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Marathon #27: Boston
Marathon #27 is in the books, and it was a good one! This is my second time running the Boston Marathon, my second sub-three hour finish in this r...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for macOS Ventura (13)
There are plenty of tutorials online to create an HTML signature in Apple Mail with older versions of macOS/OS X. You can even find one of my other tuto...
Marathon #26: Rock ‘N’ Roll Arizona
I'm happy to share that I just completed my 26th marathon, the 2023 Rock 'N' Roll Arizona race out in Tempe/Scottsdale! Despite being only two w...
Blog Migration in Progress (Again)
This blog started off running as a custom CMS I built in Rails 2. I was really proud of it, but it was one of my first prod apps and ran really sl...
How and Why I Started Running
I was recently given a chance to tell the story of how, and why, I started running marathons, and thought it would make a great (and long-overdue) u...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for macOS Monterey 12
Looking for Ventura instructions? There are plenty of tutorials online to create an HTML signature in Apple Mail with older versions of macOS/OS X. ...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for macOS Big Sur 11
Looking for Ventura instructions? Looking for Monterey instructions? There are plenty of tutorials online to create an HTML signature in Apple Mail...
What It’s Like to Run After Recovering From Covid-19
I live in New York City and am married to an Emergency Physician, so it may not come as a surprise when I say that I contracted Covid-19 three weeks...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for macOS Catalina 10.15
Looking for Ventura instructions? Looking for Monterey instructions? Looking for Big Sur instructions? There are plenty of tutorials online to cr...
Coding Challenge: Detecting Unique Friend Circles in NxN Matrix
Friend Circle. Photo by Margarida CSilva on Unsplash Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding question...
Coding Challenge: Remove and Rearrange Array Elements In-Place in O(1) Memory and O(n) Time
Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineering job interviews. After y...
Coding Challenge: Implement a Square Root Function
(not the sqrt function) Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineeri...
Coding Challenge: Finding the Longest Absolute Path in an Abstracted File System Display
Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineering job interviews. After y...
Coding Challenge: Converting Integers to Binary String Representations in Ruby
Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineering job interviews. After y...
Coding Challenge: Implementing QuickSort in Ruby
Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineering job interviews. After y...
Coding Challenge: Implementing MergeSort in Ruby
Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineering job interviews. After y...
Coding Challenge: Find Missing Number in Array of 1 Through 100
Lately I've been trying to challenge myself by taking a stab at some common coding questions asked in software engineering job interviews. After y...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for macOS Mojave 10.14
Looking for Ventura instructions? Looking for Monterey instructions? Looking for Big Sur instructions? Looking for Catalina instructions? There...
Watch Later for Plex iOS App Lets You Easily Add Videos to Your Plex Queue
I am pleased to announce that my company, Urban Apps, just released our newest iOS app, Watch Later for Plex, on the iTunes App Store! Watch La...
How to Setup an Auto-Reconnect Script for an IKEv2/IPSEC VPN Service on Your Mac
So, you've setup an IKEv2/IPSEC VPN service on your Mac, and you want a tool that will keep you connected at all times. Well you've found the right pl...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for High Sierra OS X 10.13
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How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for Sierra OS X 10.12
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What It’s Like Running in the NYC Marathon
Today I ran my first marathon. The TCS NYC Marathon snakes its way through all 5 boroughs of the most diverse City in the world. So what’s it li...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for El Capitan OS X 10.11
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How to Properly Install an HTML Signature in Dropbox Inc.’s Mailbox for Mac
For basic signatures, the good old copy-paste method works well for the Mailbox App from Dropbox. You simply design your signature and code it int...
How to Backup Your Apple Airport or Time Capsule Settings So You Don’t Get Burned
Recently, while trying to simply restart my Time Capsule router from the iOS Airport Utility App, I accidentially reset the router to its default settings...
Introducing Armchair: an App Review Manager in Swift
I just released up a helpful little open-source tool called Armchair. Armchair is a simple yet powerful App Review Manager for iOS and OSX written...
Caps Lock? No Thanks!
Disable the pesky Caps Lock button on your Mac keyboard by going to System Preferences > Keyboard > (Keyboard Tab) > Modifier Keys and ...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for Yosemite OS X 10.10
Looking for Ventura instructions? Looking for Monterey instructions? Looking for Big Sur instructions? Looking for Catalina instructions? Looking ...
Hourly News for Mac Now Available Outside of the Mac App Store
I am excited to announce that Hourly News for Mac is now available outside of the Mac App Store as a standalone app!
Programmatically Opening the iOS Simulator Data Directory For Your App
When developing an app that downloads data and/or creates a lot of data, it is useful to inspect the simulator's file system to ensure the files are what,...
Inside the Abandoned IRT City Hall Subway Station
The IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) City Hall Station was the very first Subway station in NYC. It opened to great fanfare as it allowed people to get ...
About User Interface Sounds in Chicago Bikes
Normally I don't respond to iTunes App Store reviews about my apps, but I saw this one today and thought it needed a response and justification ...
UAProgressView — Simple, Lightweight and Powerful
Unsatisfied with the current open-source progress view components, today I created my own. UAProgressView is a simple and lightweight, y...
My Alcohol-Free April 2014
snapsi42 @ flickr Last year, my spouse and I moved to Manhattan from some suburbs on Long Island. One of the best parts about moving t...
Urban - An Xcode Theme for Xcode 3, 4 and 5
Urban is an Xcode theme that uses a soft dark background, with subtle blue, orange and yellow colors.
Hourly News Updates for iOS and Mac
Hourly News has just been updated for both the iOS and Mac versions. The updated versions — 1.6.3 on iOS and 1.2.3 on Mac — are available now on t...
The Right Way to Install an HTML Signature in iOS 7 Mail
There are plenty of tutorials online to create an HTML signature in Apple Mail with OS X, and you have probably already seen my tutorials on how to add ...
Boston Bikes — A One-Tap Hubway Bike Share App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, Boston Bikes. Boston Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you locate...
Columbus Bikes — A One-Tap CoGo Bike Share App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, Columbus Bikes. Columbus Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you lo...
Melbourne Bikes — A One-Tap Melbourne Bike Share App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, Melbourne Bikes. Melbourne Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you ...
Hourly News is the TUAW Mac App of the Week
Hourly News for Mac just got a great writeup from my friends over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / AOL. I use Hourly News to keep on top of ...
Bay Area Bikes — A One-Tap Bay Area Bike Share App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, Bay Area Bikes. Bay Area Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you lo...
Hourly News for Mac Updated With Custom Sources and Sync
I am happy to announce the addition of custom news sources into Hourly News for Mac! For a one-time, in-app purchase of $0.99, you will be able to...
London Bikes — A One-Tap Cycle Hire App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, London Bikes. London Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you locate...
