September 2010
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Lower Dens on Daytrotter
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Thanks to Sean and crew for, as ever, a good time, great recording, and very kind words. http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/lower-dens-concert/20031365-51539.html
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Vancouver monster of weird folk Ben Rogers...
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NSDateFormatter format strings for Twitter and...
Format strings for processing dates from facebook or twitter’s json api’s
//2010-09-12T22:21:18+0000
#define DF_FACEBOOK @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZ"
// Sun Sep 12 17:06:56 +0000 2010
#define DF_TWITTER @"EEE LLL dd HH:mm:ss ZZ yyyy"
Usage:
NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle]; // important
[df setDateFormat:DF_TWITTER];
NSDate...
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Why would you want to make a 9/11 joke?
particleparades:tragic-kingdom:digitalinkblots:
I mean, for one thing, rating a joke out of 11 is not a standard score, it’s normally out of 10. And even if you are using that scale, you might as well aim for a joke that’s 11/11, or you’re cheapening yourself.
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Words That Don’t Exist in the English Language
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.
Meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul, creativity, or love.
Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling...
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Best Concerts of Ever
M. Ward: post war tour (2007 la sala rosa)
Magnolia Electric Co. (2006, I cried)
Flaming Lips opening for and backing up Beck (2002)
Counting Crows (with the Wallflowers, 1997)
Bright Eyes (with Arab Strap, 2003)
I’m omitting, forgetting, and neglecting some other great shows, I know. Some notable notes: Wax Mannequin in 2002 or 2003, opening for Run Chico Run. Flaming Lips at Osheaga...
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linkthatproveswhatijustsaid →
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I’m proud to debut my latest creation…
It’s called linkthatproveswhatijustsaid.com!
Here’s how it works!
Did you see that a Calvin and Hobbes movie is in the works? It’s true! Source: Variety — Calvin and Hobbes in 2011.
Newly released documents: Mr. Rogers was a Marine…
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Leave a voicemail, onehelloworld sets it to music.
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How to vertically center a UITextView
Note: I’ve moved all future technical/programming posts out of this blog and over to objectivesea.tumblr.com. Follow that one if you’re going to follow me for technical junk.
This took me ages to figure out how to vertically center the text in a UITextView. There really ought to be a property to set, but there isn’t so… this is pretty easy.
In -(void)viewDidLoad, add...
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Everything's coming up Milhouse →
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