Author Archives: diziet

So… overclocking.

Posted on October 14, 2010 by diziet

My main system is a Q6600 with 4GB of 400Mhz DDR2 (e.g. 800Mhz). This is slightly overclocked to 2.64Ghz (lit. 2637.7Mhz) and 439.6Mhz for the RAM. It used to be higher but I think I burnt out the ram and … Continue reading →

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iPad grouped tableview bug.

Posted on October 13, 2010 by diziet

I can’t take any credit for the solution, which is from here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2688007/uitableview-backgroundcolor-always-gray-on-ipad That was annoying as the colour would set fine on the iPhone and the code was identical. It was the final thing that was making the app … Continue reading →

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At last… combining the two approaches worked.

Posted on October 12, 2010 by diziet

I had a problem originally getting things to work with a split screen view on the iPad. The main reason was due to the fact that I was porting over code and didn’t quite know yet how it would all … Continue reading →

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Delicious Library and Me

Posted on October 5, 2010 by diziet

I’ve been cataloguing a lot of stuff that I have with a view to selling it. Having got the new mac I checked to see if my code for delicious library still worked, which it did. Since then I’ve realised … Continue reading →

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Updating to the iPad err update.

Posted on October 5, 2010 by diziet

So all the code is now in place and functionally it should be the same as the iPhone version now, yet I discover that somewhere along the line I broke the code to actually add ingredients. I had to go … Continue reading →

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I’m still here. A smorgasbord of stuff.

Posted on September 30, 2010 by diziet

It’s been a while since I posted anything so this is a bit of a mish mash update. The holiday in Madeira was excellent. In particular the Monte Palace gardens which included an excellent exhibition of minerals, I bought the … Continue reading →

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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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