Auto-Increment Build Numbers for Multiple Xcode Target Apps
Recently, I launched an App called NYC Bikes. Because it quickly became pretty popular, I expanded on it and created another bike share app for Chic...
UAAppReviewManager Updated to 0.2.0
UAAppReviewManager is a simple and lightweight, yet powerful App review prompting tool for iOS and Mac App Store apps. It's Appirater all gro...
Using Xcode Asset Catalogs with Multiple Targets
A few months ago, I released an App called NYC Bikes that quickly became the most popular non-official Citi Bike app. It resonates with busy New Yorke...
Chicago Bikes — A One-Tap Divvy Bike App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, Chicago Bikes. Chicago Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you loca...
I am a Big Brother
Those of you who have known me a long time know that I had a Big Brother named Scott when I was younger. Yes, had as in past-tense, but not because any ...
Introducing UAObfuscatedString
What is UAObfuscatedString? UAObfuscatedString is a simple and lightweight category on NSString that allows you to prevent sensitive strings from appear...
How to Make Drobo iSCSI Work Again on OS X Mavericks
TLDR; Install an older version of Java, found here. Despite every registered 3rd party developer having early access to the unreleased versions, ev...
NYC Bikes 1.2 Adds a Full Station Map and Ride Timer
NYC Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you locate the closest Citi Bike℠ docking station. With one tap you can find the closest Ci...
UALogger 0.3 Released
UALogger is a logging tool for iOS and Mac apps. Think of it as NSLog on steroids. It allows you to add information like the file and line number ...
Stupid Apple Rejection of the Day
2.16 We found that your app uses a background mode but does not include the following battery use disclaimer in your Application Description: ...
How to Customize Your Dreamhost Dedicated Server While Retaining a Managed Apache2 Configuration
I use Dreamhost to host all my non-major sites. A non-major site, at least in my definition, is a site that doesn't require its own deployment stack. ...
How to Detect When an App is Coming from the Lockscreen or Homescreen on iOS 7
My Hourly News App has different behavior when becoming active from the Lockscreen (locked while active), or becoming active from anything else. The App...
Office Space: Open or Closed?
There is an article floating around Hacker News today that makes the argument that open office space sucks. While I see the author's point, it really ...
Getting Pow to use RVM’s Ruby Version on Mavericks
After upgrading to OS X Mavericks 10.9 with relatively little friction, I decided to get back to work on a Rails site that needed some love. When deve...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for Mavericks OS X 10.9
Looking for Ventura instructions? Looking for Monterey instructions? Looking for Big Sur instructions? Looking for Catalina instructions? Looking ...
Finally! Hourly News Updated With Custom Sources
I am happy to announce the addition of custom news sources into Hourly News for iOS! For a one-time, in-app purchase of $0.99, you will be able to...
NYC Bikes — A One-Tap Citi Bike App
I am proud to announce the release of my newest iOS App today, NYC Bikes. NYC Bikes is a simple and easy-to-use App that helps you locate the c...
How To Best Resize SMPageControl Indicators to Fit Bounds
I have been working on a new feature for my Hourly News iOS App that allows the addition of custom news sources to the app. While testing out what happen...
Introducing UAAppReviewManager
I just released up a helpful little open-source tool called UAAppReviewManager. UAAppReviewManager is a simple and lightweight App review promp...
App Store Rejection for Not Having In-App Purchase Restoration
My most recent App Store submission for NYC Bikes (iTunes link not active yet) was rejected for what I see as a stupid reason: Not having a "Restore" butt...
Introducing UALogger
I just finished up a helpful little open-source tool called UALogger. UALogger is a logging tool for iOS and Mac apps. Think of it as NSLog on ste...
Starbucks’ Stance on Obamacare
Prasad Naik, Flickr Surprisingly, Starbucks is doing the right thing when approaching the Affordable Care Act's mandatory health coverage for comp...
Don’t just build things
Peteris Erins over at Medium.com posts: Build it because it is cool or build it to sell — somewhere between these two approaches lies the sweet spot...
Recommended Third Party Services/Repos for iOS Development
What third-party plugins, frameworks and projects do you use on your projects? I get asked this question a lot. With the recent iOS open-source...
My Favorite Macros for Objective-C Development in Xcode
Some developers say that macros should be avoided, but I find them very useful to add to my Xcode projects. By simply importing a single file -- UAMacro...
Migrating from Sharify to LimeLM
The Adobe Air version of Ambiance Desktop has been around for a few years now and has been quite popular as a try-then-buy app. When we first launched i...
Bonding (via XKCD)
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Today is my 2^5 Birthday
Like any good geek, I would be remiss if I did not point out that today is my 2^5 birthday. For all non-geeks out there, let me explain…
How to Setup a Rails-like Asset Pipeline With Octopress
A few weeks ago I decided to use Octopress for my new blog engine when Posterous shut its doors, and I love it thus far. There are a few things I miss f...
How To Map Plex Media Server to Your Home Domain
Being the Über Geek that I am, reaching my home server from anywhere in the world is trivial. I have all the appropriate port-forwarding in place for ss...
A Chrome Extension to Easily Save Images to the Downloads Folder
I am seeing Safari freeze up on me lately. To be fair, I load a ton of concurrent tabs, but Safari cannot handle dealing with that many tabs without gri...
Making Octopress Stylesheets Use A Content Distribution Network
I recently migrated from Posterous to Octopress. When working in development on the site, it is really convenient that all the stylesheets are relative an...
Migrating From Posterous to Octopress
Posterous recently posted a shutdown announcement stating that the service, now owned by Twitter, inc, would be closing up shop on April 30th, 2013. I hav...
If you run a Rails site, you need to update NOW.
Extremely critical Ruby on Rails bug threatens more than 200,000 sites "It is quite bad," Murphy told Ars. "An attack can send a request to any Ruby on Rails...
How To Avoid Accidentally Creating New Columns in Tweetbot and Set a New Global Hotkey
UPDATE: 12/14/2012 Tweetbot for Mac v1.1.1 just officially added Global Hotkeys. I love Tweetbot for Mac. It is easily the best desktop Twitter client out th...
Automatically Sorting Downloaded Television Episodes From Transmission
If you were to download torrents of television shows frequently, you would probably find that manually sorting the episodes into your media center directorie...
When asked on Facebook “What Has Obama Done For This Country?”
You mean other than prevent the Great Recession from turning into a depression, other than the repealing Dont Ask Don't Tell, other than killing the worlds #...
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for Mountain Lion OS X 10.8
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Ambiance is currently being featured in the App Store under “Rest and Relaxation Apps”!
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Some Birthday Stats
Today is my 31st birthday. I have been alive for/through: 11,315 days 271,561 hours (as of this post) 16,293,660 seconds (+/- 500) 10 c...
