UIActionSheet vs UITabBarController

So have you tried to slide up an Action Sheet only to have the Tab Bar Controller below make clicking the bottom link a serious challenge?

Instead of this:

UIActionSheet *actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:@"w00t!" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[actionSheet showInView:self.view];
[actionSheet release];

Try this:

UIActionSheet *actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:@"w00t!" otherButtonTitles:nil];
AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[actionSheet showInView:appDelegate.window];
[actionSheet release];

Brava Angelina

Angelina Jolie recently wrote an op-ed piece about Darfur:

How is the Obama administration's approach to Sudan an evolution of justice? In addition, when the administration says it intends to work to "improve the lives of the people of Darfur," I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse.

[ Click Here for the full article ]

1972 Miami Dolphins

The 1972 Miami Dolphins went 14-0 during the regular season.

Only two of their opponents in the regular season were over .500, and overall their opponents were 51-86.

Just saying.

1972 NFL Standings
1972 Miami Dolphins Schedule/Results

Michelin the Thief or Gorillaz the Sell-Out ?

Either way, I'm appalled.

MICHELIN COMMERCIAL /



GORILLAZ VIDEO /

NSXMLParser

Dear NSXMLParser,

I can parse an XML file in javascript in about 5 lines, then access anything I please with one line of code.

To access the same XML file in Objective-C, I need 3.5 billion lines of code and need to create multiple strings and dictionaries on the fly.

And so I am leaving you... where I end up, I have no idea. I wish you the best of luck.

Love,
Nerdhappy

Just saying...

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Welcome to the Future

This is on our doorsteps... very exciting!

Yorke + Flea = ???

Bizarre combination, never could have predicted this one, but I am interested to see where this goes...

[ Read More ]

Exciting Chess Update!

One of the greatest rivalries in the history of chess is due to resume as Garry Kasparov takes on Anatoly Karpov in the Spanish city of Valencia.

[ More Here ]

Channeling Wisdomgrams

The only thing more foolish than gaining an enemy is gaining a foolish enemy.

This guy pulled me over today, at around 12:30.

Derek Jeter

Thank you Derek Jeter for being a Yankee, for being great, for being an honest player.

How curious...

... that this (untitled, unreleased, unfinished) Blackfoot Violet studio track would find it's way here.

the dark is afraid by Blackfoot Violet

I am rooting for this guy

[ Know Hope ]

The Central Park Virus

The virus of trees, plants, and bushes that spread in all directions from Central Park is now completely out of control.

[ Props to National Geographic ]

Rainbow Spikes

A nice piece by Julien Vallée

Rabbit Rabbit

Welcome to September... Good Luck!

iPhone Scrabble II . 70 Points? Nope.

Every Letter Used And 70 Points Down The Drain! Rejected Again By The iPhone Scrabble Dictionary...

ALTIMETER Is A Word, Right?

iPhone Scrabble

Here is a partial list of words that I have had rejected while playing scrabble:

NEO
TOCK
ZEN
QUO
OK

I feel INDIGNANT.

The Empire Lucky Strikes Back

(Did you notice the typo at the end?!?)

One Step Closer To OMFG

My sister took this photo...

Nice shot MamaLizza!

Uh...

Plaxico Burress (WR) carries a gun in his belt, shoots himself in the thigh:
2 years in Prison.

Donte Stallworth (WR) drives drunk, kills a man:
24 days in Prison.

Is Insurance Socialism In Action?

Hey fellow citizens, let's all put our money together in this big pot, and if any of us get sick, then we'll let the sick ones use the money. OK?

And we'll all chip in and put some more money in this other pot, and if anyone's house burns down, we'll buy them a new one.

Etc.

Socialism (from Wikipedia) : a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation.

Today I Was In NJ

And was pleased to see this above me on the Garden State...

Attention to sneaky details!

if (sb.sbHomeScore = sb.sbAwayScore) {
... blah blah blah
}

is entirely different than

if (sb.sbHomeScore == sb.sbAwayScore) {
... blah blah blah
}

So frustrating!

Senator Sanders said what now?

No idea who this guy even is, but he says good stuff here:

Lunch

Chicken Parmigiana Alarmigiana. Combine these FTW:



The Parsley Thief has nothing on me!

What was it that George Bernard Shaw once said?

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

SPF OMG ROFLMAO

A Guide To Summer Sun Protection
by Zev Borow

SPF4 - You’re joking, right? This is some kind of joke? 4? We make this stuff for armadillos. Or maybe you’re one of those “adrenaline junkies” looking for another freakish way to court death. Seriously, people, the sun is deadly. It’s a giant ball of fire, literally, and it will kill you . . . if you let it.

SPF 12 - Great for practical jokes, if your idea of funny is making someone think they are protected from the sun’s seriously fucking powerful and harmful rays when they’re actually not. Bonus: Comes with an “I AM, OR ONE DAY WILL BE, A DANGEROUSLY NEGLECTFUL PARENT” visor.

[ Click Here For More! ]

Stop the presses! My first ever redirect to 4chan!

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Play Football

Check out this new game on the iPhone:



Also, free promo code giveaways here:

http://twitter.com/iphonefootball

Thank You John Hughes

I watched 16 Candles over 100x.

