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Pastis drinks

By Eric Dolecki Posted on September 15, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Pastis drinks

Summer is about over, but your Pastis drinking doesn’t need to be. Here are some alternative Pastes-Related drinks to try before the leaves turn. La Soleil (The sunshine) – with a dash of Lemon syrup La Mazout (Fuel) – with, …

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Henri Bardouin Pastis Inbound

By Eric Dolecki Posted on June 26, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with French, Pastis
Henri Bardouin Pastis Inbound

I am an enthusiastic fan of a cocktail called Perroquet. Perroquet is a traditional French drink, which is very popular throughout France. Perroquet is a Pastis-based drink with peppermint syrup and water. I purchased a glacial mint French syrup instead …

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Learn slowly to develop quickly.

By Eric Dolecki Posted on June 24, 2019 Posted in Blog, Swift No Comments
Learn slowly to develop quickly.

I’ve seen something happen many times during my longish tenure as a software developer being amidst to some others who are new to it. They seem to have a complete lack of wanting to understand something before tearing into it. …

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AVAudioPlayer setVolume with fading – properly

By Eric Dolecki Posted on May 9, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized 2 Comments Tagged with Developer, Swift
AVAudioPlayer setVolume with fading – properly

It’s been a while since Apple added Swift fading support to AVAudioPlayer. I can’t remember when exactly, but I think it might have been since iOS 10.0. I have not used it in quite some time and recently had the …

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Notre Dame

By Eric Dolecki Posted on April 15, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Notre Dame

I’m at a loss just like everyone else who has a sense of place in the world. History. Artworks. Architecture. Style. Burning to the ground. My heart goes out to the world right now as this painful destruction slowly takes …

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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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Mobile Safari and page background images…

By Eric Dolecki Posted on April 13, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Mobile Safari and page background images…

I have yet found a satisfactory way to apply a fixed background image to a page for mobile. For some performance reason, as I understand it, a fixed image for mobile is a dancing unicorn. Which has so far eluded …

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Pruning, shearing, and producing

By Eric Dolecki Posted on April 11, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with Cleanup, General
Pruning, shearing, and producing

I’ve owned this domain since 2001-03-09. I’ve had all sorts of stuff hosted and served from it. A lot of that junk is still mildewing on this platter located somewhere out there. If I want the domain ericd dot com, it …

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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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Aqua di Parma Colonia Quercia Review

By Eric Dolecki Posted on March 5, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with Blog, Cologne, General
Aqua di Parma Colonia Quercia Review

I am fascinated by great scents. I don’t know why, it’s probably not that common amongst developers, but I am always on the trek to find a signature scent. When we travelled to Nassau, I went into a boutique and …

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Swift delegation

By Eric Dolecki Posted on March 1, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Swift delegation

There are times when you have Class objects that you need to communicate back to some part of your application. With delegation, it’s a 1-to-1 relationship. Generally where the object(s) are instantiated is where you’d like to gain insight upon …

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My Atlantis Bahamas Review: The Reef

By Eric Dolecki Posted on February 27, 2019 Posted in Blog, General No Comments Tagged with Vacation
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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Adafruit Feather 32u4 communicating to iOS

By Eric Dolecki Posted on February 5, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Adafruit Feather 32u4 communicating to iOS

I recently had a project request to allow a user to experience different rotary encoders and how they might react with digital LEDs. In short, getting encoders wired to a board to directly control the UI in an iOS application. …

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It has been quite some time since I’ve last posted.

By Eric Dolecki Posted on November 29, 2018 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

I have been quite busy with any number of interesting things.  I recently found and purchased a most excellent medieval hat at King Richard’s Faire in Carver, Massachusettes. I wore it while there, and since I love it so much, …

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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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Sublime Text 3, Ito En, and Carbon Based Lifeforms

By Eric Dolecki Posted on March 23, 2018 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Sublime Text 3, Ito En, and Carbon Based Lifeforms

What do these three things have in common? They are awesome. And they go together seamlessly. I have recently taken up a quick project where I need to communicate with a collection of addressable LED bulbs in a custom lighting …

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1949 Doxa in rotation

By Eric Dolecki Posted on March 2, 2018 Posted in Blog, General, Watch No Comments Tagged with Doxa, Mechanical, Vintage, Watch
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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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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