A Daily Conversation With Di
Me: Why is your heater on? Di: I'm cold. Me: but it's 70 out... it's Springtime... Di: ...for Hitler and Germany. Was this page helpful for you? Buy me ...
How to Convert Simple Rails 2.3 Style Plugins for Rails 3.2
Upon updating your older project to Rails 3.2, one of the first things you will see is a deprecation notice in your logs: You have Rails 2.3-style plugins in...
UAModalPanel: An Open-Source Modal Panel Alternative for iOS
As seen in Ambiance, UAModalPanel is an alternative modal panel that you can popup in your view controllers to show content that might not ...
How to Upload to the Mac App Store when using a Developer Beta Version of the OS
I recently finished a Mac App called Thumbs and I wanted to upload and submit the binary to the Mac App Store through Xcode. Sounds easy enough right? I ran ...
Only in Texas…
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Impossible puzzle?
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Foxy hanging on the bed
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I recently got a juicer. This is breakfast :)
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How to Cut and Paste a File in Finder Using Keyboard Shortcuts and Automator
I manage a file server with a ton of content. When new stuff comes in most of it gets automagically moved into the right directory, but sometimes I need to m...
I love it when I come to bed and Hamachi is already here :)
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Running Around Outfield With The Doggies
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I Accidentally Deleted libSystem.B.dylib, Now What?
I was testing the dynamically loaded dependencies of a static ffmpeg binary today, and I saw that libSystem.B.dylib was indeed a dependency. coneybeare $ oto...
Life Optimization #113
Keep your deodorant in your closet so you don’t have to run to the bathroom and back before putting on a shirt. Saves: 20 seconds daily => 140 seconds w...
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
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Do BlackBerry Batteries Really Suck This Much?
I am not really a big fan of RIM or BlackBerry, but unfortunately have to own several BlackBerry devices to test Ambiance with. Today I heard a “pop” coming ...
How To Get a New York Times Digital Subscription for 50% Off
Like many other left-leaning, iPhone-wielding, well-informed individuals of my generation, I signed up for the NYTimes Digital Subscription when it first cam...
How to Determine Which Company Sold Your Gmail Address To Spammers
It happens more than you think. I mean really, have you ever really read the 43 page long terms of agreement that these sites make you agree to before signin...
Hurricane Irene Update
Everyone has been asking us if we are going to be ok so I thought I would post here to answer you all at once. Di and I are located on Long Island, in a haml...
Custom Coda Theme: “Coneybeare”
I have been using this theme in Xcode and have become quite accustomed to the subtle, light on dark colors of it. It only has 5 colors (KISS) and is easy on ...
How to make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for Lion OS X 10.7
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This is the strangest weed I have ever seen
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Glasses even make Hamachi look smarter
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Bam! 105 points for “Injured”
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I Do Mass Quantities Of…
I Do Mass Quantities Of… Coke Code. Yes, those are 1's and 0's on the scale :) A great gift from Aunt Robyn and Uncle Dan Was this page help...
Di and I are about to enjoy both a Chipotle Chocolate and a Bacon Chocolate Bar!
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I just passed 10,000 reputation points on Stack Overflow!
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iPhoto Face Detection Fail
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My Dinner is Pretty :)
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Now this is what I call Fine Dining
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Can you spot Hamachi in these pictures?
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Just stocked up on Lao Gan Ma!
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At John Harvard’s, Sampling Beer With Di
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Why My Dog is on Prozac
About 6 months ago Di and I rescued a 7 year old puppy mill mom named Foxy. She had spent her entire life mistreated, neglected and abu...
Shit! Shit! Shit! Literally. #fml
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“Jean”: Words With Friends score: 102
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Current Status: Dinner
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GoodGuide App Easter Egg
It has been long enough since I worked at GoodGuide that I think I can post this now :) While developing the GoodGuide iPhone app, my part...
Who says eating healthy has to suck?
Mushrooms, Spinach, Garlic, Green Onions, a little egg, and of course, Lao Gan Ma! Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to say thanks!
Sudo Shoes
Something is compelling me to go in here… Found on Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, MA. Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 t...
Doggie Bath Time
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Di Finishes the Boston Marathon in Boots…
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Hamachi gets pretty excited around noon…
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“Verified” - Words With Friends Score: 108
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Bruise: 1 Week Later
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It’s either a suspicious eye or a lonely canoe in a mountainside lake…
This is a bruise on my flank from falling down the stairs. Long story... ...Well since you asked... I cleaned up my Foosball table today. Part of th...
Just got floor tix to see A Perfect Circle at the Hammerstein
Turns out the bassist, Matt McJunkins (second on the left), is a friend of mine from High School. We were even in a band together for a...
Jason and Di with the San Francisco Walruses
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I am selling a bunch of stuff on eBay
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Seriously, Hamachi is the Cutest Dog EVER
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The Strokes @ Madison Square Garden
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My Old Pedalboard Setup
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Current Status: Waiting in Grand Central for a Friend.
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Lao Gan Ma
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Enjoying the sun
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Birthday Steak!
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Best Burger I Have Ever Had
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“Coneybeare” Xcode Theme Updated for Xcode 4
I finally decided to update to Xcode 4 today and the first thing I had to do was get the look and feel back to normal. This involved converting my...
Happy Valentines Day to my Wife and my Doggies!
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Getting A More Accurate Download Count in the Adobe Air Marketplace
Ambiance for the Desktop was released this week and we got some pretty great reviews about it: Gizmodo BoingBoing TUAW These posts drove...
Oh Doggies…
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Hamachi is so focused on my lunch that he doesn’t notice (care?) that we started stacking shit on his head
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Showing some leg…
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They Shifted!
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They Shifted!
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Super Cute!
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Kangaroo Coneybeare and Hamachi
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FU Snow.
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The iBand is Awesome!
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CAT!!!!!!
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Foxy wakes up with an Elvis lip.
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Cat or Dog?
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Look what I just spotted on the 10,000,000 download iTunes page: http://t.co/Fs71yXv
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My new setup: 3 30” monitors in portrait. Great for coding and design.
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Matt has recommended that you check out Farts VS Zombies
I can't believe apps like this exist..and people actually BUY them! Farts VS Zombies Mutant Games Category: Games Updated: Jan 13, 2011 ...
Awesome Hand Dance
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WTTTTTF
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Watching the “Helvetica” documentary led to this purchase:
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Kangaroo Coneybeare and Hamachi
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Wasssssaaaaaap!
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A Short Commentary on the Modern Use of Scissors
Scissors were created and finely tuned for one purpose: To cut paper. They are a wonderfully simple and elegant design for this single task. A good pair of s...
Teaching Mom how to make Gyoza
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Icy Finger
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Fish eat Fish eat Fish…
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Col. Mustard is always the one
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Something is awry…
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So Delicious!
