This is in response to an article by John C. Dvorak, Steve Ballmer: good news and bad news It’s not just an image problem. Since Steve Balmer took over, Microsoft’s market cap has fallen to less than half of what Gates left it at. And it’s not just because the stock market is irrational. Microsoft [...]
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iPhone Programming
The main reason I started learning Ruby was to gain the requisite skills for making iPhone applications. I don’t think my skills are anywhere near where they need to be, and I have only the slightest knowledge of C, but I see no reason why that means I shouldn’t dive right in. And so I’m [...]
Another Update to my Mad Lib App
My previous version of the mad lib app had a few problems. First of all, the story I wrote was terrible, and didn’t even use all of the variables entered by the user. Related to that, I made it ask every question exactly three times, even though I didn’t need three answers for each one. [...]
Age Quiz
This is a follow-up to my first Ruby-related post. In that post, I mentioned potential additions to the code; I’ve since made those, and also cleaned it up a bit: # Age Quiz # agequiz.rb # Asks user his name and when he was born. It then calculates # the user’s age, and offers different [...]
My Mad Libs Ruby App
This post is really just so I can say how proud of myself I am. I just finished cleaning up my most advanced app to date, and felt like sharing. A few days ago, I randomly got the idea to make a Mad Libs Ruby app. I knew that the code would involve a lot [...]
I’m Learning Ruby
I’ve been toying with the idea of learning a programming language for a while. Earlier today, I decided to find a good Cocoa tutorial. In the introduction to the one I found, it told me to try learning Ruby first, since I don’t have any real prior experience with any programming. At any rate, I [...]
I Bought an iMac
I bought my MacBook two years ago, and I love it. However, it occurred to me that I spend most of my time with it at my desk. My next computer purchase was obvious. Last August, Apple updated the iMac line, giving it more power and an updated aluminum and black exterior—signaling a definitive turn [...]
An Excerpt from Dostoevsky’s The Idiot
“It’s a stupid story and can be told in two words,” began the general complacently. “Two years ago–yes, nearly two, just after the opening of the new railway–I was already in civilian dress then and busy about an affair of great importance in connection with my giving up the service. I took a first-class ticket, [...]
Beginning of a Story with No End
I was looking through the documents on my computer and came across one entitled “Ruminations,” written January 23. Apparently I was quite bored, and felt like writing a short story. I don’t remember if I ever even intended for it to be finished; perhaps it was only ever supposed to be a tantalizing beginning. The [...]
Living with my iPhone
I’ve never before obsessed over a product as much as the iPhone. With expectations so ridiculously high, it would be easy to be at least a little disappointed, but I’m not. The iPhone truly is a thing of wonder. I like that if I have a spare minute somewhere, I can easily listen to a [...]