Over one hundred times.



[ Click For Clips ]

Hiroshima

You cant justify killing 140,000 people.

Sleep. Precious, Delicious Sleep.

The article linked below explains a theory on how to reset your sleep cycle.

Short Version:
Simply stop eating during the 12-16 hour period before you want to be awake.

Long Version:
[ Click Here ]

Say Hello To My Little Friend

No Future Companion by KAWS and Hajime Sorayama

[ Mas Info @ Kitsune Noir ]

Cool. Blue. Water.

[ Photo by Alinka Echeverria ]

Where Is Xu Zhiyong?

At around 5 A.M. on Wednesday, Chinese authorities visited the home of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent legal scholar and elected legislator in Beijing, and led him away. He has not been heard from again.

[ Read More ]

hee hee hee

The Rickker from SWITCH™ on Vimeo.

Uh, Houston?

Seems as if there's an iPhone Hack going on out there and it can be activated simply by receiving a text (SMS), so there's not really much you can do to stop it, other than getting lucky and turning off your phone right away if you get the malicious text, which is just one character, a little box.

[ More info here ]

[ More info which strongly implies that this isnt a big deal at all here ]

Vroom and Doom

From The Wall Street Journal:
The Obama administration’s plan to increase the powers of the Federal Reserve, says one critic, is like giving a teenager “a bigger, faster car right after he crashed the family station wagon.”

[ Read The Article Here ]

Je dare you to ask yourself...

How many lives do you think you get?

Pense on that.

biggest. iphone. evah.

The rumours of an Apple Tablet are gaining traction:



[ read the article from Cashmore @ Mashable ]

Going to sleep to this...

I think my sisters will like this one...

Whip It, starring Juno and the cool teacher from Donnie Darko:


[ click to view trailer ]

Ant Strength : Myth vs Reality

In our ongoing series about the true nature of ants, specifically, their ability to carry multiples of their own weight, we have run into many, many obstacles.

Notably, there is the rumour I heard when I was about 10 years old: that ants can carry 8x their body weight. But just now, on Franny's Feet, they said that an ant can carry 20x their own weight!

WTF?!? Was I misinformed?

What if they are getting stronger? And stronger? And STRONGER?!?

We're doomed.

Linklater's Spiritual Sequel

Dont get too excited... the "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused wont contain any of the original characters.



But then again, I am excited! Because the next movie is about the first week in college, and even if it's only half as good as Dazed and Confused, I'll probably watch it 20x.

Popcuts

Vitex and Honey are on the front page of Popcuts.

Drea.m

I slept horribly last night, kept having dreams that literally were narrated and typed out loud like this:

if (iCanFallASleepRightNow && totalInteruptions < 1) {

NSLog(@"I might be able to function tomorrow.");
workProductivity++;

} else {

iAmZombie == TRUE;
grumpyIndex += 29;

}

I have been told that playing chess before bed was bad for your sleep, and I think this is true for programming too, which sucks bc/ my new work schedule is 3pm to midnight. Oi.

If there's one thing I miss...

... since I lost my sense of smell, it's the wonderful, refreshing, crisp, clear smell of water. Sigh.

Twilight II . I Gotta See It!

(submitted by ARS_ on Reddit)

Le Deuxieme

I think it's rare for a band's second album to be better than their first, but for me this is definitely the case with Reckoning. Favorite REM album overall.



Now imagine the shear fekkin screaming joy I felt when Fables of the Reconstruction came out, and Feeling Gravity's Pull is the first song I hear. For a brief time, REM took over the #1 spot ahead of U2, The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, and all the rest.



(this post was inspired by Xmastime's recent REM reference)

Columbus Was Bronze At Best

Check out this very cool Norse map, with North America over there on the left, dated about 50 years before the Native Americans said hello to Columbus (click to biggify and see more, including the Mediterranean, Saudi Arabia and Africa):

I got a new car!

Check it out, designed by Jason Battersby:



Naw, cant get that one yet, so I got this one instead. So far, so good!

You know you're a genius when...

... you have Mrs. Joe say this:

"People are put in the Hulks because they murder, and because they rob, and forge, and do all sorts of bad; and they always begin by asking questions. Now, you get along to bed!"

... and then you have young Pip, who has been intimidated into stealing from Mrs Joe, say this:

"I was clearly on my way there. I had begun by asking questions, and I was going to rob Mrs. Joe".

Happy Birthday Xmastime!

If I stare at this picture long enough I start to hallucinate. Try it!



Happy 21st Birthday Xmastime! Enjoy your first beer evah!

Birthday Beer Count

MamaLizza held off at lunch so she could do some training (less than one month until the WPTri).

And now we begin:

2 Coronas at the pool...

EDIT:
Just kidding... obviously she didnt drink a lot at all... taking care of a 1 year old really cuts into your party mindset.

Har Har!

I dont know how people have the time to do stuff like this, but I am really glad they do:

maintenant, elle a trente quatre ans...

...mais demain (après une minute!), elle va avoir trente cinq ans.

Bonne anniversaire ma petite soeur! Je t'aime!

If I had a button...

