Date Parsing and Arithmetic on macOS
I recently wrote a shell script that required both date parsing and date arithmetic. The pertinent bits for this post are that the script: Seemed simple enough. A little googling and some experimentation gave...
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iPhone 6 – Marco.org
iPhone 6 – Marco.org: “They could release a revolutionary 60-inch 4K TV for $99 with built-in nanobots to assemble and dispense free smartwatches, and people would complain that it should cost $49 and the...
Fixing Wireless in Linux, and Why This Should Matter to Apple
In this post, I talked about my travails getting my son’s USB wireless adapter working in Linux. A few weeks later, it stopped working. Puzzling. I opened a terminal and ran: lsusb The computer...
More on Wang Ting — the copyright infringer swiping apps and selling them on the App Store
More on Wang Ting: It’s frustrating that Apple has no problem playing gatekeeper and keeping apps out of the store for the most trivial and arbitrary of reasons, but won’t play gatekeeper when presented...
Apple is Limiting the New Google Chrome for iOS. – (by @baekdal)
Apple is Limiting the New Google Chrome for iOS. – (by @baekdal): Apple wants control and force people to create native apps, and are thus limiting the performance of web apps in third party...
The Case For A 7″ iPod
The Case For A 7″ iPod: The more I think about it, the more I think these rumors are right, but we’ve all been interpreting them the wrong way. The new 7″ iOS device...
iPhoto iPad tooltips PSD
iPhoto iPad tooltips PSD: Since Apple’s designs tend to heavily influence third-party apps (just as their hardware tends to be copied wholesale by Samsung and HP) (Via Matt Legend Gemmell) Gemmell offers a free...
Three Things That Should Trouble Apple
Three Things That Should Trouble Apple: It’s a tag team wedgie patrol. (Via Daring Fireball) Great line. I would add a fourth: with their continued emphasis on iOS-ifying Mac OS X, the end of...
Why Apple’s A5 Is So Big, And Siri Is 4S-only — A Possible Explanation
Why Apple’s A5 Is So Big, And Siri Is 4S-only: Integration of Audience’s EarSmart on the iPhone 4S’ A5 could explain why Apple decided to not offer Siri on older devices, and why it...