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It’s snowing in Portland
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Graffigna: Good Malbec
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Oregon Mist
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Current Status:
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You know you are out of the city when…
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Breathe Deeply
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Oregonian Christmas
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Somewhere over Montana….
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Di looks less than enthused
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Love
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@Ambiance now on sale for 66% off
At Urban Apps, we want to help spread the cheer this holiday season and what better way than by offering our Award Winning app, Ambiance for only $0.99. Get ...
“StopJacker”: When the car behind you at the stop sign considers his stop (behind yours) enough and follows you through the intersection.
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Knotty old tree
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Woot! Di and I scored free Froyo at Red Mango today for its grand opening!
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This view never gets old
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Penn Station Detail
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Going home
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Finally got some seats together!
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Cool clock @Meskerem
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I’ve got a new jacket
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Foxy is all bundled up
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Cutie Pie
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Thanksgiving craziness…
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Figuring out the best way to support sharing recorded sounds for a future version of Ambiance
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My couch has been conquered by three furry little things!
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Ha! What are they up to?
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Clearly I have issues…
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Tucking the dogs in for bed
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Everybody likes the sun
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Bacon, Eggs, Cheese, Bagel, Delicious.
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My wife grows fresh cilantro…
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Current status: tomato, cilantro, artichoke
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Look what I found when I came to bed :)
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Ambiance 3.1 Brings Full iPad Support, Airplay, Available Now
Available Now <span">Urban Apps is pleased to announce that Ambiance version 3.1 has been approved by Apple and is available now in the iTunes App Stor...
Keep You and Your Family Safe: All Recalls
Urban Apps is pleased to announce the release of All Recalls, a new app to help keep you and your family safe. [[posterous-content:WbO2FCKa0In4LxqbIxyz]]...
Custom Xcode theme: “Coneybeare”
I have been using this Xcode theme for awhile now and I think its rather nice. If you like it, just copy the line below into terminal ...
Apple tweaked the home screen icon layout in iOS 4.2
I have been using this grid iPhone wallpaper for awhile now and it lined up perfectly until some recent 4.2 build. Notice that in the iOS 4.2 screensho...
Why I no longer worry about minor memory leaks
I have quite a large app out on the app store called Ambiance and have been developing it off and on for about two and a half years now. In the beginning, I ...
Just bought some new shoes… Like ‘em?
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I always swore I would not be that guy that dresses up his dog… But it’s Halloween!
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I rolled my ankle walking the dogs today - now it looks about right for Halloween
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This little guy is probably warmer than I am!
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I hate leaves.
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Hamachi running
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Stats on the Ambiance Code Base
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I am selling my Macbook Pro
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Poorly Stitched Panorama Photo of My Workspace
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Do not look if you are easily offended… Foxy left me a present today :(
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Colorful Arrow Made From Fall Leaves
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It’s hard to get out of bed when you wake up next to this:
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The Three Amigos: Hamachi, Millie and Foxy
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Working @starbucks today…
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Just when you have had enough #trololo, out comes an 8-bit version
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Three20: How to Autoload More Results When You Scroll to the Bottom of a List
Pretty simple setup here. This is setup using a list data source with a TTTableMoreButton as the last item. We just add a hook into the data source for when ...
Video from our seats at the US Open Women’s Final
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Panorama shot from the US Open Women’s Final
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Ambiance hits 5,000,000 Sound Downloads — Free for today only!
Today marked a very important milestone for us at Urban Apps. Ambiance had it’s 5,000,000th sound download! You read that right — that is indeed Five Millio...
The newest addition to our family — “Foxy”
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We took a Comedy Cruise around Manhattan last night… Here is a panorama shot of the Financial District
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I never get tired of this view…
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The “Hole”
Now before I start, I know now that these types of toilets are very common in many countries and millions of people use them every day. This blog is not abou...
2 Panorama Shots I Made in the Forbidden Palace, Beijing
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Public Domain Fail - Whitehouse.gov is blocking access to public RSS feeds and content.
UPDATE: 7/12/10 10:16PM All functionality seems to have been restored. Whether this was a hiccup in the system (probable) or a reversal of the blocking we wi...
1st time at the Guggenheim after living here for a year - Awesome
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Using AudioStreamer with AVAudioPlayer and Avoiding Hardware Locking
In Ambiance, I use some customized AVAudioPlayers to play the apps audio. When possible, these AVAudioPLayers use hardware decoding of the audio files which ...
The iPhone 4 front camera is awesome for self shots!
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Edit Google Analytics for iPhone to use a Hidden Database
I use Google Analytics in my iPhone apps to track how my customers are using them. It is very useful for determining the answers to questions such as: - Do ...
What happened with the Ambiance 3.0 failure
The last two days were pretty bad for me. I fucked up bad. I mean really bad. really really bad. As a developer you expect bugs, and even though you do yo...
Ambiance 3.0 available in the iTunes store with background audio!
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Getting HTML5 Audio tag and flash fallback to work nicely with all browsers
In implementing the new (yet-to-be-released) html Ambiance audio pages, I wanted to take advantage of modern browsers support of the tag. I loaded it up with...
Hamachi and Millie get Frozen Peanut Butter Shots and Ignore the World
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Hamachi and Millie meet a Turtle for the First Time…
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Hamachi: Holy Mother-of-God!!! WTF Was That!!!!!!!!!
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London Squirrel in Hyde Park
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Trololo
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Great Political Cartoon
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Preview of the new Alarm system in Ambiance 3.0
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Kissing a Shadow on 5th Ave
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There comes a time in a man’s life when he needs to grow a beard. For me, this was 10 weeks ago…
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Doggy-cam: Millie gets busted stealing Hamachi’s Bone
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Why Houses With Dogs Have Poo Smelling Carpets…
We unfortunately have carpet in one of the rooms in our house and we started noticing a funny smell coming from the room. It is winter out and we have some w...
Life isn’t fair
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How to Make Custom Drawn Gradient Backgrounds in a Grouped UITableView with Core Graphics
In iPhone app design, it is important to find a balance between customization and familiarity. Many times, subtle differences are all you need to make yourse...
Smashing a Hard Drive with a Hammer
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My Sleep Efficiency is 98%
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Comic: Dick Cheney says “Obama can’t keep America Safe”…
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Video Onboard “Expedition to Everest” Roller Coaster - Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
With an iPhone 3GS in my pocket and a front row seat on a Roller Coaster, how could I not take this vid? Please ignore the death screams of my teenage cousin...
Long Island Blizzard Aftermath…
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Hilarious Parody Video of Ambiance
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Hamachi and Millie Experience Fall for the First Time…
Being from California, having a "true" fall and 4 seasons is something new to us. Over in SF, it goes straight from summer to winter, and there are no fall t...
