Monthly Archives: July 2010

Cotton Anniversary

Posted on July 18, 2010 by MXH

As of today, I’ve been posting regularly for two years. Yay me. The lists of anniversary gifts by year are almost always good for a chuckle. The 10th is aluminum, which is cool, but they seem to have overlooked titanium. … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Crazy

Posted on July 17, 2010 by MXH

“Crazy? I’ll show you who’s crazy!” This is probably a direct quote from one mad scientist movie or another (or several), but the only close match I could turn up with some perfunctory Googling was from “The Secret Life of … Continue reading →

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CATiledLayer (Part 1)

Posted on July 16, 2010 by MXH

Let’s take a look at a CATiledLayer demo. I first ran across the CATiledLayer class when I was looking into a multithreaded, tiled, vector-graphics rendering solution for the Demine project. I didn’t pursue it at that time because it looked … Continue reading →

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Idoru

Posted on July 15, 2010 by MXH

From an interview with William Gibson: I read an account somewhere — very possibly in Karl Taro Greenfeld’s “Speed Tribes” — of an actual idoru in Japan who had not existed at all. The real idorus, as the Japanese have … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Cellular

Posted on July 13, 2010 by MXH

Predator drones tracked Luke’s cellular radio.

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4.0 Button Update

Posted on July 12, 2010 by MXH

I’ve updated my Shiny Red Button code to render high-resolution buttons on high-resolution devices. This code must be linked against the iOS 4.0 SDK, but can target iOS 3.0. You can download the header and source files right away, or … Continue reading →

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Being Liked

Posted on July 11, 2010 by MXH

I think it a common misconception that people are liked (or disliked) primarily due to their character, abilities, or personality. I believe, rather, that it is the impact of one person on another’s feelings about himself that will determine whether … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Keys

Posted on July 10, 2010 by MXH

Susan would miss her keys tomorrow.

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Tuesday’s Child

Posted on July 9, 2010 by MXH

John Derbyshire has posted an interesting problem/puzzle, discussed in some detail here. Briefly, the problem is this: A man says: “I have two children. One is a boy born on a Tuesday. What is the probability I have two boys?” … Continue reading →

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Car Radios (Satire!)

Posted on July 8, 2010 by MXH

We should ban car radios. They: Can annoy others Can distract the driver with, e.g., tuning Can stimulate emotions that lead to unsafe driving There is simply no excuse for allowing these dangerous devices to be used on our public … Continue reading →

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