A CollectionView in iOS (and tvOS) is a view that displays a grid of items. This is a pre-built view and is very easy to use in the iOS environment. The problem is that there is no really basic way to
Author: Chris
Nautical Charts as Clocks?
On our recent trip to Annapolis, Maryland we were walking through town when we passed a shop that had the most amazing clocks on display in the window. After walking inside we quickly realized that they
Blue Angels in Annapolis
Last week was graduation week from the US Naval Academy and on Wednesday the Blue Angels were performing over the campus in Annapolis, Maryland. Because this was only an hour drive away and the Blue Angels
The film project
Not long ago I started a new project, this one deals with films and has been a great learning experience. I am building this project for the web, iOS and also tvOS so keeping things consistent across
DC Blizzard
I’m about a week late in posting this but there is still snow on the ground for now so it’s not too late. I shot some time lapse video of our crazy blizzard last Friday night and Saturday morning and I
Keeping your information secure online
I am in the process of moving my web content to a new hosting service because my previous host was pretty far behind in their security configurations. They still allow MD5 encryption as an option for
Image fun continues
I\’ve made more progress since initially discovering the fun that can be had when playing with web servers and image requests. I have several nice log files of every site that is linking to my images,
Web developer strikes again
Yesterday\’s post made me curious, could I possibly do more than just swap images that someone was hot linking to? As it turns out, yes I can. So I am not only swapping the images for those that are
Another hack web developer…
I received a Google Alert this morning telling me that someone was talking about Sandra\’s website online. Here is a screen capture of the email:
I followed the links and discovered a Pinterest knockoff
Six Second Graders Eating at Daniel
This video from the New York Times Magazine is absolutely adorable! It features six second graders eating at Daniel in NYC. I was laughing and crying!
Biscuits and Gravy – Home Made
A few weeks ago I decided that I wanted to have biscuits and gravy for breakfast but I really didn\’t want to try to find it in DC because the restaurants here never seem to get things like this right.
Ephemeral Films Project
It\’s been a while since I last posted anything but given all of the recent changes going on around here it\’s been a bit tough to find the time.
I have two ongoing personal projects and as of this
Why mediocre is awesome!
It\’s funny how many times I\’ve tried to create something only to dump it after weeks of work because it wasn\’t good enough and I thought that starting over would be a better option. I\’m sure I\’m
Email Auto-responders
I finally found a purpose for email auto-responders. It used to be that I would just cringe when someone\’s email sent me an auto-responder and honestly I still do, but there is actually a good use for
Question for action movie fans…
I was watching Taken 2 last night and something occurred to me during the car chase scene and I want some other opinions on it before I conclude that I am absolutely right. Given the following situation:
1)
Looking for great headphones
I\’ve been looking for a new pair of headphones and I finally found some really great ones. Until now I was trying to use earbuds but the sound is average if you can get them into your ears correctly and
Forgotten Domains are Depressing
This may not apply to many of you but for some reason I just ended up looking at a list of expired domains that are up for auction. At first I was thinking, “I may find something really good for super
Spammers are getting funnier…
I don\’t know how many multi-million dollar lotteries I have won in the past few weeks but it\’s amazing how lucky I\’ve been. I hope many of you have had the same luck, but I suspect that if you have
Coffee, the hip new drug for kids
I don\’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everywhere we go there are kids chugging a wide variety of coffee drinks and not in kid portions. We were in a Starbucks the first time it really stood
I’m officially over Google
They\’ve lost me, I\’m no longer a fan of Google. They are no longer innovating, they are now just chasing everyone else and trying to beat them at the game they just created. The problem is that they