Why I am an Organ Donor…
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My Halloween Costume: iPhone Robot…
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Fixing symbolicatecrash…
Because you found your way here, I am assuming you already know what symbolicatecrash is and when/why you would use it. If not, take a detour here and come b...
Ambiance has been named the “App of the Day”…
(via http://appoftheday.com/app/Ambiance ) Its a great honor to be named alongside apps like Tweetie 2 and DropBox. This is great! Was this pag...
Overriding -[UINavigationBar drawRect:] to add a custom background image…
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I have 2 theories as to how this bird got here…
1) It slammed into my window going full speed and broke its neck 2) The family of feral cats that live under my porch is giving us a gift as a than...
A Flowchart to Determine What Religion You Should Follow…
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I Love My Sunday Naps with Hamachi…
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Lazy Day on the Hammock with the Doggies…
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A Classic: Dog’s Own Leg Tries To Steal Bone…
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10 New Spooky and Scary Halloween Sounds were just added to Ambiance!
We just added 10 Creepy sounds to Ambiance in a special Halloween Release. They are: Haunted Piano The Dungeon Spooky Forest Ghost Bat Cave Alien World Sh...
Hamachi Loves His Sock….
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Its soooo cold in NY that Rockefeller Center Opened the Ice Rink Already
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Ambiance and Ambiance Lite 2.2: Sharing, Backups, Playlists…
Ambiance and Ambiance Lite 2.2 have just been accepted by Apple. The 2.2 update is a pretty big update to Ambiance with some new and highly-requested feature...
Ambiance and Ambiance Lite 2.2 Just Released…
Ambiance and Ambiance Lite 2.2 have just been accepted by Apple. The 2.2 update is a pretty big update to Ambiance with some new and highly-requested feature...
I Find All My Good Music Through Commercials and Shazam…
Let someone else filter all the songs! New commercial music featured in an TV advertisement for Target Pharmacy: Starfucker - Ra...
Taking the Dogs for a Bike Ride
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Adding and Saving a Border Around a UIImage with Core Graphics
I recently had to place a border around an image of unknown size and save it back as an image. Here is how: Start with a UIImage: Run it through th...
At the Mothership…
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Di and Hamachi: 7AM
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Proper Alignment of UIImage and UILabel when using UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle
I am working on an iPhone App Project for a client and I decided to use the UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle for one of my views. It was easy to setup and it had...
New Ambiance Promo Video
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Hamachi Plays Fetch With a Sock
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Word 2003?!?!? WTF
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This is the Geek, Nerd, Dork Definition I Have Always Used
Good to see I am not alone in my breakdown. BTW, I have always felt that I am a “Tech Geek” and am proud of it. (via http://laughingsquid.com/nerd-venn-...
How to Date a Med Student
Di sent me this today... Dating a med student? Check out these tips for a "healthy" relationship. 1. Don't expect to see them. Ever. ...
A Teaser of a Sweet New Feature in Ambiance 2.2
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Yes, I Let My Dog Lick My iPhone
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Sweet Music From the Geico Commercials
I really like the remix of “Somebody’s Watching Me” that is on the Geico commercials with the big wad of cash. http://www.geico.com/about/commercials/music/...
What should have happened to Joe Wilson…
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One of the Benefits of Being an iPhone/iPod App Developer…
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A Letter From Ted Kennedy
September 9, 2009 The text of the letter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy referenced by President Obama in Wednesday's address to a Joint Session of Co...
Napping with the Dogs…
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I Love My New TV – 73”
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Great Video of a Baby Calming Down With Ambiance
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Finally! Drivers for my Canon MX860 and Snow Leopard
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What’s wrong with this pic?
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Things I read at breakfast…
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Steve Martin is the Great Flydini
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Great Cat Toy Design (Funny Video)
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It’s Official… I am a New Yorker.
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Things You Don’t Find In California #193: Giant Slugs
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“The Boy Whose Face Scorched the Sun”
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Doggies
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Di and I Will Need Coronary Bypasses by Tomorrow Morning
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Website Notifies You When The Apple Store Is Back Up
If you view my blog or read my tweets, then you are probab...
Me and My Boy - ZZZzzz
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Custom Ruby Script to Import a Custom Rails Blog to Posterous
Took me 5 minutes. DIRECTIONS: 1) Edit your sql details on line 8 2) Edit for your table columns on lines 11-13 3) Edit your Posterous details on lin...
Please tell me this is not REAL!
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New Code Blog
After 1 year of non-updates, I am moving my (broken) code blog onto Posterous. Why, you ask? Well, like every Ruby on Rails fanboy, I created my own blogging...
Tech Support Cheat Sheet (via http://xkcd.com)
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I Heart My ISP
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[Twittch] Apostrophe Abuse
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Why Microsoft sucks.
alexnichols: Today at work, I was setting up a few Windows machines. One of the windows product keys didn’t work. After checking thoroughly to make sure t...
BlackBerry Storm Gets Smashed With Hammer
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The dogs at Bonneville Salt Flats
The dogs at Bonneville Salt Flats ...
Di and Hamachi
Di and Hamachi Messing around on...
Getting Home With a Dynamically Allocated IP
I recently had my Comcrap Cable shut off for downloading too much. Apparently, my 'unlimited' service did not protect me at all because I use cable. Basic...
SimpleScrobbler
I have been busy with a number of projects lately, one of them being a Last.FM client for Leopard called "SimpleScrobbler". It is written in Objective-C 2....
Kitchen Sink
Wow... it's been a crazy month! I just finished my midterm season and now have some time to catch up on things. Where should I start... Val - Trinidadian Mu...
How to Ignore Files in SVN
One of the most annoying things when working with version control is trying to filter through a list of .tmp, .log, or .class files that you don't want to co...
My Democratic Primary Vote Goes To…
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Foo Fighters
imgs/2008-02-03-foo-fighters-0/2241356758_44352ec898_b.jpg[imgs/2008-02-03-foo-fighters-0/2241356758_44352ec898_b.jpg.thumb.128.png] imgs/2008-02-03-foo-figh...
Another Y2K Bug?
There is a bug that is starting to peek its ugly head through the software industry. The new bug will target older software that deals calendar dates, just l...
Back at Cal
Cal's Sather Tower So I am back in school for my last semester at UC Berkeley. I have only 4 months left of my 16+ year education. It used to seem much scar...
Make Your Own Cache System in Ruby on Rails
In a previous post I explained how to setup and use Amazon's Webservices to find and display album covers in Ruby on Rails. For the purposes of simplicity in...
Macworld 2008
MacBook Air MacBook Air MacBook Air MacBook Air MacBook Air I went to the Macworld Expo in San Francisco yesterday... AMAZING! Although not as exciting as l...
