Archive | 2010

My first iPhone app!

Well, I’ve done it; I’ve written an application for the iPhone to be distributed in the Apple App Store! The app is mostly a pet project designed to compliment my weather website (http://wx.kd5hia.net), which is why I’m making it available free of charge. It’s been a tough road learning a new programming language. It’s been [...]

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Scammed on eBay

I received my shiny, new iPhone 4 a couple of weeks ago – nearly a month after I ordered it. It’s a real beauty, but with glass on both sides, it definitely requires protection from a fall. Apple says the glass is Gorilla Glass, from Corning, which is a chemically-strengthened glass that is very strong [...]

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Writers’ block (sort of)

I haven’t written anything in many months, and I know that. After I returned from Qatar, things got busy with getting back into my groove. Also, the wedding was approaching, and so was the long-awaited honeymoon cruise. June marked the first moments of normalcy, which hadn’t been since early 2009 (just before I left the [...]

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The lazy man’s update

Damn, I’m behind and I know it. As I’ve mentioned in my previous post, I do have a few entries which are awaiting completion so they can be published, but I still haven’t had time to get to them. So, here’s a summary:

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