Monthly Archives: March 2010

Six Word Stories: Libel

Predictably, Dracula lost his libel suit.

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Exporting SSL

A quick followup to an earlier post: Apparently, you do need to go through the whole CCATS process to ship an iPhone app that makes HTTPS connections – even if the app uses no other encryption. Although I’m only basing … Continue reading

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Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” is a really good movie. It’s easy to overlook: It’s a period piece, leisurely paced, and the titular protagonist is feckless at best. The more I look at it, however, the more I like it. For … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Sharks

Sharks dissuaded Doug from the dive.

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UIScrollView (Zooming)

The zooming behavior of UIScrollView is counterintuitive and not terribly well documented – particularly when one is dealing with a tiled scroll view. Today I present a simple “infinite zoom” demo (over an admittedly pretty bland world) that I hope … Continue reading

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The Right Thing

Ultimately, who you are is determined not by what you might do, or what you’d like to do, or what you would do in some hypothetical; it’s determined by what you do in the situations life actually throws your way. … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Negotiate

Evan tried to negotiate. He couldn’t.

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Explanations vs. References

When you want to find out something about a subject, you’re generally in search of exactly one of the two different types of resources: Explanations, which describe the subject for an audience that is assumed to be unfamiliar with the … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Pigeons

Pigeons scattered, unveiling their death ray.

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