Since we’ve had some babysitting this week and I’ve been on vacation, I’ve had some time to do iOS stuff. I’ve used the opportunity to work on my rejected iPad app, Starfield 3D. Specifically, I’m working on an audio visualizer for it. I still want the option to have just the stars but I figured if it has more bells and whistles, it’ll have a better chance of getting accepted by Apple. If all else fails, I’ll add a fart app.
So, it turns out that there is in fact no WiFi at my in-laws’ place. But there’s something even better: free babysitting. We’ve been sleeping in every morning and it’s been glorious. Best. Vacation. Ever.
If you’re seeing this, then that means that I was not successfully able to find WiFi while visting Shreveport, LA. What’s in Shreveport? Good food, riverboat gambling, and family. But apparently not WiFi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmF5oGBJqgk
My baby takes after me in all sorts of ways…
Every year, Game Developers Conference is held in San Francisco. And as a hobbyist game developer, I’m always interested. But it’s like $250 – $2100 to attend and as a hobbyist game developer, I don’t make nearly enough to justify spending that kind of money on it.
Fortunately, the parties are free so I’m going to try to make my way to the Touch Arcade party tonight. I’ll be riding in from East Bay, so I’ll probably look something like this (but without the baby). If you’re there, stop by and say hi! I’ll show you Starfield 3D, my app that Apple rejected. I still have some hopes for it, though. =)
It seems likely that Apple will unveil the iPad 2 on Wednesday. Of course, the biggest question is whether or not it’ll bump up sales of my iPad game, Castle Tiles… =)
But I suppose another big question is: what are the new features going to be? My guess is that it’ll have a camera, be a little thinner, and be significantly faster. I doubt that I’ll get one since I’m quite happy with the one I’ve got already (although my wife uses it a lot more than I do).
Sure, it’d be fun to take pictures with the iPad. But I’ve got, like, a camera for that. I suspect that if there is a camera on the iPad 2, it’ll be more significant for the kind of apps you can now use with the iPad than for the fact that you can take pictures with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZBziQIfZ9U
It’s the baby’s first haircut! I wanted to go with a fauxhawk but was overruled by his mother.
So, with iOS 4, you can now enable your apps to transfer files back and forth from your computer. This is great because it could potentially let you, say, create something cool with a certain Holograms app and then share it with your friends.
There’s just one hitch, the current file sharing system only lets you share individual files, not entire folders. And it just so happens that I stored my holograms as folders. So there are two options:
As it happens, I tried both. I’m not totally sure which way I’m going to end up using, but I’m leaning towards NSArchiver.
I’ve had chronic lower back pain for nearly a decade. Or, I should say: I used to have chronic lower back pain. What happened? Well, I’ve known for a while that it was caused by the fact that I have tight hamstrings. Like, tight enough to bounce a quarter off of. Doing stretches helped, but my lower back still hurt.
Then one day I wondered if they were tight because they’re always cold. So I tried wearing leg warmers under my pants. Amazingly, the pain went away. Sure, it feels a little silly but it’s definitely worth it. I can even touch my palms to the floor now when I stretch to touch my toes. So if you’ve got lower back pain and tight hamstrings, give it a shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ1SXlGy23c
I am a horrible cook. I once screwed up French toast. But hey, at least I can help prep. Also, I like experiments. So if I ever had a cooking show, it’d probably be something like this.
