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Computer namer
Last week I was working with rails, and decided to test how much I had learnt to date. I picked a small website idea I had had aeons ago, and wanted to see how quickly and easily I could put it together in rails. Read more →
Hyperspaces ...Hyperawesome
My most anticipated software release of this year is Tony Arnold's "Hyperspaces". This new application extends Leopards built-in Spaces application to add features that you would expect out-of-the-box for a multiple desktop program. Hyperspaces lets you set custom backgrounds, colours and labels on each desktop, giving each space its own special "flavour" (why would you want four identical desktops??). The application also allows you to set custom hot keys to quickly add and remove more rows of spaces as you need them. Read more →
Things to know before going to WWDC
As most of you know I spent last week in San Francisco attending WWDC ‘08. I had a great time thanks to the AUC, and highly encourage others to attend this conference next year if they have the opportunity. It is worth it. Read more →
Auto-respond FAIL
Before I left for San Francisco last Friday, I thought I would be smart and write an auto-response rule in Apple Mail instead of Groupwise. I set my mail rule to send an auto-response message to any email received in my Groupwise inbox that was addressed to me. This worked, but a little too well. What I should of done is made the rule send an auto-response message to any new email received. Oops. There are 5900+ emails in my inbox. I think Apple Mail sent a message to all of them. Read more →
White whale: A blog undesigned
Relaunching a site is usually about enhancements to design. Well, I've never been one to follow the herd: I'm shaking up the mix by undesigning my blog. Say hahlo to my new design the "White Whale". Read more →
Intelleject: An experiment in Cocoa
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to attend a workshop on cocoa (which was kindly sponsored by the AUC). It was a great 3 days of programming and introduction into the world of cocoa. Since then I have been playing around with ideas for mac applications. Read more →
Learn How To Juggle
Last Thursday I was talking with Dean about ideas for new sites. Most of them were silly ideas and would never work, but there was one I felt I could accomplish successfully. Read more →
And We're Back
With only 2 months till neilang.com turns 1, I've decided to give the web site a 2.0 style extreme makeover. Things you may notice include my new logo, social content and web host. Read more →
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