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06 March 2010

Scripting Build Selection in Xcode

When I'm doing iPhone development, I constantly switch between running on the device and the simulator. As far as I can tell, Xcode doesn't provide an easily-accessible keyboard shortcuts for switching between SDKs. Since I hate breaking up my flow by having to reach for the mouse, I put together a couple of AppleScripts that bind hot-keys to switching between SDKs. Download these two scripts to wherever you like to store your AppleScripts. I like to put mine in ~/Library/Scripts. Read More

27 February 2010

RVM meets zsh

RVM is a nifty tool for managing multiple ruby installations. Not only does it make it easy to install and switch between multiple rubies, but you can also install gems without sudo access. But, as great as RVM is, I still have to remember to switch between rubies and often I don't remember to do it until I see some weird behavior or a test breaks. I'm very lazy and I want even more. Read More

22 February 2010

Static Cling

Lord knows why, but in the last couple of months I felt compelled to move off of Wordpress and onto one of those new static content generators for this site. Part of it was motivated by getting fed up with constantly upgrading Wordpress. I suppose another part of it was because all the cool kids were doing it. But, most importantly, I wanted to give the site design a reboot—something I did not want to do in PHP in the form of Wordpress themes. So with a little help from a friend, this site got a facelift and a new platform to boot. Read More

Bookshelf

The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange
The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed


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