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 [...]
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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 comments for kids, old
# [...]
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 of [...]
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 in [...]
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 [...]
I got my iPhone!
I’m actually writing this on my iPhone. I’m sitting in my room and my MacBook is on, but I figured I’d give it a go. In short, it’s everything I hoped it could be. The software is nothing short of amazing: quick, fluid, and so smart it’s almost scary. “Prescience” isn’t a word one often [...]
My Obsession with the iPhone
Slightly more than a year ago, I was in a somewhat similar position. I’d been eyeing Macs with unprecedented tech-lust and could not stop talking or thinking about them. Then I finally got one and the situation in no way improved. I’m passionate about my Mac. I love it and still talk about it all [...]
Observations on My Conversion to Mac Zealot, or Success of the “iPod Halo”
Mac users are known for being a bit, well, fanatical. I’ll admit that back in the day, I bashed Macs for a hideous OS, but those were the days before OS X. I never really gave much thought to Macs until fairly recently.
In March of 2004 I got a new Sony Vaio notebook computer, and [...]