Category Archives: whatevs

Official Google Mac Blog: Measuring performance of distributed notifications on the performance of Google Update: “Just how expensive is it? How many notifications can you broadcast per second? As with all Google client products, we want to be good citizens … Continue reading →

Just heard from someone who wants to translate the c.l.o-c FAQ into Japanese. Sweet!

It is complete: I no longer even own all the code I write in my spare time, on my own equipment.  :-)

It’s about time someone made a UNIX keyboard for the Mac. I still love my Tactile Pro, and have obviously configured the caps lock key as an additional Control, but that key doesn’t feel like the same buckling spring as … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had a little problem with the iBook, which was saved by some age-old knowledge from before the OS X release. Almost. When I use an external USB mouse, I disable the internal trackpad. Now I wanted to take … Continue reading →

So I’m reviewing a book, and it happens to cover the way method lookups are performed in a particular language’s object model. I’m not going to say what the book is because it’s not relevant, and nothing discussed here has … Continue reading →

Bottom of the page, under Media Reviews. I’ve got another couple of review copies sat here, too…

So, they said that Steve Wozniak would be there, and that he’d be signing books. So I took my book to be signed. That wasn’t wrong, was it? N.B.: yes, I bought a copy of iWoz and had that signed … Continue reading →

The people credited with bringing GNUstep support to OCUnit a few versions back (at least one of whom I recognise as a competent programmer who really knows what they’re doing), as the current version just won’t work at all ;-).  … Continue reading →