Author Archives: andrew

Interesting use for Distance2

By andrew | Published: Monday, 28th September 2009
I had an email from an electric car driver, who used Distance2 so he always knows how far it is to his closest recharging station!
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For unexpected network failure – check your firewall!

By andrew | Published: Saturday, 5th September 2009
I upgraded to Snow Leopard this week, and suddenly the program I’m working on stopped working. Was it the multithreaded code to download images from websites that wasn’t compatible? No – installing Snow Leopard caused Little Snitch to think my program wasn’t allowed to make outbound connections to some servers, but not others! I have no idea why [...]
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AppStore Anoyances

By andrew | Published: Wednesday, 1st July 2009
What is starting to annoy me about the AppStore is the lack of oportunity to intervene when a review is completely and utterly wrong. There’s not even any way to contact the reviewer to find out what their problem actually is without putting a note in the app’s description. Take this ‘review’ of Distance2: I’m [...]
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Well Done Tilley

By andrew | Published: Tuesday, 9th June 2009
For once – not about software. I’m rather partial to Tilley hats. When you have as little hair as me you need a good hat to keep the rain/sun/wind/whatever away. Tilley’s SPF50 and wind cords make for a great combination. The TH4 I bought 2 years ago developed a floppy brim. A brief email to Tilley enquiring [...]
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UKPoints in Ireland

By andrew | Published: Tuesday, 5th May 2009
Here’s a blog entry from Joe Lennon in Ireland who uses UKPoints to help with his weightloss.
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