Author: kimball
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How To Detect iPhone App Version At Runtime?
I’m currently working on an application that will need to know what version of the app is currently running. For instance, when I release version 1.2 of the app, I may need to update files that were left behind by version 1.1, but only do the update one time – the first time version 1.2…
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Entry Hall Floor Part 2
I recently ripped out the tile floor from my entry hall, and prepped it for my new wood floor. The wood we used was a pre-finished acacia from Lumber Liquidators. For those who may be interested in all the technical specs of the wood and floor, here are some details: Botanical Name: Acacia Decurrens Janka…
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Levitation
I got bored playing Settlers of Catan, so I used the power of my mind to levitate this game piece. This photograph has not been digitally altered or enhanced in any way. Neat trick, eh?
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Entry Hall Floor
Seems I can never just leave my house as is – I’ve nearly always got some project or other going on. Building shelves, adding a storage room, working on a garden, adding stuff to my shop, building towel racks, repairing stuff the kids break, etc. The latest project is replacing the floor in my entry…
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Change Another User’s Safari Home Page In Snow Leopard
I manage my kids computer accounts using Snow Leopard using Parental Controls, and have worked out a good way to handle updating the list of allowed websites, but have so far been stumped about how to set the homepage for their accounts. See, when you create a brand new account in OS X, and assign…
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Recipe for “Grass Mud”
Erica came up with her very own recipe for “Grass Mud”: That’s: 1/2 Cup Grass 1/2 Cup Mud 1 Rock Mix Enjoy!
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Windows 7 – Install and Upgrade Experience
At our office we all use OS X day-to-day, but we do keep a few token Windows machines around for debugging windows builds, taking screenshots for our manuals, producing screencasts, etc. We recently set up a brand new machine that will be dedicated for producing screencasts of our products on windows. When we bought the…
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How Many Pounds Of Meat Do You Eat For Lunch?
Here is an image from a recent advertisement by Burger King in Japan. No, I’m not kidding: Who’s hungry? After you eat it, have Hans help you lose it. Source: Burger King sells Windows 7 Whoppers as Microsoft begins Guru training