tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21151946390172615632008-11-27T11:48:29.321-07:00Geek articles, news and random stuffFrasernoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115194639017261563.post-48336874806070736452008-11-27T11:46:00.001-07:002008-11-27T11:48:29.346-07:00

Cocoa is my Girlfriend posted my article on Adding iTunes-style search to your Core Data application

Frasernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115194639017261563.post-57028878440330833632008-08-20T08:08:00.004-06:002008-08-20T14:35:18.119-06:00

I've been setting a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server at the office and yesterday I ran into some issues setting up Open Directory that I couldn't fix. At first I thought I'd have to rebuild until I remembered that I had set up Time Machine on the server. So I popped in the Leopard Server DVD and booted to it. I chose the Restore option from the Utilities menu. I restored from the backup made

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Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry 4.0.1Garmin, one of the biggest players in the dedicated GPS market, has 2 products for the BlackBerry. The first, for BlackBerries with built-in GPS, sports at $99 one time fee. The catch: if you buy a new BlackBerry you must purchase the Garmin Mobile software again. The other product, is for BlackBerries that lack built-in GPS but have Bluetooth. That product

Frasernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115194639017261563.post-5046726491495924672008-07-31T09:21:00.003-06:002008-08-01T11:25:20.499-06:00

One of my criteria for the perfect mobile device is having a functioning GPS navigation system included. I've been evaluating some of the options for the BlackBerry. All of these options were tested on a BlackBerry 8800 from T-Mobile. The 8800 has a built in GPS chip, although all of the apps tested work with external Bluetooth GPS devices as well. I have an unlimited data plan, and as you'll

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I'm hosting the torrent tracker for these two Cocoaheads Silicon Valley videos. Enjoy! UI Design Essentials Best of Both Worlds/Intro to Cocoa in HD

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Liz found this on YouTube. It cracked us up.

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Even the English want to be Scottish now! TV poll backs Berwick border move

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Here are the slides from my PHP and Oracle talk at RMOUG Training Days 2008. It was a lot of fun and a good learning experience. The room was almost full and the attendees seemed to be interested. We gave away an Oracle/PHP book, an elephpant and a whole load of Pinnacol swag. Good times. For ease, I've pulled the useful links out of my slides and listed them below. Installing: http://

Frasernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115194639017261563.post-38000175295214178062007-12-10T11:26:00.001-07:002008-07-31T10:01:11.479-06:00

So Toyota has created a robot that plays the violin. The robot's been getting a lot of attention from the geek press. However, I think the best comment I've heard was from my wife - How about an SUV that gets more than 30 mpg?

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This made me laugh. Sounds like a scene from the Muppets - 3000 chickens make a jailbreak on their way to the slaughter house. Chicken lorry crash causes chaos

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When Nathan turned one recently Liz and I bought him a bagpiper bear. We decided to name him "Scotland the Bear" after the pipe tune "Scotland the Brave". I thought that Scotland the Bear should have his own song too, and so here are words to Scotland the Bear, set to the tune of Scotland the Brave. There is a bear that I know Wears just the kilt down below Bagpipes and drums are His

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This just about sums it up. Top 10 Things that British Expats Miss About Home

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Say it isn't so. Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber have had a boy and named him Alexander. Yawn. What ever happened to just picking a fruit name? Actress Watts gives birth to boy

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I think this great. But I can't help thinking about 13 going on 30. Philippine jailhouse rocks to Thriller

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I just found this out... it's too cool not to share From Wikipedia: A child born outside the UK on or after 1 January 1983 will automatically acquire British citizenship by descent if either parent is a British citizen otherwise than by descent at the time of the birth. British_nationality_law God Save the Queen Fraser (British Dad)

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