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Author Archives: Angus Hardie
SQLEditor Cocoa B11a
Unfortunately there was a crashing bug in SQLEditor beta 11 and I had to release b11a. It was one of these things were format strings caused the crash. I’d transposed two of the entries [NSString stringWithFormat:@” %@ %d”,aDecimal,aString] instead of … Continue reading
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HP unveils paper-thin flexible screen technology – ZDNet UK News
HP unveils paper-thin flexible screen technology – ZDNet UK News This is a really amazing development. There are some images too. The most impressive one is probably the first image which has been unplugged for two years! They also demonstrate … Continue reading
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SQLEditor Cocoa B11 Released
Released SQLEditor Cocoa B11 today. Lots of new features included in this release. I almost missed the release today actually because I found an unfortunate bug just before I was about to upload. It turned out that an object wasn’t … Continue reading
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UGC Cinema Pass & recent films
Well I finally signed up for this. After about 5 minutes and an amazingly scarey form, I’ve now got a commitment to pay £120 and a pass good for 30 days. The actual pass will be delivered by post later. … Continue reading
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Mental Control of Computers
Yahoo! News – Scientists gingerly tap into brain’s power This is a really great piece of news. If this technology can be extended then it will really improve the quality of people’s lives immensely. Plus they’re also promising non-invasive approaches … Continue reading
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Cocoa#
I’ve been playing around a bit recently with mono and cocoa#. There also seems to be an experimental build of Mono-develop. I begin to think that .net and mono are going to be excellent java competitors. I also think that … Continue reading
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UGC Cinema Pass?
I’ve been wondering yet again about the UGC Cinema pass. It’s a 12 month minimum subscription pass that gives apparently unlimited cinema screenings. Pay £10 a month and see every film if you so desire. I’ve been wondering about this … Continue reading
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Sorry about lack of postings
Not much happening here recently. I don’t think I’ve posted anything since September. This is mainly because I’ve been really busy with other stuff. SQLEditor has been making good progress and I’ve been working on some other projects too.
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SQLEditor Beta 9 Released
Lots of fun new features in SQLEditor Beta 9. I think SQLEditor is getting quite close to the final release version actually, which is good. I have set up a new bug reporting and tracking system.
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SQL Import from database for SQLEditor
I now have the first version of database import working for SQLEditor. This means that you can point it at a database and it will grab the structure of the database directly. Currently it’s missing foreign key support, but it … Continue reading
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Amazing looking computer
The people over at mini-itx.com have a picture of a most amazing looking pc. It is mounted vertically in a table like case. With amythtv software, a video projector and a wireless keyboard it would make a wonderful, stylish and … Continue reading
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the non-life of Leynos
David (leynos) has set up a blog: the non-life of Leynos!
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FireFox PR1 Released
Zdnet and others are announcing firefox PR1 will be released later today. The mozilla homepage is already showing download links but the Mac OS X links aren’t actually working as I write this. Firefox 1.0PR1 will probably be a defining … Continue reading
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Online Store
I’ve been working recently on integrating a registration system into SQLEditor (sorry). Unfortunately I kind of need to make some money out of my software and so people have to pay for it. I really wish this wasn’t the case … Continue reading
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Baking Pizza
Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Pizza Express Cook Book I just tried the basic recipe out of this book this evening and it made an amazing pizza. It was better than some of the frozen varieties. I used the dough recipe, topped … Continue reading
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Films I really want to see
Some films that I want to see (in no particular order)… Shrek 2 Spiderman 2 The Bourne Supremacy Love Me If You Dare The Terminal I Robot (thanks to Dhruba for the idea)
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Serial Number Systems
I’ve recently been trying to write a serial number system for SQLEditor. I’m also looking for a new name for it. It was pointed out that the current name is generic and difficulty to pronounce, plus there is already at … Continue reading
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Binary Thoughts (Dhruba’s Weblog)
Lots of fun new features have just appeared over at Binary Thoughts. Dhruba’s site now has loads of really clever new bits. I really like the css3 link icons.
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Not much writing recently
Unfortunately I’ve been really busy recently working on SQLEditor (and some other things) so I haven’t really been writing much. Not sure how that’s going to change in the weeks ahead, but hopefully I’ll be writing a bit more.
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USB connectable mobile phone
Simple thought today: a USB mobile phone. So you could just plug it straight into a laptop or something, without bluetooth or infra-red. I think Motorola tried something like this with the timeport 280 and also the A920; but I … Continue reading
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