If I had a button that I could push that would instantly make me fall asleep, well I'd push that button right now.

There's A Train Coming

A big, fast, silver train. And I'm getting on it.

The Hunt For Gollum

If you need a LOTR fix and you cant even imagine waiting for The Hobbit to come out, then here's what you need:

Just Did It

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

[ The Declaration of Independence ]

Death By Torture

The interrogation and detention regime implemented by the U.S. resulted in the deaths of over 100 detainees in U.S. custody -- at least. [ Read More ]

FrontRunners

I couldnt possibly recommend this enough. A great, funny, insightful look into the Stuyvesant High School Presidential Election:



[ Buy This Online ]

Bloody Beautiful

This table is just awesome:



Designed by John Nouanesing

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is one of the greatest short stories I have ever read.

So I am pretty excited to see this movie:

The Invention of Lying

Flaming Stevens

The melody for the song "Fight Test" by the Flaming Lips sounds very very very much like the melody for the Cat Steven's song, Father & Son.

Fight Test

Father & Son

ReBirth

Roland TB-303 (x2)
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-909



[ Wiki Article On Rebirth Here ]

Twitter Game : #safetysigns

[ create your own here ]

Mostly work...

... but a little of this too.

Friday twitter game inspired by @flidby & @serafinowicz

#moviesubtitlemistakes

The Twitpocalypse is Nigh!

The Twitpocalypse is similar to the Y2K bug. Very soon the unique identifier associated to each tweet will exceed 2,147,483,647.

For some of your favorite third-party Twitter services not designed to handle such a case, the sequence will suddenly turn into negative numbers. At this point, they are very likely to malfunction or crash.

[updates here]

This Is Stop Motion

Look

look at the camera dear, by hiritai

Really Nice

The American Dollar - Anything You Synthesize

Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword

Listen to General Eisenhower's Message
Sent Just Prior to the Invasion...

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!

Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

BASIC for 5th Graders

10 INPUT "YOU ARE A ", $INSULT
20 PRINT "I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I?"
30 GOTO 10

10 Years Later...

I spent hours of my life cross-checking browser compatibility (read: How bad does it look in IE?) and reached my limit about a year ago when I sold my web design business.

And now that I'm out of the webdev business, adobe answers my call:

Star Wars Game Trailer

You wont regret watching this...



(note: there is a 15 second advertisement before the trailer)

PHP For 5th Graders

<html>
<body>

<h3>What color is your bike? </h3>

<form name="bike" action="" method="post">
<input name="bike_color" type="text" size="7">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>

<?

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    $bike_color = $_POST['bike_color'];
    echo "<h1>Ha Ha! Your bike is $bike_color !!!</h1>";

}

?>

</body>
</html>

Creepy Candy

Mars Chocolate Bar - watch more funny videos

Tru Blood

I just had my first one, and I liked it.



New season starts on June 14, so I got a lot of episodes to catch up on...

Do-over

What if you could go back to this morning and try again... what would you do differently?

Poland Delivers

One of the few vodkas made from po-tates. Yum Vroom Vroom Yum Yum Vroom. Yum.

Xmastime > Fischer ???

Xmastime vs Apple Chess (2009) : MultiPawn Gambit, Accepted

Xmastime proves his skills by demonstrating why the MultiPawn Gambit is invariably doomed.

White to move...

Fischer vs Minic (1968) : King's Gambit, Accepted

Minic just moved his bishop to h3.

White to move. Now without a doubt I'd move the Rook on f1 to somewhere safe, like f2, right?

That's why I'm not Bobby Fischer... watch what he did here.

9312

Must... Resist... Buying... THIS!

les filles vont ordonner le monde

the mask is alive, by *m0thyyku

Attention to Detail

This is what makes me happy...

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Barclay's Hates Highlights

Trying to find online video highlights of Tottenham vs Man City is like buying drugs. You need to go to all sorts of seedy (website) hangouts, and then you have this "Oh man, I hope I dont get busted" feeling while you're there.

What devastating consequences would the Premier League suffer if football fans were able to go to the Barclay's website and watch highlights of their favorite teams?

I imagine the league would crumble instantly.

Eventually I always get my fix. Usually the the announcers are speaking in Korean or Estonian, and the quality is reminiscent of the dreaded RealPlayer via a 56K modem back in the 90s. But there she be, my sweet highlights. Ahhhh.

This is how Barclay's wants it. This is Barclay's online marketing strategy. Maybe they're more genius than I give them credit, bc/ to be honest, as much as it makes me resent them... it does make me want to watch more.

And maybe if I had gotten a really crisp, clean and pure online highlight fix this week, when next week rolled around, instead of watching the final game vs Liverpool, I'd just be content to wait until next season. Yes Barclay's, that sounds about right.

PS

Another BSOTD With A Dog Theme...

I saw this one today... if I see another dog bumper sticker, I will be sure to let you know.

I was reminded of this great book today...

Does The Center Hold, by Donald Palmer

This is the best intro philosophy book I have ever read, it brings the subject down to a simple level without being condescending... and it even has funny pictures!

BSOTD

I keep looking in this photo for a black cat...

Green Memories, by gnato