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Mailboxes muni ride — a few pictures
Tom took a few pictures from our mountain unicycle ride last weekend, Mailboxes, in santa cruz. check them out here.
Feb
7
2006
Woodworking: Box #4
Well, I finished box 4 a few days ago. It is pretty nice! Some of the pictures are now on my pictures page: Corbin’s Pictures – Box #4. I used redwood; again it was from... [read more]
Feb
3
2006
Cocoa: NSArrayController and two tableview’s
Hi Cocoa Developers, Tip of the day: Don’t bind two NSTableView’s to a single NSArrayController instance. Bugs will happen! More specifically, attempting to multi-select rows will not work properly — the two tableviews will fight... [read more]
Feb
2
2006
Cocoa: Targeting the entire tableview in a drop operation
Hi Programmers. If you are doing drag and drop in an NSTableView with Cocoa, you can use the following method in your “validateDrop†datasource method to retarget the row it is going to: – (void)setDropRow:(int)row... [read more]
Feb
2
2006
Cocoa: drop down menu buttons
In Cocoa, it is pretty easy to use an NSButton that creates a drop down menu. One of the key-tricks to making it appear to be an NSPopUpButton is to set the [NSCell sendActionOn:]. Generally,... [read more]
Jan
29
2006
Uniplex: Episode 2
Uniplex Episode 2 is out! Download the w4v file and play it with QuickTime 7 or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. This episode has Trevor Blackwell and his self-balancing electric unicycle. Plus, some interviews... [read more]
Jan
29
2006
One year at Apple.
Today is my one year anniversary at Apple! Apple is a great company, and I have been having a great time working on the AppKit framework and I’m looking forward to all the cool new... [read more]
Jan
17
2006
Woodworking: Box #3
Today, I finished box #3. It is a simple box, with a slight pyramid shape. The edges slant upwards at a 5 degree angle. It is made of redwood (home depot junk redwood!) that I... [read more]
Jan
15
2006
Proteas. Macro Photography.
Today, I went to the UCSC Arboretum with Chris Bensen and took some great pictures in between some pouring rain downfalls. I used my 100mm macro lens, and I got a few good shots. Take... [read more]
Jan
14
2006
Tango lessons!
On last Tuesday night, I took my first tango lesson. It is really cool! Check out Steppin’ Out Productions.
Jan
13
2006
synergy on Intel MacOS X
Hi All. I use synergy to share my keyboard/mouse on my computers. I recompiled the server for Intel MacOS. Feel free to grab it and use it: synergyc_synergys_mac_intel.zip. It is an Intel ONLY binary. It... [read more]
Jan
13
2006
MacBook Pro: I want one!
If you haven’t heard, Apple has new laptops, the MacBook Pro. I want one!
Jan
10
2006
Photography: Great tree pictures from Castle Rock
Last weekend, I took a trip up to Castle Rock state park. It is a popular climbing destination, and there is some gorgeous scenery. I went by myself, and brought my camera along with my... [read more]
Jan
10
2006
Cocoa: Creating a custom Color Picker in Cocoa. Part 1.
It is pretty easy to create a custom Color Picker that is available in any application, or for just your particular app. It isn’t difficult to do, but there are some caveats that you must... [read more]
Jan
8
2006
Boxes. Woodworking. Making things.
In today’s modern day and age, making things seems to be a lost art. In junior high, and high school, I took a few woodshop classes. I’ve always enjoyed woodworking, and making things with my... [read more]
Jan
8
2006
For sale: House in Maui, Wailuku, Hawaii. MLS 315702
If you are interested in having a house to stay at when you visit Maui, well, this one might be for you! A single family house with a detached “Ohanaâ€/cottage. The Ohana currently is rented... [read more]
Jan
5
2006
Cocoa: Using NSPredicate and NSMetadataQuery
Hi Apple Cocoa developers. Here are some more tips and tricks for Cocoa development. On Tiger, there is a new class called NSMetadataQuery that allows you to do some cool Spotlight searches. See the “Spotlighterâ€... [read more]
Jan
5
2006
Cocoa: Disappearing headers in CoreData generated TableViews
Apple Cocoa developers: Finally another blog entry for you! Everyone else: You may want to skip this one… It has come to my attention that some NSTableView instances created by dragging CoreData objects into Interface... [read more]
Jan
5
2006
Barbara Butler’s Treehouses and Play Structures
Barbara Butler, who has some great treehouses and play structures that have appeared in several treehouse books, has a great website: http://www.barbarabutler.com/. She offers both pre designed wooden play houses and 2-story play sets, as... [read more]
Dec
31
2005
Rock Climbing in Red Rocks, Nevada
For the past few days on my holiday break, I went and did some climbing at Red Rocks, Nevada with a few friends (Jason, Sara, and Ellie). It was a blast! I really love rock... [read more]
Dec
30
2005
A great artist and Photoshop drawing tips
Olduvai George has a great artistic blog. In his latest post, he goes over some of the finer details of using photoshop to create some of his artwork. Wonderful! Take a gander at it over... [read more]
Dec
30
2005
Mountain Unicycling – Pro photographer pictures
Daniel Peak, a photographer, took some pictures of me riding my mountain unicycle in Los Gatos a while ago. Visit his website at: http://www.danielpeakphotography.com/, and on the editorial page you can see the picture he... [read more]
Dec
22
2005
An excellent cheese making website
I’m into doing things by hand. i’ve never made cheese by hand, but this website, Fankhauser’s Cheese Page, is an excellent resource.
Dec
18
2005
Aperture tutorials
It is a little hard to find, but there are some great Aperture tutorials available on the apple website. Here is a link to them.
Dec
17
2005
Fat Tire
So, one of my favorite beers is definitely Fat Tire. I don’t know why, but it really appeals to me. I used to be a real “dark beer†drinker (guinness), but now I’m moving towards... [read more]
Dec
17
2005
Mountain Unicycle Video Podcast
My buddy, Nick Brazzi, has started a unicycle podcast. This includes some cool mountain unicyle and trials stuff, along with lessons! Subscribe to it in iTunes by clicking on pcast://uniplex.libsyn.com/rss. Or, you can just visit... [read more]
Dec
16
2005
Me and my family
Here are a few pictures from my cousin, Debbie, from our thanksgiving dinner in 2005: Me and my sister, Brenna. The whole Dunny family. Brandi (my cousin Gabe’s girlfriend), Debbie (my cousin), Gabe’s girl: Maraiah... [read more]
Dec
8
2005
Two for one Tuesdays
While in Barcelona, Louise and I would take the subway/metro and get “two for one tuesdaysâ€. IE: I would walk through the gate (when there wasn’t a guard nearby) and she would follow me through... [read more]
Dec
8
2005
Macro lens work in Spain
My macro lens is very cool. Here is a picture of a ceiling at some outdoor plaza area in Seville, Spain: The ceiling was some 40 feet (or so it seemed) away from me, yet... [read more]
Dec
8
2005
Wild parrots of Spain!
While walking along the street in Barcelona, I saw something that astonished me. A flock of “wild†parrots in Barcelona! I really like nature, and I really like birds, so it was cool to see... [read more]
Dec
7
2005
Pictures are now up!
Some of my favorite spain pictures are now on my Spain Pictures Page. Be sure to check them out. Eventually, I’ll add comments for what each picture is.
Dec
6
2005
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