Derrick Schneider http://www.obsessionwithfood.com Writer. Programmer. Puzzle designer. en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:19:06 GMT Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:19:06 GMT http://rsscloud.org/rssForDavesTwitterFriends.html OPML Editor v0.73 http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/30529442/Picture_4_normal.png Derrick Schneider http://www.obsessionwithfood.com 48 48 The benefits of 1am coughing fit: Realized I had done something unmaintainably hacky in new iPhone app. Came up with a different strategy. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:18:13 GMT 10425563493 Think you know video games? http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/069/4/6/Hardcore_Gamer__s_IQ_Test_by_shadow502t.jpg Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:42:58 GMT 10400706239 http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/069/4/6/Hardcore_Gamer__s_IQ_Test_by_shadow502t.jpg good: found a copy of the 1992 magazine I was looking for (research) at SF Main. bad: it's in storage, and won't be ready until Monday. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:50:08 GMT 10396244842 Tough part about being only senior Java programmer here:Don't have anyone here to reality check on crazy Java ideas. Thank goodness for IM. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:02:58 GMT 10389827987 Sebeka wine label copy says "south Africa. Where the cheetah hunts" except cheetah range is a bit north of South Africa border. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:03:43 GMT 10355655961 Duck breasts are out of their cure and pork belly is in its cure: duck ham and bacon are forthcoming Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:01:55 GMT 10254980004 Maybe Core Data makes iPhone development easier, but first you have to go through setting up all the views to get data into the thing! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:40:55 GMT 10207949974 Spent afternoon being frustrated by JavaScript. Will probably spend evening being frustrated by Core Data. I like programming, right? Right? Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:37:37 GMT 10201194235 My wines of Germany/Eastern Europe class got canceled due to low enrollment. (So did the Napa Cab class!) Tight budgets != expensive classes Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:20 GMT 10179617671 A trip to the library always makes me wonder why I haven't written that library helper app for my iPhone. Several great ideas today. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:48:28 GMT 10158282855 Dinner tonight: @fattedcalf's pancetta wrapped pork tenderloin, Brussels sprouts, flageolets. To drink: the rest of last night's white Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:45:51 GMT 10150025383 (2 billion screwcaps was the number in Wines & Vines in 08, which is why I'm thinking missing decimal point.) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:24:31 GMT 10143494896 Back from library with articles in hand.Saw a claim that screwcaps went from 300m wine bottles in 03 to 17bn in 09.Missing decimal, I think? Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:21:41 GMT 10143380444 Today's agenda: edits for one article, library time for another, some VPN time for my main job, errands. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:10:25 GMT 10125478225 "Repaired" (replaced, for $100) Xbox wireless adapter. Downloading many eps of The Office, which we're now way behind on. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:32:36 GMT 10103427023 Dinner tonight: asparagus and black trumpet mushroom risotto. To drink: Parducci's "Sustainable White" (sample) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:15:42 GMT 10100475439 My heart goes out the @officialbfbc2 team. Server problems on launch are the suck, and community outrage just adds to the stress. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:09:49 GMT 10100245489 Any of you programmers have experience with any of the Objective-C JSON libraries? Need to add support to Mise En Place. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:11:39 GMT 10093768392 Contrasts: Spent morning hearing youth entrepeneurs trying to bring food justice to low-income neighborhoods, then went to farmers market. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:52:37 GMT 10091132833 @chezpim @grubreport How do you spell daddy's girl? o-m-e-l-e-t-t-e Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:21:13 GMT 10047182150 @chezpim Well, you I could actually believe qualified. Me? But you're probably right: 85-person capacity with zillions more invites. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:19:51 GMT 10047125987 Invitation to swagapalooza says they're inviting the 85 most-followed bloggers/tweeters to come paw through free stuff. Why invite me again? Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:17:33 GMT 10047033953 http://twitpic.com/16s1nb - Omelette earning her keep. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:46:10 GMT 10036732306 http://twitpic.com/16s1nb RT @melissanicole Flight of the Conchords has to be re-watched when it comes up in conversation: http://tinyurl.com/fouxdafafa Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:31:17 GMT 10010962415 So what is the highest-scoring word in the iPhone game WordCrasher's dictionary? Here's some guesses (OWP post): http://bit.ly/9QDCed Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:17:17 GMT 10010515224 http://programmingobsession.blogspot.com/2010/03/highest-scoring-word-in-wordcrasher.html