From time to time I accumulate cute little hacks that help debug/reverse engineer stuff in Objective-C. Typically, these are gdb macros that help introspect data from within a live program, though sometimes it’s a blob of ObjC code that does something fun when injected into the runtime. Today, I’ve discovered something extraordinarily helpful that falls into neither of those categories. (more…)
2008.06.19
2008.06.09
Congratulation!
(Title intentionally left singular) Every now and then, a person experiences a day that stands apart from the rest. While trekking to San Francisco for WWDC, I have had to opportunity to have such a day. And I’m only in Denver (and will be for at least the next 4 hours!). (more…)
2008.06.07
Warning: WWDC imminent
The day of reckoning is nigh at hand. Sunday night I depart for California, the land of San Francisco, with smokris, for adventures untold. What lies in store for us? Only time will tell…. (more…)
2008.06.02
surreptitious
The past few weeks have been largely under the radar, with a lot going on with software, finance, and Alias. I always find it funny when people start approaching me in real life to ask whether or not things are going ok since I haven’t written anything in N weeks (where N is an integer greater than 0). Fear not, I am ok 🙂 (more…)
2008.05.15
Flawless Victory
For those that know me well, you’ll know that I am actually a huge finance nerd. I talk the talk, I have strong opinions, and I tell people what to do a lot. In some ways, I would like to think that I’m some kind of Financial Badass, even though I don’t make all that much money. (yes, chris just said that 😉 ) (more…)
2008.05.13
The Cost of Inaction
In computer science, there is a technique called “Lazy Evaluation” that finds use in performance saving and error avoidance. It works by holding off on performing calculations until it is known for certain that the results are needed. (more…)
Alias
New and often risque ways to read things I’ve written periodically come to my attention. One such recent discovery was the nickname of one known as “The Couchmate” or simply “couchmate.” (more…)
2008.05.12
no entiendo
`Then you should say what you mean,’ the March Hare went on.
`I do,’ Alice hastily replied; `at least–at least I mean what I say–that’s the same thing, you know.’
`Not the same thing a bit!’ said the Hatter. `You might just as well say that “I see what I eat” is the same thing as “I eat what I see”!’
`You might just as well say,’ added the March Hare, `that “I like what I get” is the same thing as “I get what I like”!’
2008.05.11
Stranger Than Fiction
Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction. And today has been no exception. (more…)
2008.05.08
Purpose of Meaning
I’ve always been a meticulous preserver. Even as a small child, I could never bring myself to take apart Lego creations I had made (or, ones friends had made, for that matter) because of the risk of not being able to restore them. As a software engineer, such habits still carry on in the form of archives, backups, and documentation that describe ways certain things are accomplished. (more…)