I always found maddening). …
The number of times I frequent a CVS a year can probably be counted on one hand. CVS has been anti-Apple Pay for some time. But a barcode based payment system requiring a CVS application? I’m sorry but that’s pretty lame. Just adopt a nearly defacto standard already. Like Apple Pay. Quick, easy, and secure. …
Holy shit. We learned the hard way not to buy faucets online. We’re now paying for it in both times and money. We bought some vintage looking stuff with the labeled porcelin handles online because we couldn’t find them at Home Depot or Lowe’s and Kohler wanted $1,200 each for them. We still paid close …
Recently I have been developing an iOS app that comes with a companion Apple Watch extension. I wanted to play with the communication between iOS and WatchOS using func session(session:WCSession, didReceiveMessage message:[String:AnyObject]) via WatchConnectivity It was working well and I thought I had it nailed down. Nope. At one point my watch extension makes a request …
A review to follow but spot on delivery by G. Gerlach. Gorgeous. I took delivery while on vacation so I had to wait as the timepiece waited on my desk at work. I picked it up this evening. The wooden presentation box is excellent. Beside it was the mesh stainless band. Very heavy and nice. …
Quick impressions. Winding lasts about 12 hours or so. Setting time and winding easy. Put it under running faucet and no leaks so far. Strap is a little too wide for the buckle, needs to be twisted a bit too pull through. Very comfortable wear. Lume is pretty good when charged. Timekeeping is good. …
I’m surrounded by expensive equipment that I don’t know how to properly engage. So I bucked up and got a sound spectrum analyzer for my iPhone. I need to detect specific bands and thus needed to search hard. I’m wondering how accurate these microphones and analyzers are. It seems pretty accurate. The polling looks quick …
I received $30.73. Not too shabby.
If you’re interested in a singleton pattern for Swift, consider this solution. Personally I find singleton classes something that can easily be avoided and their intent should be obvious. Just implement it once on your own. If someone decides to implement something that blows things up if they instantiate more than one, that seems to …