Winter Break
Josh Dobies Rockstar Sameer Mehta Tina Tyan Bill Ross Eric Lambert David Sobeck I just wrapped up my Sun Internship and it really blew by pretty fast! Ab...
Amazon Album Covers in Ruby on Rails
Lastfm is a free online service that keeps track of the music you listen to. When you play a song in iTunes or another media player, and you have a program t...
Make a Time-Lapse Movie Using a TI89 Calculator
UPDATE: If you are having trouble getting the code to work right, make sure you have the most recent firmware installed on your ti89 (Thanks Colin). I recent...
Fixing Rflickr and Xmlrpc to Handle Bignums
Flickr has become one of the more popular online photo storage sites and consequently has billions of picture on there. I use my Flickr account, in conjuncti...
Wedding Party
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How to Generate PNG Screenshots Using FFMPEG
After setting up my Server and Home Entertainment Center (I should write up a post on that...) I needed an easy way to automatically generate screenshots of ...
Books, Books, Books
Over the past 6 months I have travelled to work in San Francisco every day on our subway system, BART. It is a 20-25 minute route each way and I decided I wo...
My 3rd Party iPhone Apps
It has been 5 Months since I fist got my hands on the glorious piece of aluminum, plastic and glass that we have all come to know, and love, as the iPhone....
My Response on Health Care Attack
I recently received an email from a friend that caught me off guard. It was a lengthy letter defending the authors belief: "I believe that health care in Ame...
How to Setup Two Independent Rails Websites Using One CodeBase
I recently setup this site using (almost) the same rails app as my blog. I initially thought that it wouldn't be too bad updating both codebases (which both ...
How to use CodeRay to format code
When I decided I wanted to start my CodeBlog, I knew I would be showing a lot of code on my page and I wanted a way to make it nice and pretty looking. I loo...
All work and no play makes Coneybeare a dull boy
My landlord has been doing construction on my building for about 3 months now and it is driving me nuts! I don't think I am being too sensitive or unreason...
The First Post
other blog</a> is mostly for family and friends and discusses my social life, current affairs, thoughts on politics… everything except my love for all ...
Random Thoughts
Every car I own in the future will be a hybrid or an clean alternative-fuel car. I need to do my part to help the divorce between Big Oil and Detroit. ...
Happy Thanksgiving
I waited too long to get my Thanksgiving ticket, and I didn't feel like being stuck in a 10 hour traffic jam, so I decided to spend Thanksgiving in Berk...
Barack Obama
True to my word, I am looking into Barack Obama as a potential candidate for my vote. Tom, Di and I went to see him speak on Wednesday in San Franci...
Losing Weekend
I am begining to think I have bad luck... Every sports team I root for loses. Cal lost again this weekend. It was such a promising season 3 weeks ago, ...
Shaving Schedule
I have a regular shaving schedule: Mondays and Thursdays. I do it on Monday because... well... it just seems like the right thing to do, with Monday being t...
Marina del Rey, Cal’s Loss, Dead Server, Return to Cal
Last week, the Berkeley Free Clinic send thier Financial Coordinator (Di) to a conference in Marina del Rey to discuss state-wide changes in the billing...
Mom and Jason Come to Berkeley
This past weekend my Mom and my Brother, Jason, came to Berkeley for a visit. We spent some time hanging out with Di on Thursday night, spent Friday in the ...
Maña, Hillary Clinton, Towed
This past weekend was amazing! Saturday night, after a great Cal footbal game vs. Oregon, Di and I went to the Oakland Arena to see one of ou...
No Tickets For You!
The Cal Athletic Ticket Office sucks! Last year, I purchased student section tickets before I knew I wasn't going to be a student. I was worried about my t...
6 Weeks!
Wow... It's been about 6 weeks since my last update! Sorry if anybody has been really wondering what I was doing! haha. Let's see if I can remember wh...
New Job, New Apartment, Mike-o
I have settled in nicely at Sun Honeycomb. The office is right downtown San Francisco, South of Market on 1st and Howard. I have spent the past 3...
Pictures Round-Up
Since I couldn't upload any pics while on cruise, here are the links to both the post about the city and the link to the album of the best pics from that cit...
Coming Home
We had one last sea-day on the cruise... good for relaxing, packing, and worrying about everything you forgot about while on vacation. I found out that my ap...
Rome, Italy
What can I say about Rome but WOW... You take a look in every direction and there is a monumental building, ancient treasure, or beautiful landscape. It was ...
Corfu, Greece
I spent the day in Corfu with the Lyons' and we had a great time. I didn't know much about Greece or Corfu, but I had one thing in mind that I knew I wanted ...
Dubrovnik, Croatia
My Uncle Dan and I decided that we would venture Dubrovnik on our own and left early morning on a shuttle from the port to Old Town. Old Town Dubrovnik is su...
Venice, Italy
I look forward to ship-days because it gives you a chance to recover from going full-steam at all the ports. After a week in Spain, Nice, Florence, and Pompe...
Florence and Pisa, Italy
Today we docked in Livorno, Italy bright and early. Dan, Mom and I hopped onto a 10 hour tour, starting with Florence. It was about an hour and a half drive ...
Naples, Pompeii and Herculaneum
Today was a loooooong day... you could even say I got "ruined" haha. First thing in the morning I got on a bus to go out to the ruins of Pompeii. The one thi...
Nice, France
Nice and the French Riviera were so beautiful. The ship was too big to dock so we parked in the middle of the Villefranche Bay and took small boats to the sh...
Cruising
I woke up this morning and packed up for the cruise! I still had a few hours to kill so I went out on a quest to find the only Barcelona Souvenir I wanted....
Barcelona, Spain
We arrived in Barcelona in the early evening. Our hotel is the best we have stayed at yet! We have the room directly over the front...
Madrid, España
I came to Spain knowing nothing about Madrid or how big it is. The city is very large, on par with any other major European city. It has ...
Seville, Spain
After I loaded all of my stuff into storage, I had no more stresses and officially...
Optimistic on the Move
As I look at all of my worldly possesions stuffed into the corner of my living room, I think to myself: 'This should be a pretty easy move'... Let's see if ...
Getting Excited
In a few days, I am going to Europe for about a month! I will spend a week in Spain with my Mom, then go out on a long Mediterreanean cruise with my Fam...
Adding Features
As promised, I have started to write code to enhance my Ruby on Rails CMS (Also known as coneybeare.net). I have added an RSS feed as well as a Photo Album. ...
The Last 3 Months
It has been about 3 months since my last update. Originally I stopped updating because I was really busy in school, then because I was working on secur...
Tom, Castro, Midterms
This past weekend, Tom, my old roommate and good friend from CZ, came down for a visit. We had a pretty chill weekend; Pool Halls, Wii, Beer, we even we...
