I’m hoping that the reason for my procrastination is my illness. If it is, then when I recover, I’ll be a wonderfully productive individual again. Yes, I’m ill. I’ve been ill for a few days now. It’s some kind of contagious illness, involving a fever, sore throat, and cough. I’m hoping to use this time…Continue Reading…
Tonight I read EJ’s horrifying Airbnb story, and then moved on to read the other posts on her blog. She’s a surprisingly talented writer, and I’m quite engaged by her prose. One experience I can relate to comes from a post titled It’s not all beautiful: Multiple levels, directional signs leading to nowhere… enter the great…Continue Reading…
With Taiwan Mobile, call *867# to check your current balance. This page on TaiwanMobile.com has info about how to get info about your account, but it doesn’t reveal the *867# trick. Today was the first full day of my second trip to Taiwan. We went to the Taipei Toy Festival 2011, the Shilin Night Market,…Continue Reading…
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For months, I’d be unintentionally paying a lot more than I needed to for data service. While I’m using only a couple hundred MB per month, I was paying for the plan that allows up to 3 GB of usage (at a cost of 200,000 VND per month, or about 10 USD). I’ll go with…Continue Reading…
Open Quickly… Command ⌘ Shift ⇧ D File > Open Quickly… I’m a big fan of the Open Quickly feature, which is particularly good in Xcode 3.1 and later. When you want to open a file or a symbol definition that’s in your project or in a framework, just hit the keyboard shortcut, type a bit of…Continue Reading…