CS 774 Dev Log

broderic on April 18, 2006

Worked continued on my project.

Complete:
Scene List window
Location List window
Character List window
View menus wired in

To do:
Script writing functionality
Storyboard functionality

Lessons learned:
I wish some people (*cough) were at 10.3 so that I could use some of the data array controllers to handle the location character and scene stuff.

Refactoring ideas:
None.

Thank You For Smoking

broderic on April 17, 2006

I just wrote that title as “Thank You For Not Smoking,” but caught myself before the major faux pas.

Well, to pass Easter Sunday off and to load up on even more food while doing nothing, I caught Thank You For Smoking at a pricey matinee. I got the student discount, but damn the prices went up.

The movie was a riot. It is all the things that you think the big tobacco does to promote their stuff. The guy is that dude who “can pick up any girl at any time.” Slimy. A lobbyist. I laughed plenty all the way through. They came up with ways to spin things that were outrageous but funny. It is cynical.

4 of 5 stars.

CS 774 Dev Log

broderic on April 16, 2006

Working on a project for CS 774 HCI.

Complete:
Toolbars
Open window

To Do:
Scene List
Location List
Character List
Wire in the menu items
Draw the scene in the scriptview

Lessons Learned:
NSToolbar — creation (I also need some icons)
NSWindowController — opening a new NSWindow

Refactor Ideas:
The document should be pulling data from a different source so that both the storyboard window can access the script elements.

Pretty sweet

broderic on April 16, 2006

Vista versus OS X.

OS X will have a Liger on the way. This version of OS X will have built-in magic hardware.

Drunk on Vista

broderic on April 16, 2006

Cringely hears from a friend who heard from Microsoft engineers that IntelMacs will run Windows Vista so fast that there will be no need for OS X. Here’s the scoop:

The story came to me, as many do, from a reader. He’s the night auditor at a hotel, and one evening around 2AM, found across from his Front Desk seven somewhat intoxicated Microsoft engineers who wanted to order morning wakeup calls. They started talking and my reader asked if Intel Macs would ever run Windows? That’s all it took to start a 20-minute presentation (obviously prepared and long-practiced) on that exact subject, how Intel Macs will run Windows Vista very well, thank you. Not only that, but the Microsoft engineers were convinced Vista would be so superior that nobody would need OS X again.

Notice that these dudes were drunk. There is no way Apple would abandon OS X. They will make it sleeker, faster, more secure, easier to program and better UI design before Windows Vista arrives in 2007.

Why would I also want to pay for all new apps? Look at the pro apps make makes: Final Cut Pro, Aperture. Have these been ported to Windows yet? Does windows offer the same functionality as OS X? Can windows offer the same types of programming styles that OS X? Tiger was marketed as Longhorn before Longhorn has arrived. Look at the iLife suite. Besides iTunes, are there ports of GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto even iWeb coming soon? So if, Apple abandons OS X to be these great (and free at time of purchase) apps must be replaced or you the consumer is taking a step back in functionality.

Cringely has lately been believing that Apple is going to be the next greatest Windows OEM vendor. Why sell shit? OS X will not be dead in a long while. Plus, do you know how many developers that would just piss off?

Science only teaches us how, not why.

broderic on April 15, 2006

Looking for Scully related blogs and ran into this fun meme to try.

Facts:
New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Mao Tse Tung’s funeral takes place in Beijing

Births:
Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player

Deaths:
Jimi Hendrix, American musician

I am not including the day just to get your minds working and your fingers typing.

Geeked

broderic on April 15, 2006

Completely geeked out today. I stopped by the comics store and they had signs all around with deep discounts on comics: 20% on new issues, 50% off of trade paperbacks, 40% off on back issues.

I spent $40.00. I haven’t done that ever.

Picked up the continuing cycle of New Xment trade paperback. This one’s Grant Morrison’s term in a Xbook. He was the writer of acclaimed Batman, Doom Patrol and other DC/Vertigo comics. His is more than a comic book of super heroes. It’s another interesting read.

Finally, Marvel has decided on getting stories told.