NSLog();

Look, TiVo ToGo is going to offer "TiVo-to-iPod" conversion from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. It's too bad that my DirecTiVo:

• has disabled USB ports, meaning I can't network it or connect it to a computer.
• doesn't really work with Macs
• can't handle HDTV, not that DirecTV is all that great for HDTV anyway.

I suppose I could say that I'm living the dream… I'm alive, and all of the above is still a dream.

The best I can do - and I've done this in the past - is play my TiVo directly into my DV camera. I record it and then import it onto my Mac. I've done that a few times, like when I was making my own West Wing DVDs…

Suffice to say, Tommy Maddox and Bill Cowher earn my wrath for the day.

I don't have much to say about them other than the obvious. Our running game sucked because in no way was Tommy Maddox feared. One of every ten passes the guy throws is picked off. One of every ten times he fumbles. Two of every ten times he is sacked. And of the other six times, he completes one, nearly has two picked off, and completely misses the target on the other three.

Yet Bill Cowher saw fit to put the sad, sorry insurance salesman in at QB. If the Steelers ever win a Super Bowl, it will be in spite of Bill Cowher. I appreciate the Rooneys and all they do, but in keeping Bill Cowher they're exhibiting loyalty over smart decision-making. Bill Cowher - and Tommy Maddox - are just that bad.

Those who IMed regarding that "Big Cocoa Project" mentioned earlier this month should IM me again today.

The person I chose to do it has yet to complete the first stage (just a few mockups), and if I do no hear from him today, I'm going to go with someone else. Availability today (for at least a few hours) is important.

I may not be near my AIM, but I will check messages periodically and get back to you, so "please remain on the line, an operator will be with you shortly."

It's a terminal written in JavaScript. For some reason, hitting backspace deletes two characters for me…

Question: We've probably all got some software that's "above us" in terms of our skills - software we intended to learn but simply never have. What's yours?

My Answer: Adobe Illustrator. I understand the concept, but I'm simply not an illustrator. That makes the times I do need to use it (like, for laying out business cards and things) that much more difficult. I know the basics - I'm familiar enough with Photoshop to understand how Adobe apps work - but any more than that and I'm just about lost.

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

I wonder if I'm eligible for the 1st Annual Erie Blogs Turkey Bowl. I hope so. I also hope that by posting this, someone will contact me to let me know if I'm eligible. 🙂

Nothing could be better than this NSLog();, but, well, forget it: I'm unable to make this funny.

MLog improves on Cocoa's NSLog() by adding in the name of the source file and the line number from which the NSLog() call is made. In other words,

MLogString(@"logged!"); produces:
2005-02-13 20:06:07.582 MyApp[1465] main.m:15 logged!

Helpful! Which, sadly, is more than I can say for this NSLog(); most of the time. 🙂

Question: What do you want for your next birthday?

My Answer: Nothin'. Actually I'm looking to take an early trip to Myrtle Beach or something to play some golf, so the option and ability to do that would be nice.

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

In BBEdit, you can find and replace tabs and carriage returns quite easily. Hell if I could figure out how to do that in TextMate today. \t and \r certainly didn't work, and copying and pasting tabs and carriage returns into a single line NSTextField is not my idea of a good time.

I keep trying TextMate, and it keeps disappointing me. Hit http://nslog.com/TextMate for any other posts I've made on the app.

Yes, it's happened.

I've set mine to 1 millisecond, thanks to Mr. Knight:

defaults write -g NSDragAndDropTextDelay -int 1

or

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist NSDragAndDropTextDelay -int 1

Question: Are you getting an XBox 360?

My Answer: Nah. I'll wait for the Revolution (whatever they end up calling it) and/or the PS3. I did, however, enjoy seeing one ripped apart and analyzed.

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

Prior to optimizing tables: 42.4 MB
After optimizing tables: 15.4 MB (as reported by phpMyAdmin)

I don't go around optimizing all the time, but that sure seems like an awfully large improvement. Perhaps it's all the spamments that I removed recently (by visiting my blog's MovableType (admin) home page).

Unsanity has released Chat Transcript Manager, a project I believe Slava was working on (and off, and on, and off) for the past few years. I remember trying a chat log viewer at least 16 months ago…

Anyway, it's great if you use iChat. I'm not particularly thrilled with what it adds to Adium X because Adium's own log isn't bad.

My friend code is 068 778 985 194.

Jason's is 416 671 313 392. Jeff's is 455 325 982 404. Brad's 116 023 594 595. Steven's is 021 534 302 069. Justin Williams, who hasn't managed to blog his friend code, can be found at 223 397 733 446.

When I initially formatted my friend code, I formatted it like Steven's (in groups of three). I've adjusted everyone's here look like that because it's the easiest format to read.

I had a heck of a time getting the WEP bit set up. It's pretty non-obvious where to obtain the hex version of your WEP KEY: click the "Password" icon in AirPort Admin Utility.