keep it simple. Frameworks?
Recently I had a project in a workspace to produce a framework of Objective-C and Swift code – supplied by someone else. I had a devil of a time getting it to build for me. And when I did, I tried …
Barberry Coast Shave Co® Havana Shave Cream Review
My Facebook feed was hit by a Barberry Coast ad for shave cream the other week. I haven’t heard of them, but the cream was called Havana. I love Tabac as a scent so I followed the link to see …
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It’s moss scuttle time.
It’s been quite cold lately. If you like to lather in a bowl with a brush and you’d like warm lather, get yourself a scuttle. Amazing. mossscuttle.com
Soylent is my required nerd food
Given our mornings at our house, I usually need to get moving without having to prepare and eat something at the table. This equates to consuming something behind the wheel of my vehicle. Now, truth be told, mornings are my …
The horror of Xcode project errors.
We have all been there, right? You design the UI, you’ve planned out the architecture and how your application will work. Days go by and you’ve got things nailed down tight. Interactions are smooth, data is flowing like warm nectar …
By-Tor and the Snow Dog (snow day)
Macbook Pro Retina, Apple Watch, RayBan sunglasses, Bose QuietControl 30, Muffin House winter seasonal coffee, Xcode, and SoundTouch tunes drifting from the Bose SoundTouch 300 sound bar in the living room nearby. My code is quite clean and in working …
Sending and playing an audio file from Apple Watch Extension to iOS
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 …
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watchOS3 communication to iOS (speed)
Recently I was working with watchOS 3 and iOS – transferring data back and forth (not using reply callbacks). I was using .sendMessage, and messages from the iPhone to the watch were very quick. However, messages from the watch to …
Prototyping toward product release applications
In a landscape of moving targets, and the wish to hit the bullseyes in tandem, there is an increasing need to work closer together in order to get things done. In a traditional software “house” or application development team, there …
Late to the party: Processing
Welcome, 2017! Before our company break, I was getting into Processing as a visualization method for audio playback. Processing has been around for a really long time, I even have an old book that I recently threw out on the …
Dirty beards?
Somehow my wife was directed to a web page that states “Apparently beards are filled with fecal bacteria and are ‘as dirty as toilets’”. Okay… this has to be some kind of joke or part of the anti-hipster beard movement. …
Swift 3 appearance extensions
I just read about this and smacked myself on the forehead. Normally when developing an application I follow some sort of branding guidelines or perhaps make use of a custom font. I think most developer/designers DOI this quite regularly. Now, …
Casio Pathfinder: A key to atomic clock syncing on the east coast.
When I first received my PAW1300T-7V, it had a medium charge. After a few days I managed to get it powered to high, but it must have been early on into high. I would get an atomic sync perhaps twice …
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Weird things this morning.
This morning has been a bit strange. Out of the ordinary. While driving to work and stopped at a light, I pulled out my phone to do some cursory Facebook and Feedly browsing. I had a terrible connection – like …
My PAW1300T-7V Finally Synced!
Living on the east coast of the United States (outside Boston), I had a slim hope that my Casio Protrek PAW1300T-7V would ever receive a signal from Colorado. A night went by when I placed the watch on a South …
Code shelving before a holiday…
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 …
iOS Bug: Occluded UIView with CABasicAnimation not redrawn
I have a UIImageView that holds album artwork in a project. When I get a new now playing notification, instead of simply setting the image to the image view, I perform a crossfade. It’s a lot prettier that way. No …
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Swift 3: Always display the UITableView scrollbar
I recently had a strange request in regards to a UITableView. You see, the table in a UI could only display 3 rows before scrolling was enabled. Given the minute stature of this table, showing a user that there were …
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Microsoft Surface…
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 …