Feeling stupid when writing code
We all make mistakes when coding, and some of them are quite deeply foolish. But this particular snafu I just made takes the cake, in my opinion (dumbed-down code): See it? (Hint: Look at the...
View ArticleMacFUSE and sshfs on Snow Leopard
While in the process of working on the WordPress plugin mentioned in my last post, I found myself having to do a edit/save/upload cycle annoyingly often, as this WordPress install doesn’t run on my...
View ArticleMissions of the Reliant: Hope is fragile
This time, the Admiral doesn’t even wait for Gwynne to salute. Admiral: I don’t want to hear one word from you, Commander! Leave that report and go, and be glad I don’t bust you back to Private! On the...
View ArticleKey-Value Observing on classes
In the course of experimentation, I just discovered a neat trick. You can use key-value observing on a class object! Consider this simple example: And it works! It has some caveats, of course:...
View ArticleMissions of the Reliant: Happy Belated Anniversary, Reliant!
The one-year anniversary of the project to port Missions to modern Mac OS was one week and 5 days ago. I’m sorry I missed it, but as always, life puts a heck of a damper on the fun we want to be...
View ArticleMissions of the Reliant: Back on the Radar!
It’s been a long time since I made any meaningful posts about Missions of the Reliant, but here I am at last to tell you all that I haven’t abandoned it! First before anything else, thanks to everyone...
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