West Loop Roadtrip – Day 4

Per our fellow makespacer’s advice, we decided to visit the Temple Square, which is a conference center built by the Church of Latter Day Saints. We took up an offer for a free tour by our very amiable tour guide. Since I’m not familiar with the administrative structure of Mormonism or the book of Mormon,…Continue Reading…

West Loop Roadtrip – Day 3

After a healthy pizza breakfast, we set out towards our next destination, Salt Lake City. We only made one stop on our 5 hour, 270 mile drive, and I quite enjoyed the (mostly) 80MPH speed limit. Once we arrived at our hotel, I found myself actually missing the quaint, small town feel of Bryce Canyon…Continue Reading…

West Loop Roadtrip – Day 2

We headed out later this morning than yesterday, but we still got to see everything we wanted to see. Today, we set out for Rainbow Point, another trail about 18 miles south of Sunset Point. During the previous night, about 6 inches of snow had fallen, meaning the area was full of the softest, most…Continue Reading…

West Loop Roadtrip – Day 1

Hey Folks, I’m Chris and I’m helping blog my roadtrip with Elliot. Not only is this my first real roadtrip, but also my first time blogging. So hope you enjoy. So begins Day One of our West Loop Roadtrip. After about eight hours of driving through darkness, “snowstorms”, and wrong GPS directions, we finally arrived…Continue Reading…

Recover your Mac if it’s stolen

I’ve been using Orbicule Undercover. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s a lot better than nothing. Cool Stuff: Photoshop: replace color RepRap 3D printer MacPorts for git autocompletion Displaying PDF in UIWebView without jerkiness iOS Guy: presenting PDF files by yourself Browsers with checkerboarding: Safari Terra (current version) Atomic iLunascape Mercury Perfect Browser ICab…Continue Reading…

iOS app icon requirements

Apple’s official page on the topic of iOS app icon requirements is a very helpful reference. How to create a scale up transform animation – this is a bit old – I use blocks instead. // animatable. do not use frame if view is transformed since it will not correctly reflect the actual location of…Continue Reading…