Valentines Day, Branford Marsalis, Midterms
Last Wednesday (Valentine's Day), I tricked Di pretty good. A few weeks earlier, I had told her that I was planning everything for V-day and that she sh...
Bald Again
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Root Canal
A few months ago, I realized that I get dental insurance with my school’s health insurance package. Well, let me back up… About a year ago, I was eating...
CZ Poker Reunion, Keane
This past Friday, I called up a few friends from the CZ days to play some poker. Kate Vescera, Brewer Ben and John Hung came out to play with our non-t...
Rage Against the Machine
So everyone knows I used to be in a Rage Against the Machine cover tribute band, Bombtrack, and that I am a huge fan. Unfortunately, the band broke up about ...
Mom, Jason and the First Days of School
This past weekend, my mom and brother came up to Berkeley for a short visit. It was very nice to spend some bonding time with both. They flew up on Fri...
Major News, Incubus Concert
So I finally got into my major! Now I don't have to worry so much about my future... I WILL have a degree in Computer Science from The Best University o...
Treasure Island, Movies and the MacWorld Expo
I have been spending much time with Di lately. On Thursday, we went and saw "Pursuit of Happyness", a great new film starring Will Smith. On Sunday, ...
Di’s Back!
This last week I spent some time with Vince and Mike. Vince and I got sushi, watched the Cal game, and hung out on New Years Eve. Mike hung out too and ...
Snowboarding at Alpine Meadows
Yestrday, Vince and I went snowboarding at Alpine Meadows Last year, on one of the snowboarding trips, we were in a traffic jam to get into the parking lot ...
Another(!) Good Song
Pearl: [download][audio:http://coneybeare.net/mp3/Coneybeare/Pearl.mp3] This is one I’ve wanted to record for while. When I first wrote this melody a few yea...
Another Day, Another Song
Rolling: [download][audio:http://coneybeare.net/mp3/Coneybeare/Rolling.mp3] I think this one is better than yesterdays… And it was recorded in 1/2 the time. ...
My Christmas Break as of Christmas
Redo: [download][audio:http://coneybeare.net/mp3/Coneybeare/Redo.mp3] I have had a pretty easy week so far... I have had nothing to do but cross stuff off of...
New Look x 2
Coneybeare.net has just received a major update and I really enjoy the new look. I pretty much created it from ground up, taking a little from ot...
FINALS
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Alice in Chains
311326253311326289311326522311326594311326631 Of the many bands I listen to, I have been able to see most of the Live. When I started listening to Alice in C...
Thanksgiving in Fort Collins
308078178308079970308062498308062224308091392 I had a pretty good time over Thanksgiving break with the fam in Colorado. I got in Denver on Wed night and int...
Stupid USC, KGD Banquet, iRoam
303662137303662180303662239303662035303681954 Last week was a horrible week for Cal as our beloved football team lost to USC (again)! This ruined our chances...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
296562285296562225296562250296562188296562103 This last week was pretty rough for me... Monday, my bicycle handlebars decided they did not like to be perpend...
Halloween @ Castro, No-Mo-Veggie
285924865285925178285925139285925090285925050 285924994285924950285925314285925339285925268 They say you have to go to Castro on Halloween once and I fina...
The First Down Line
I've always been curious as to how the first down line was painted on the field but never realized it was so difficult. There are many computers and humans ...
Ill, Nerdiness, HIV
Friday morning I woke to a shocking pain in both my throat and head--I forced myself to get up so that I could attend my 8am class. The only reason I've been...
Moustachio, Chicago, Scooter Woes
280415486280415625280415684280415605280415593 It was Ambuir's birthday on Monday and Aurelie and I decided to make a cake for her (by saying that we decided ...
Apparently I Need Butter…
size/m/277482226 This is a page from the horribly translated operating manual for my scooter. When you buy a cheap Chinese imported scooter, I am guessing t...
Important Self-Diagnosis
This evening I have had a small cough... maybe I'm getting sick. Aurelie was around and after I coughed, she said "Bless you". It got me thinking... I have ...
Midterms, Q-Learning, “Gangsta”
274661844274661683274661632274661589274661747 This week has been pretty busy for me... I did pretty well on my CS61C Midterm, scoring well above mean. I scor...
Hillarious! Chinese Takeaway
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Nerd
It’s now 12:24 am on a Saturday Night. I am officially a nerd. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a nerd completely by choice… If I had my way I’d be doing a keg-s...
Fish, Spiders, Borat
268403113268403200268403299268403391268403461 I have rediscovered the macro setting on my camera and have taken some pretty interesting shots lately. I start...
Assassins, TI89, Tool Army, CS188
Today has sucked/rocked (take your pick as long as its not the latter). First I had my midterm this morning in CS188 (the pacman AI class). I thought I was d...
Rain, Borat, Scooter Problems, Football, Assassins
265106181265107408265102375265107970265122015 So much has happened in the past week. I am sooooo busy so here is just a brief overview: I aced my EE100 Mi...
Cal Football, CS61C, Car Accident (not mine)
252506130252506098252506116252506079252506011 I worked all last week on a CS61C project in which I wrote a simplified version of the unix terminal in C. I h...
(more) Di, (more) Piercings, Happy Happy Happy
246338060246338010246337995246337957 246338112 Di and I hung out all weekend and ate at a few cool places: Naan and Curry, an inexpensive Indian Food Restra...
Breaking one Computer Science Stereotype
Computer Science : HTML as Mathematics : The Flaming Lips Linguistics : Swahili Anatomy : Pencil Answer? Just because somebody studies Computer Sc...
Di, Piercings, Smoking (or not)
241358500243947240243947324243947346241358415 I haven't really written much about my relationship so here is a little bit. Di and I have been dating for abou...
Elementary Cellular Automaton Image Generator
I am at work right now, enjoing the benefits of having a job that allows me to surf the web all day and do nothing really! I think I will use some of the tim...
Fall 2006, Berkeley Courses
So it's two weeks into the Fall '06 semester at Cal. I am taking 5 courses this time around, 18 units. Here is a breakdown: PHILOSPHY 3: THE NATURE OF MIN...
Sorry…
I’ve been neglecting my webpage for a while but it is for a few good reasons: 1: My Camera is not functioning well and I need to send it in for warranty. 2: ...
Pearl Jam!
190926373190656326190654817190654217190652617 Pearl Jam - Evenflow [etv] When I was 10 years old, the music I listened to most was Jewish folk songs and Sup...
4th, Orbitals, Fighters of Foo
188541372188542075188541889188542374188542204 189673371189658264189652917189652954189652984 I guess I forgot to talk about the 4th of July in my last post.....
I’ll save about 40 dollars a month!
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Too… Much… Sushi…
185287165185287740185288073185287885185287984 A few weeks ago, after my friend Anne decided to eat all of my leftover pizza by herself, I was told she is ...
