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Aug 24, 2004
iRooster

More stuff about iRooster

I believe I was just able to get rid of the last truly serious bug in repeating alarms. I’m sure there will be a few I missed, but that’s what a beta test is for! iRooster 1.2 is coming along quite swimmingly, if I do say so myself. I have implem...

Aug 24, 2004
Mac OS X

Apple Events

One thing I’ve wondered about for the longest time is how Apple Events work. I’ve never really found a really good tutorial on them, and they’ve always mystified me. It feels incredibly fragile to use AppleScript in shipping code, but I’ve always ...

Aug 17, 2004
Zoon Politikon

Political Food for Thought

Here’s a terrifically interesting factoid I just read: If one-half of 1 percent of [Florida’s] Cuban community had stayed home in 2000—not voted for Gore, but just stayed home—we’d be talking about Gore’s re-election right now.

Aug 13, 2004
Blogs

More brethorsting.com statistics fun

Here are a few Google searches from my statistics page from yesterday: “aaron brethorst” - someone actually googled me. I’m touched. “funniest picture ever” - I still come up amazingly high for this one. “irooster windows” - There’s definitel...

Aug 12, 2004
Personal Life

Sea –> MSP

I booked a ticket just now for a trip back to Minneapolis next month. My itinerary is as follows: Leave: SEA @ 12:10 PM, Wed. Sept 1 2004 Arrive: MSP @ 5:25 PM Leave: MSP @ 9:34 PM, Wed. Sept 8 2004 Arrive SEA @ 11:09 PM

Aug 12, 2004
iRooster

Another fun new feature for iRooster

Occasionally, the inspiration for some random little feature will just strike me. Tonight was one of those nights. The next release of iRooster will add a little bit of flair to the default alarm editor’s list of alarms. Up until now it’s been so...

Aug 10, 2004
iRooster

iRooster 1.2

I am hard at work on iRooster 1.2. I don’t have a firm release date for it yet, but I am happy with the progress I am making on repeating alarms, and I feel that the UI is roughly where I want it to be. Other niceties that I’m adding in for the n...

Aug 08, 2004
Personal Life

Cracking Noise on my 2005 Scion tC

I love my Scion tC, don’t get me wrong. However, every time I go over a fairly large bump or dip in the road, my sunroof makes this awful cracking noise. It’s non-damaging, but it was certainly unsettling for the first month. Anyway, I spoke with...

Aug 06, 2004
Zoon Politikon

Bush tells the truth for once

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 (Thanks to Alicia Butler.) (Shamelessly taken from Slate)