A well-known player in independent Mac developer circles recently told me he didn’t get why you’d use XTabulator over Excel for CSV, TAB, etc. I thought I’d share (the relevant parts of) my tongue-in-cheek response.
Continue readingDistrict 9
Matt and I watched District 9 last night. I’ll be blunt: those who proclaimed it “the best SciFi movie of 2009″ are either smoking crack or drinking “the fluid”. I enjoyed the Star Trek film far more.
Continue readingOn Morons
Barney Frank’s response to the moron at the town hall meeting was perfect. These people – morons like the woman in question , I mean – have no problem whatsoever lobbing strong, hateful missiles to promote their views. Why the hell shouldn’t we respond just as strongly?
Continue reading(Re)Introducing XTabulator
You might be familiar with XTabulator. It lets you sling CSV, TAB, and other tabular data files around, massaging these inherently structureless data files to your own needs.
Continue readingPrivate APIs & the Skanks Who Love Them
I was talking to a friend of mine when I mentioned a third-party developer’s custom UI toolkit. When I mentioned it, my friend said matter-of-factly, “I’ve heard it uses private API.” Instantly (as often happens), a little scene played out in my head in response.
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