Palm Springs, Strippers, and All-You-Can-Eat Sushi
184825276184825682184826224184826765 It's been about a week since the last update so I have much to tell... I started school 2 weeks ago and really like my...
Jagshemash!
size/m/177809741 The day has arrived! I just saw the preview for "Borat: The Movie" and had to share it with the world. For those of you who don't know the c...
Weekend of Radiohead
173719904173718974173719561173720741173721479 “Lucky” - [etv] Friday night, Renata and I walked about 3 blocks from my house to the Greek Theater in Berke...
My new career of choice
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4 Days and…
When I was 16, I was caught smoking cigarettes by my family. As an incentive to quit for good, my Grandparents gave me $400 with only one condition: If I eve...
Berkeley, World Cup, Keane
172281055172205201172207332172208505172208808 So I've been back in Berkeley about a week and I am both excited and depressed to be back. I am depressed for ...
Pics from Europe
I have just put together a simple gallery for the hundreds of photos I collected while in Europe. Here is the link. I’ll Try and update it with captions and ...
Almost Back in the USA
Im in London again… this time it is really raining so I thought I’d duck inside and post something really quick. I am here overnight and then catch a mid-day...
London
size/m/153486846 After leaving SFO I thought I was in good shape sleepwise. I purposely didn't get much sleep the night before so I could get some sleep on t...
I’m Outta Here!
Europe here I come! Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to say thanks!
Now What?
It is only 6 hours after my last exam and I am already bored. No better time than now to tell you all how my week has been. Since last Tuesday (last day of c...
Done!
Finished my last final this morning… now I just gotta kick this cold I got from lack of sleep. Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to say ...
Finals….
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to say thanks!
Rubix Cube Solver
For those of us who wish to appear smart by having a Solved Rubix Cube on the coffee table…. Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to say th...
Optical Illusions on the Street
144651003144650994144650985144650972144650957 Somebody sent me these pics in an email and I was blown away! Here is the official website of Julian Be...
Maynard in the 80’s
Maynard James Keenan, lead singer of Tool, in one his less-than-glorious moments. I never thought I'd see Maynard in tights and make-up outside of the Aenima...
Last Day of Classes
It is a bittersweet feeling… the school year went by so fast. Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to say thanks!
Telegraph and Sushi
142577481142577008142576411142575999142578012 This was a good weekend for me. I studied all day yesterday and today, catching up on my math and reviewing ...
5:30 AM!
140186506140186284140186072140186759140187195 I was awoken by a really loud alarm this morning and a loud knock on the door. I was going to stay in bed and ...
Meat Again?
Last week I decided to be a pescatarian from here on out. I couldn’t resist Sushi and Clam Chowder. But this little cave-in definately affected my will-power...
The Battle of Coachella Fest 2006
138710082138709739138712505138713507138714155 138659625138661977138677401138672371138843712 More Pics from Coachella Fest 2006! Short Vids from Co...
What is wrong with people?
Am I crazy, or is it impossible to do something nice for somebody without them thinking you want something? I sent flowers anonymously to this girl I know (n...
Naan and Poker
135816351135816523135816695 Yesterday I convinced my friend Linsey to ditch her class (believe me, it wasn't that hard) and go out to get some Naan N' Cur...
Good News!
It turns out that the infallible Office of Undergraduate Admissions has overcredited my transfer units from COD by 15 units! It really angers me that I had b...
2 Holes, Tool and Chowder
133935069133934721133933844134021008133931846 I now have 12 holes in my body that my mother did not give me. Jordana, Ida, Aurelie, Linsey and I went down t...
Week in Review
129108142129634157129633397127328963127328901 This last week treated me pretty well... I wanted to try and change the grading option of my Physics class...
“Major” Problems
Last week was one of those weeks... The midterm (the single lowest grade I have received... ever) and the scooter incident... and then on Friday, the sh*t hi...
Sunshine!
size/m/124115975 Sunshine? In Berkeley? That's unheard of! What a beautiful day today was! Was this page helpful for you? Buy me a slice of 🍕 to sa...
I’ve had better days…
123633224 123633199 123633026 I am relieved that my test is over… but that is the only good positive feeling I have regarding the test! Maybe I shouldn’t hav...
Ethiopian Dinner
123113458123113521123113792 Last night I went to this small Ethiopian restaurant in Oakland with Shannon and Mottman. This was my first time eating Ethio...
Worst Day of the Year!
There are only 2 days I hate out of the 365.25: Valentines Day: Why do people need a special day to show the one they love that they are loved. Furthe...
Spyware Makers Nailed on Criminal Charges in California
Finally! It is the first criminal spyware case filed in the state of California. The charges include conspiracy, 24 violations of unauthorized access to com...
I’m going to give it another go…
121360936 121360775 Everybody knows I am a musician at heart. It is the only thing I’ve felt really passionate about in the past few years. Five years ago, I...
I Love the Bay Area
120089993120090453120090829120092180117402175 It didn’t really rain that hard today… it was just wet out. So it was a good day to take the scooter up t...
Snowboarding @ Alpine Meadows
119191468119192192119204846119192866119193089 My alarm went off this morning at 4:45 am and since it is spring break, this could only mean one thing… S...
Poker Blues
I was planning on going to bed early last night and go to Tahoe to snowboard today. That didn’t happen. I was enticed into a late-night game of poker here at...
How to prove 0 = 1
The building I live in has tons of Graffiti on the walls of the hallways and common spaces. The graffiti, however, is not the usual type. Only in a place lik...
Distractions
117402332 117482160 117401957 I have had a tough time studying at home lately, mainly because of some intense XBOX action. Until Tom and Mike finish Halo...
Physics 7B Lab Days are really interesting
In this lab we explored the motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field. First we heated up a cathode held at low voltage and set up an anode...
25 Years Old
So I had my 25th birtday this weekend and I feel old. I can now get cheaper insurance for my scooter and rent cars at all rental agencies! The next birthd...
Berkeley
This is just how I feel right now! This semester I am taking 16 technical course and I am having a hard time keeping up. I learned my lesson though... ...
Whisper
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Missing H
So I was typing away te oter day and I ad noticed tat my key was not attaced te way it sould be. I ad attempted to use adesive to attac te key again but it...
San Francisco
I love the bay area! This shot was taken from the top of Coit Tower in San Francisco. One day, I too will own a 300 sq. ft apartment here in the city… (sig...
Injured Friend
I just learned that a really good friend of mine has broken both of his legs. I guess he was playing soccer and spun around at the wrong moment as the ball t...
Second Best
It seems that I underestimated the people at www.coneybeare.com. They just paid for registration on that site until 2012! So it looks like I am going to have...
coneybeare.com?
So I noticed the other day that the domain name coneybeare.com was about to expire. I went to the site and it looks like the people who run it aren’t on top ...