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Nov 18

I just want to drop files onto my Dock icon!

I’ve spent days reading post after post after post after post that purported to solve the mystery of how to hook up the magic pieces just right to enable files to be dropped onto your app’s icon.

However, since none of the links I trawled included both up-to-date and complete examples, I figured I’d put one together for whoever has to fight this battle in the future. Caveat emptor, but really, it’s as simple as hell, so you can’t go wrong.

DockDrop.zip, 19KB, version 1.0 - GitHub

If you’re interested, the nitty gritty magic bits that need be plumbed up just right:

Make sure your delegate implements NSApplicationDelegate, and that it is set as the delegate of NSApp.

Implement application:openFile: in said delegate.

Ensure you have a proper CFBundleDocumentTypes entry in your app’s Info.plist (see the example’s plist).

Speaking of dock shenanigans, John Winter, the Dropzone author, wrote about how the Chrome browser launches itself without bouncing the dock icon. It’s not for every app, but it’s perfect for Dropzone. If you want to be able to drag a file onto your dock icon, this trick may also be for you.

Nov 13

And in case you have trouble remembering: “There’s no ‘i’ in team, and there’s no ‘h’ in sync.”

Apple Publications Style Guide

Oct 31

“It actually makes a lot of sense to me that Apple would be in favor of equal rights for homosexuals. After all, I never wanted to have sex with a dude until I got my iPhone. Because my iPhone is a man and I want to have sex with it. I want to gay marry my iPhone. Of course, I’ll need to have the size of the headphone jack increased before we can consummate our bond. Just kidding. It’s already big enough.” Colbert Destroys His iPhone to Fight Gay Marriage

Oct 21

“For Windows 7, management decided to alter the engineering structure of the Windows organization, especially in the WEX [Windows Experience] division where I work. Instead of being fairly hierarchical, Steven has 3 direct reports, each representing a particular discipline: Development, Test and Program Management. Under each of the discipline leads, there are 6 development/test/program management managers, one for each of the major groups in WEX. Those 2nd level managers in turn have a half a dozen or so leads, each one with between 5 and 15 direct reports. This reporting structure has been somewhat controversial, but so far IMHO it’s been remarkably successful.”

Engineering Windows 7 : Engineering 7: A view from the bottom

That’s a lot of people- if I did the math right, it’s about 1,000 people just in that division of Windows.

I understand that writing Windows is a huge undertaking, but when you have that many cooks in the kitchen things are going to move a lot slower.

Oct 1

Congrats, Spencer and Ambrosia!

Sep 23

T-Mobile announces their Android-based G1 phone

The excitement in the crowd is almost unbearable!

Sep 19

iPhone Band - Smoky Bubbles (via khtno73)

“If you already know what recursion is, just remember the answer. Otherwise, find someone who is standing closer to Douglas Hofstadter than you are; then ask him or her what recursion is.” Definition of Recursion

Sep 11

“Felix http://bit.ly/1tWIab LOST his camp on burn night. Left the playa 2 days later. Today we packed up his tent, bike, wallet, camera & car”

One of the better Burning Man stories I’ve heard. That must have been one hell of a drug trip.

http://twitter.com/danger_ranger/statuses/917056761

You can read his thoughts on it on his twitter page

Aug 21

“

On certain operating systems(3), GDB is able to save a snapshot of a program’s state, called a checkpoint, and come back to it later.

Returning to a checkpoint effectively undoes everything that has happened in the program since the checkpoint was saved. This includes changes in memory, registers, and even (within some limits) system state. Effectively, it is like going back in time to the moment when the checkpoint was saved.

Thus, if you’re stepping thru a program and you think you’re getting close to the point where things go wrong, you can save a checkpoint. Then, if you accidentally go too far and miss the critical statement, instead of having to restart your program from the beginning, you can just go back to the checkpoint and start again from there.

(3) Currently, only GNU/Linux

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Debugging with GDB: Running

I’m not sure how long this has been around, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it and it sounds pretty damn cool.