http://roines.net welcome to my .net Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:24:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This would make an excellent recruitment-test for an Objective-C programmer. Both of these snippets are from the Apple developer example code collection. One of them is correct, and the other will likely make your application burst into flames*. Code snippet 1: - (void)setArguments:(NSDictionary *)arguments { [arguments copy]; [_arguments ... http://roines.net/blog/2008/09/24/objective-fun Water splashing festivities started late today. I was up at 6am and the festivities didn't kick off until ten. I used the same camera this year too, in a plastic bag. This year I didn't bother making a glass lens cover as I knew it would just fog up. I managed ... http://roines.net/blog/2008/04/14/songkran-3 Today I happened to walk past a movie poster with the title The Dark is Rising. Something clicked inside my head, and I had to go up to it to read the poster's small print. "Story by Susan Cooper". No. Way. There are two books that defined my childhood: The Dark is ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/08/09/the-dark-is-coming-to-a-theater-near-you Today I received this letter. Dear Roine, I'm trying to do ellipses in OpenGL. The ellipses turn out fine, but I can't seem to position them correctly. All my tries have turned into giant hairballs. Please advice. Confused Dear Confused. I know just what you are going through. Just the other day (well, today ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/07/22/elusive-ellipses I have a gecko invasion in my apartment. I counted three the other night. Geckos are tiny lizards that can crawl on walls and ceilings and eat bugz. One of them are missing it's tail. They can shed tails if they're for example coming under heavy avian attack. Or being stepped ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/04/21/gecko-galore As promised, new folder (and new year! Ugh, need to take the camera out more) in the photo section. This Songkran it rained and I managed not to get sunburned, but my entire body aches today. My camera is now quite possibly toast. I used a wrapping bag at first, but it ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/04/14/songkran-pictures Songkran is already over (technically the festival is three days, but there is only splashing on day 1). After a slow start it turned out to be the best one so far. It is getting dark now and only the most devoted are still splashing away. I took almost 300 ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/04/13/songkran-2007-2 The situation is getting critical now. The anticipation is so tense it's smothering. Any street market vendor will sell you a gun - they even hang them in the windows. I've already seen cars cruising around, people standing in the back, showing off their guns, harassing innocent people. They're just ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/04/12/songkran-2007 I donated blood yesterday. A local hospital apparently had a drive, and were present in a mall. Since I used to go regularly I decided to donate. Forgive me doctor, it has been several years since my last donation. They had a medical form, which was of course in Thai. Since ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/04/10/tapd OK, so an update. Not dead. The bunnymess sending was recently fixed, and he's been online pretty much constantly lately so sending a bunnymess should work now. People always ask me what I'm doing. I guess if I updated this a bit more people wouldn't need to ask. It's just that ... http://roines.net/blog/2007/02/04/cobain-onebritney-nose-reindeer