Posted May 28th, 2014 @ 09:51am by Erik J. Barzeski
You know what it is?
That the damn Siri realizes my name is spelled "Erik" - not only on my iPhone, but on the friends who iMessage me or who say my name in other contexts.
Perhaps the type-ahead stuff will help with that.
I've always found it ridiculous that my iPhone couldn't be trained to spell my own name properly.
Posted in Apple | No Comments »
Posted May 27th, 2014 @ 08:55am by Erik J. Barzeski
Looking forward to this:
And the background info on the name, of course…
Posted in Recreation | No Comments »
Posted May 26th, 2014 @ 09:17am by Erik J. Barzeski
Yesterday Nat played in her first U.S. Kids Golf local "tour" event.
Stupidly, we arrived at the course at 12:30, because tee times started at about 1:20. Unfortunately, her tee time was 4:47… so we went to Boston Market and to a driving range to kill some time, then came back to the course at about 3:50.
The course for 10-11 year-olds is 1900 yards or so over nine holes. That's an average hole length of about 225 yards. There were two par fives (280, 330), and two par threes (95, 75), but the rest of the holes were about 225. The rough was THICK and the fairways were quite narrow.
NSLog(@"Finish Reading %d Words", 788); »
Posted in Golf | No Comments »
Posted May 25th, 2014 @ 02:50pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I think it's the fact that I'm running a virtual dedicated host, but these kinds of things aggravate me: why is my server status "red" when I'm barely using any of the CPU or Memory?
NSLog(@"Finish Reading %d Words", 344); »
Posted in Computing | No Comments »
Posted May 24th, 2014 @ 01:39pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Posted in Technology | No Comments »
Posted May 23rd, 2014 @ 12:49pm by Erik J. Barzeski
As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books Vanish.
Maybe the U.S. Government should go after Apple again.
Posted in Technology | No Comments »
Posted May 22nd, 2014 @ 12:34pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Michael Tsai on What Backblaze Doesn't Back Up:
My other concern is that Backblaze doesn't actually back up everything. It fails all but one of the Backup Bouncer tests, discarding file permissions, symlinks, Finder flags and locks, creation dates (despite claims), modification date (timezone-shifted), extended attributes (which include Finder tags and the "where from" URL), and Finder comments. Arq, CrashPlan (as of version 3), SuperDuper, and Time Machine all support all of these. Dropbox supports all of them except creation dates, locks, and symlinks.
That was particularly interesting given John Gruber's canned promos about how it's built by former Apple engineers. Were they good Apple engineers, because that metadata matters.
I'm still using CrashPlan and it's been working beautifully, so far as I can tell.
Posted in Computing | No Comments »
Posted May 21st, 2014 @ 12:18pm by Erik J. Barzeski
They had a security breach. Log on and update your eBay password if you haven't already.
That is all for this public service announcement.
Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »
Posted May 20th, 2014 @ 12:12pm by Erik J. Barzeski
AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion in Move to Expand Clout
I'm a long-time subscriber to both. I wonder if that will benefit me at all.
Posted in Technology | No Comments »
Posted May 19th, 2014 @ 12:10pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Stop forcing people to wear bike helmets. Not motorcyclists. Bikers. Bike riders.
There's very little evidence to support the idea that bicycling is terribly dangerous. In fact, wearing a helmet may make you more likely to get in in an accident.
Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »
Posted May 18th, 2014 @ 11:57am by Erik J. Barzeski
A video about Bentleys (the cars) shot entirely on an iPhone 5S:
Posted in Apple | No Comments »
Posted May 17th, 2014 @ 11:53am by Erik J. Barzeski
Panic Blog » Coda 2.5 and the Mac App Store and Michael Tsai cover it pretty well.
Coda 2.5 will not be in the App Store, despite winning an Apple Design Award for "Best Mac App Store App" in 2012.
Posted in Software Development | No Comments »
Posted May 16th, 2014 @ 11:45am by Erik J. Barzeski
Larry Page: The Untold Story.
It's tough to imagine "Don't be Evil" as a motto when one of the founders seems somewhat evil.
Posted in Technology | No Comments »
Posted May 15th, 2014 @ 10:49am by Erik J. Barzeski
The illusion of life from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.
The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the 'old men' of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren't old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney's desire to use animation to express character and personality. This movie is my personal take on those principles, applied to simple shapes. Like a cube.
Check also the animated gif gallery here the12principles.tumblr.com/.
Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »
Posted May 14th, 2014 @ 10:41am by Erik J. Barzeski
Legal Process Guidelines for U.S. Law Enforcement is an interesting read. And not too long.
FaceTime and iMessages are end-to-end encrypted. Third-party apps are safe. Your email, call history, SMS messages, camera rolls (photos/videos), and a few other things are not.
Posted in Apple | No Comments »