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Did I ever mention that I hate multipart form data? Well I do. *sigh*about 1 hour ago from Tweetie
Did I ever publish a wrapper class for the iPhone's Keychain APIs?about 3 hours ago from Tweetie
Blocks, Episode 1 - I was expecting to have to wait until the release of Snow Leopard to write any of this... http://tumblr.com/xqs28wfjwabout 6 hours ago from Tumblr
Doh. As @SteveStreza pointed out, that should have been @landonfuller in my last tweet. Oops, sorry mate :o(about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
@jeff_lamarche Coming up shortly— albeit only for an intro (I have other work to do, ah me)about 7 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to jeff_lamarche
Very very happy that @landonf released a nice Blocks implementation for non-10.6 systems. Means I can start writing tutorials right now :o)about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
@brendand I expect so; Ontario is going full-tilt on environmentally-friendly motoring right nowabout 20 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to brendand
Video: I am so getting one of these when they come out. http://tumblr.com/xqs28oa0o2:18 PM Jul 4th from Tumblr
@mattgemmell Just got the WholeFoods app perchance?2:06 PM Jul 4th from Tweetie in reply to mattgemmell
Apple ObjC 'memory contract' rule problem (particularly re: Clang static analysis)— the method 'newPersonViewController' causes me pain.1:22 PM Jul 4th from Tweetie
@jeff_lamarche You can't even add/remove rows or edit a cell's contents directly?12:56 PM Jul 4th from Tweetie in reply to jeff_lamarche
@jeff_lamarche You respond to the NSFetchedResultsController's delegation methods to alter the table; don't do it at any other time.12:23 PM Jul 4th from Tweetie in reply to jeff_lamarche
@serpah I'm just glad I'm only on a fairly low dose. I dread to think what it would be like if I were on a higher dose…10:48 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie in reply to serpah
Theoretically I'm going to be teaching the Toronto iPhone Boot Camp in 2.5 weeks' time. No contract yet tho, so looking less likely each day10:21 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie
@serpah Ran out of anti-depressants while my Psychiatrist was ill. And my GP was out of the office Thursday-Sunday. Withdrawal. Not fun.10:20 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie in reply to serpah
No doctor until Monday. Luckily the pharmacist gave me 3 tablets to tide md over. Downside: $6.30 per tablet. Holy … fuck …9:27 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie
Posh & Becks have been married for ten years?? Damn, now I feel old…9:04 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie
Damn the 3GS is fast at syncing9:02 AM Jul 4th from Tweetie
@mattgemmell Oh come on, we've all been there. … Wait, why is everybody looking at me like that?4:08 PM Jul 3rd from Tweetie in reply to mattgemmell
@stroughtonsmith But does NSURLConnection's memory footprint still suck giant hairy monkey-balls?3:29 PM Jul 3rd from Tweetie in reply to stroughtonsmith

Name Jim Dovey
Location iPhone: 37.783258,-122.403846
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Bio Mac/iPhone programmer. I consult, and I write software for Morfunk and Pinch/Zoom