Monthly Archives: August 2010

Following on from dynamic clocks.

Posted on August 26, 2010 by diziet

It would also be nice to draw multiple clocks if one is ‘full’ it starts another. This example draws and returns a maximum of three clocks but always returns a 90×30 image: – (UIImage *)drawClocks:(NSNumber *)time { UIImage *image; int … Continue reading →

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Drawing little clock icons dynamically.

Posted on August 26, 2010 by diziet

It’s kind of nice to be able to dynamically draw little ‘clock’ time icons. This function returns a UIImage of 30×30 pixels containing such an image: static inline float radians(double degrees) { return (degrees * M_PI) / 180; } – … Continue reading →

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Gym part 2 of x.

Posted on August 24, 2010 by diziet

So first visit this week. Went three time last week, once with Martin. Good to exercise with company and not as pain inducing as a trainer. Still not hitting 8 mins for 2km rowing but we’re getting there. Cardio is … Continue reading →

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A view of a dying way of Fen life.

Posted on August 24, 2010 by diziet

Nice audio slideshow. The Eel Man of the Fens

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Nice ish transitions from a photo thumbnail to a full screen view.

Posted on August 24, 2010 by diziet

The method of animating the appearance of views in Cocoa is good and simple I think. You can use an inbuilt one, which just works, or you can start an animation block and effectively program in key frames. To make … Continue reading →

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So so close.

Posted on August 19, 2010 by diziet

Just two bugs away, probably, from having something working in its entirety. E.g. everything else is additional features rather than core functionality. Current bugs: 1 – Render of StepTableCell is outside the bounds of the cell for reasons unknown, it’s … Continue reading →

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Well these are novel reasons for offering a patch.

Posted on August 18, 2010 by diziet

I guess there must be a fuckton of starcraft players out there with macs. Hopefully not the same specs or macs though. Interestingly I have experienced both of the issues this apparently fixes.

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A few inconsistencies in approach…

Posted on August 16, 2010 by diziet

As I read through some of the code I’ve written I notice things I’ve done twice, unnecessarily. For example a custom table cell has a property (variable/object in normal language) called category of type Category. The table view controller to … Continue reading →

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A bit more fun with photoshop.

Posted on August 15, 2010 by diziet

Two little icons…..

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A small applescript utility.

Posted on August 14, 2010 by diziet

Knocked this up today as I figure it will prove it’s worth in the future. Drag and drop an image onto it and it will generate the necessary files for the various icons/artwork an iPhone/iPhone4 or iPad application, it should … Continue reading →

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