My First Linux Shell Script
Last week I wrote about my Ubuntu installation. At the end of that post I promised some Linux-related posts in the future, and here is my first one. In my opinion one of the things about Linux that...
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Speed Test Your iPhone
We are painfully reminded every day when we venture out of our homes that the iPhone does not have 3G technology. The EDGE network is brutally slow and painful and there simply is no way to sugarcoat...
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First Impressions on Objective-C and Developing with the iPhone SDK
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2009 was to get off my arse and write an iPhone app and get it published in the App Store. Not much progress was made in the way of attaining this goal during...
View ArticleSQLite Database Caching On iPhone Simulator
As I was doing some development on my iPhone app yesterday night and this morning I ran into an issue that I figured I would blog about and hopefully it may be of use to some stray Googler in the...
View ArticleMacBook Pro = Dead
My four month old MacBook Pro is officially dead. She took a turn for the worse last week and I had been hoping for the best, but alas now all hope is lost and she is sitting at the Apple Store...
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Apex Data Loader for Mac OS X
The Apex Data Loader for Salesforce.com is a tool with an easy to use GUI to interact with your database – insert, update, delete, export, etc. Unfortunately the Data Loader magic is only natively...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud Print To Allow Printing From Wireless Devices
According to Google, Google Cloud Print is a service that enables any application (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device – Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Palm WebOS, Android, etc. – to...
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Return of the Blog
Ten months ago my (gs) hosting account at Media Temple was closed at my request. I hadn’t blogged for a very long time and was living in London with my wife and newborn baby. It’s safe to say my...
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Force.com Toolkit for PHP
The Force.com Toolkit for PHP gives developers an easy way to perform actions on a remote Salesforce.com database using the Force.com Web Services SOAP API, from directly within our self-hosted or...
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WordPress Stuck in Maintenance Mode After Failed Theme Upgrade
When I logged into my WordPress Dashboard yesterday it notified me that three of my themes had updates that needed to be installed. I don’t always run off and install every theme upgrade immediately...
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Atlantic City Marathon 2013
A few weeks back when I started writing again I mentioned a recently discovered interest in running. In fact, beginning in January 2013 I started running, a lot. Last year I ran over 1100 miles, 26.2...
View ArticleTwitter Announces New Mute Feature
Twitter announced on its company blog today that it will be rolling out a new feature in the coming weeks called mute, which basically means you can follow a person while not receiving any of that...
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John Terry Signs Contract Extension For 2014/15 Season
For those who don’t know, since living in London a few years ago I’ve taken a rather fervent interest in football (soccer in the US) particularly in Chelsea FC as Stamford Bridge was located down the...
View ArticleFish Oil May Not Actually Help Prevent Heart Disease
According to an article recently posted in CBC News, a new 2014 study has found that 1970s research done on the cardiovascular benefits of fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids is deeply flawed. In the...
View ArticleUsing Mathematics To Improve Running
Researchers with the French National Center for Scientific Research, or CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), have created a mathematical model that seeks to improve a runner’s...
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Consumer Advertising Lifting Off To The Moon In 2015
The Verge is reporting that Japanese beverage maker Otsuka is planning the first private moon-landing mission in October 2015. The goal of the mission is to place a 1 kilogram canister filled with...
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Ashley Cole Tweets Farewell to Chelsea FC
Ashley Cole has finally put to rest all of the speculation regarding a potential contract extension with Chelsea FC through a series of tweets this evening. Cole has been at Chelsea for eight years and...
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NASA To Begin Construction On 2016 Mars Lander, Dubbed “InSight”
After a Mission Critical Design Review last Friday, NASA has been given approval to begin construction on a new Mars Lander, which is scheduled to launch in March 2016. NASA’s Interior Exploration...
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Chelsea Launches New 2014/15 Away Kit, Looks An Awful Lot Like Arsenal’s
Chelsea revealed the new 2014/15 season away kit, a return to yellow which includes blue trim and lettering. I don’t particularly dislike the new kit, though I much prefer last season’s away kit, but...
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David Luiz Off To PSG
Over the past week or so there’s been a lot of speculation about David Luiz moving to Barcelona or even Bayern Munich as part of a player + cash deal for Mario Mandzukic, but it will be Paris...
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