Category Archives: whatevs

Scene: in front of a green screen somewhere in the present day. Our protagonist, freshly burned out from a session of writing dynamically-typed web backend code in vim, looks up from the monitor. In the distance, some way along the … Continue reading →

[Int: Moscone West convention center third floor ballroom. A presentation is taking place.] So that was an update on our existing products, which I’m proud to say have never been stronger. Now I’d like to talk to you about our … Continue reading →

i.e.: I Explain e.g.: Example Given et al.: Extremely Tedious Author List op. cit.: Other Page Cited It Too ibid.: In Book I Described etc.: Evermore To Continue a.m.: Argh! Morning! p.m.: Past Morning ca.: Close Approximation sic.: See Inexcusable … Continue reading →

It came to my attention this week that people are finding me via Google, which (unsurprisingly) links to here. I’ve been blogging for a couple of years at Secure Mac Programming, and I’m on twitter as @iwasleeg. I’m +Graham Lee … Continue reading →

I was sent a review copy of Core Data: Apple’s API for Persisting Data on Mac OS X by Marcus Zarra. The problem is that I already own a copy. So I held a Core Data Haiku competition on Twitter; … Continue reading →

This is a reply to @gcluley, who linked to this ZDNet story (which in turn took its quotes from Sophos Podcasts). The second most crazy thing about the entire “XP mode” issue in Windows 7 is that the feature is … Continue reading →

I’m constantly surprised by questions such as this one. They invariably go along the lines: I heard that I need to get a Mac to do iPhone development. I want to do iPhone development but do I have to buy … Continue reading →

When a patient may be concussed, it’s common for parademics to ask simple, topical questions to determine whether the patient is confused. Questions such as “who is the Prime Minister”? I think somebody may have knocked this poor spammer upside … Continue reading →

Today I have re-launched Thaes Ofereode to focus on my new role as an independent Mac boffin. I really like the new design, which was created by the ever-delightful Freya. edit: Gecko doesn’t understand the CSS media selector I was … Continue reading →