Author Archives: Kalle

Let me tell you all the ways …

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Kalle

… in which I hate you. 800 MBs of RAM. And you know what? I haven’t even used Flash since I started Chrome. So in the midst of Flash versus Apple (well, we’ve sort of blown past it, but anyway), … Continue reading →

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There now, let’s not be completely fucking retarded.

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Kalle

Kalle-Alms-MacBook-Pro:trunk me$ svn st ? build ? universe.orig ? scratchpad.rtf M asynchro.xcodeproj/user.perspectivev3 M asynchro.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj M asynchro.xcodeproj/user.pbxuser ? Classes/multilineTableViewController.h ? Classes/multilineTableViewController.m M Classes/gridreaderViewController.h M Classes/gridreaderViewController.m M Classes/mgXMLWorld.h M Classes/mgXMLWorld.m ! Classes/MultilineTableViewController.h ! Classes/MultilineTableViewController.m ? tavern/world.xml ? universe/uni.jpg-files M asynchro-Info.plist ? examples/stiles … Continue reading →

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The equivalent of ‘toString’ in Objective-C.

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Kalle

If you’ve ever wondered if there’s a convenient way in Objective-C to write a function for “expressing” the value of an object of yours, as a string, just like “toString” in e.g. JavaScript (and Java? I think), I’ve got good … Continue reading →

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Tackling spam.

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Kalle

Let’s face it: the spammers are so sophisticated these days it’s only a matter of years before they’re identically copying “real” people, “real” content. One of the simplest ways of doing this is to simply scan for identical blog entries, … Continue reading →

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Presents for my fiancé’s family.

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Kalle

My fiancé’s Japanese, and as such, presents (or “omiyage” (お土産)) are extremely important. So important in fact that the following conversation occurred yesterday between me and my fiancé: – her: by the way! – me: yep? – her: when you … Continue reading →

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Organisms and software. And space travel!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Kalle

Earlier today I saw two unrelated posts that somehow lead back to human engineering being compared to evolutionary engineering. The first one is a slightly naïve (but nonetheless interesting) post on Discover Magazine called “Linux versus E. coli” which brings … Continue reading →

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Redefining privacy.

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Kalle

It’s Choose Privacy Week, whatever that is (not even Wikipedia knows!). First time I’ve heard of it anyway, but 20K Films made a movie or two about it, and they say: “The first-ever Choose Privacy Week will take place May … Continue reading →

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Guilty pleasures.

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Kalle

I guess most of the people who know me even remotely know that I’ve gotten into iPads and iPhones and Macs and such lately. Part of this has to do with work, actually, as I’m currently tasked with writing software … Continue reading →

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Night wake in Seattle.

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Kalle

It’s not the first time I’ve spent a whole night at an airport, but it’s definitely a runner-up for the most pleasant. For two reasons, mainly. 1. I found an outlet to plug my lap top in. Outlets when traveling … Continue reading →

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San Francisco, San Jose, 360iDev, iPadDevCamp, etc.

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Kalle

I’ve been spending the last week or two absorbing information at a pace I’m very much not used to. 360iDev was very informative. Sort of like an ultra-condensed university course without obligatory courses. A lot of really cool people were … Continue reading →

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