Tuesday, November 25, 2008

JSCocoa — A bridge from JavascriptCore to Cocoa


http://inexdo.com/JSCocoa

Write Cocoa apps in Javascript ! JSCocoa bridges Cocoa to JavascriptCore (WebKit's JS engine). It allows you to call C code, ObjC code, use C structs, and build Javascript classes inheriting from ObjC classes.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

12 SQLite Resources for iPhone Developers


http://www.mobileorchard.com/iphone-sqlite-tutorials-and-libraries/

We've collected together some of the best SQLite related tutorials, and libraries in order to help you on your way with this essential iPhone programming technology

Monday, November 10, 2008

iui - iPhone web framework


http://code.google.com/p/iui/

iUI has the following features:

  • Create Navigational Menus and iPhone interfaces from standard HTML
  • Use or knowledge of JavaScript is not required to create basic iPhone pages
  • Ability to handle phone orientation changes
  • Provide a more "iPhone-like" experience to Web apps (on or off the iPhone)

Dynamic Default.png files on the iPhone


http://collison.ie/blog/2008/11/dynamic-defaultpng-files-on-the-iphone



Thursday, November 6, 2008

Phys Ed - Stretching - The Truth


The old presumption that holding a stretch for 20 to 30 seconds — known as static stretching — primes muscles for a workout is dead wrong. It actually weakens them.

Stretching muscles while moving, on the other hand, a technique known as dynamic stretching or dynamic warm-ups, increases power, flexibility and range of motion. Muscles in motion don't experience that insidious inhibitory response.

These exercises- as taught by the United States Tennis Association's player-development program – are good for many athletes, even golfers. Do them immediately after your aerobic warm-up and as soon as possible before your workout.

STRAIGHT-LEG MARCH

(for the hamstrings and gluteus muscles)

Kick one leg straight out in front of you, with your toes flexed toward the sky. Reach your opposite arm to the upturned toes. Drop the leg and repeat with the opposite limbs. Continue the sequence for at least six or seven repetitions.

SCORPION

(for the lower back, hip flexors and gluteus muscles)

Lie on your stomach, with your arms outstretched and your feet flexed so that only your toes are touching the ground. Kick your right foot toward your left arm, then kick your leftfoot toward your right arm. Since this is an advanced exercise, begin slowly, and repeat up to 12 times.

HANDWALKS

(for the shoulders, core muscles, and hamstrings)

Stand straight, with your legs together. Bend over until both hands are flat on the ground. "Walk" with your hands forward until your back is almost extended. Keeping your legs straight, inch your feet toward your hands, then walk your hands forward again. Repeat five or six times. G.R.

The link has diagrams and a video.  Also, static stretching is still considered a good way to cool down after exercise.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Paul Broun for Congress



I attended a campaign event for Paul Broun at the Savannah Rapids Pavillion yesterday at lunch time.  Governor Sonny Perdue was the guest of honor.  The Governor and I have had our differences, but today the focus was on supporting our local congressman.  Paul Broun is one of the few principled conservatives in Congress these days and I'm proud to support his re-election.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Parallels versus SP3

I updated BootCamp recently and it allowed me to update Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3). Today, I'm catching up with Parallels. I updated the Parallels Desktop app, but when I tried to start the virtual machine, Windows complained about not being able to find "autochk" and it looked like it continually tried to restart Windows.

Google found this answer for me:

I had the same problem with my bootcamp install after updating to SP3 with the missing AUTOCHK and BSOD. I fixed it by opening the hard disk config for the VM, go to the advanced page and clear the parallels info from the boot camp partition (there is a CLEAR button there for this) and when it finishes boot it up. Parallels will show the message about this being the first time using the boot camp partition you can hit ok and everything should boot up like you had it before. I didn't even have to reinstall tools and coherence was even still working. :)