Monthly Archives: August 2009

Table View Scrolling

Posted on August 7, 2009 by MXH

Today I want to cover a small problem with the UITableView method scrollToRowAtIndexPath:atScrollPosition:animated. This method doesn’t work quite properly when called from an out-of-the-box UITableViewController on a navigation controller’s stack. Some special setup is needed.

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Navies

Posted on August 6, 2009 by MXH

Do you ever stop to think about navies? Mostly just guys on boats, right? That’s what I used to think, until I began to notice some things about the U.S. Navy.

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Waste

Posted on August 4, 2009 by MXH

So, “Cash for Clunkers”. As I understand this program, the gov’t will pay $4500 for certain trade-ins, if: The old car gets under a certain mileage The new car gets over a certain mileage The old car is destroyed As … Continue reading →

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Shared Code

Posted on August 3, 2009 by MXH

While working on an iPhone app, I had occasion to create some ‘utility code’ – functions that were used by several view controllers, but that didn’t really belong to any one in particular. It wasn’t clear to me where this … Continue reading →

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Fish School

Posted on August 2, 2009 by MXH

Fish school is just too cool – and a stunning rebuke to anyone who’s ever claimed that fish are dumb! (3s memory, etc.)

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New Hampshire

Posted on August 1, 2009 by MXH

New Hampshire has got one of the world’s best mottoes: “Live Free or Die”. Unfortunately, via Steyn, I learn this: “The Governor’s Task Force for the Recruitment and Retention of a Young Workforce for the State of New Hampshire” [quoted … Continue reading →

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