Archive for the 'Programming' Category

Helping Myself and Others

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

The main reasons I write in this blog are for the fame and the glory. These will come some day, won’t they? Running a close third is the fact that, as I accumulate entries in this repository, the articles become part of the “Internet Reference Book,” upon which we all rely for “instant and easy […]

Throttling NSSlider

Monday, December 5th, 2005

Suppose you want to throttle the rate at which a continuous NSSlider sends its action. To save you from the same fate I met, I will talk you through some of the avenues you might pursue, and ultimately describe the simple solution I adopted which is both easiest and is the only solution I know […]

Apple Employee Silenced by Self

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

I’m disappointed to see that Buzz Andersen has decided not to go through with a CocoaRadio interview he was slated for. He’s entitled to make his own choices, but I just think this is ridiculous. Apple is not an oppressive authoritarian regime. It’s a company. A place you work for. A place that pays you […]

Quickly Find Project Files in Xcode

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

I like the Search-Fieldy kind of thing in Xcode. If you select the top-level project item in the “Groups and Files”, and then enter something in the search box, it makes it really easy to pinpoint a particular file that is contained by your project. Apple even gave this search box thingy a keyboard shortcut, […]