A Sprinkle of Cocoa

Just a heads up. Sometimes the auto HDMI setting of the Apple TV (this is the case with both the 2nd and 3rd generation models) doesn't...

I purchased the 32GB model of the Verizon LTE iPad, and while it is a great box (see my review on Amazon), it does have its problems, the m...

It came back when AT&T tech support told me to go to Settings : General : Rest and hit the Reset Network Settings button. Which dropped ...

When I was a junior developer working his first pro job in 1995, we didn't have Safari we had Netscape, and if we wanted to make the bro...

I have never been a regular vacuumer. I have a moderately priced vacuum I bought 20 years ago while in graduate school, and I've probabl...

[Update: Mary Jo Foley has posted a blog entry saying that her sources are saying that .Net will be available for immersive Windows 8 devel...

I come up with many ideas for iPad apps. I have almost zero time to write them, but I do come up with ideas every couple weeks. And when I ...

I called AT&T as soon as I saw that iOS 4.3 had gone live. When I called, they had no information about setting it up and didn't see...

This is a blog about technology and programming, that is its mission, and why readers find it*. They do not come for my political opinions. ...

I continue to listen to the Dot Net Rocks podcast even though I've yet to write a line of C#. It is a well done and even handed podcast...

I just yesterday replaced the decade old Logitech Z-5500 Digital speaker system in my TV room. It had spent several years on my desk when I ...

Just got a note from Apple saying that a new version of my Signal GH iOS app to monitor over the air TV signal quality with HDHomeruns was...

I draw your attention to the header file CGPDFContext.h in the iOS 4 SDK: void CGPDFContextAddDocumentMetadata (CGContextRef context, CFDat...

When I was working at a small company in Illinois, Vysis, my team had an architect named Ian Poole who taught me many things, and one of the...

Taken with my wife's iPhone 3G S, posted with my unibody MacBook.

I often hook up my iPhone to my car stereo and listen to podcasts while driving. I tend to drive with one earphone in place so I can click t...

A conversation with an old friend the other day brought up the limited file handling ability of the iPad. Apple really doesn't want you ...

I turn your attention to this apparently genuine June 18, 2008 forum comment by Tinic Uro , which I will quote: We have identified the bott...

I've been following the news about the new MacBook 13" still having a Core 2 Duo when its bigger brothers have i5 and i7s. Apparent...

No sooner had I assembled a mini home theater PC for the TV room, but Amazon Vine offered me a Zotac MAG HD-ND01-U which is basically the ...