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andybest

  1. Wow, finally able to order my #RaspberryPi :) 7:14 AM May 23rd via web
  2. Using xVim (vim plugin for xcode). github.com/JugglerShu/XVim Loving it. Everything should support a vi editing mode. 6:05 AM May 18th via web
  3. Week 1 day 1 of #couch25k #computerprogrammertriestogetfit 9:25 AM Jan 30th via Echofon
  4. @timburks programming.nu seems to be down- or is it just me? 8:20 AM Nov 9th, 2011 via Twitter for Mac
  5. @kwadrant Haha, good luck:) Dig the Björk quote btw. 11:43 AM Sep 11th, 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to kwadrant
  6. Any London based freelance iOS developers out there? 2:26 AM Mar 1st, 2011 via HTC Peep
  7. Just got a Desire HD. Nice bit of kit. 1:38 PM Nov 8th, 2010 via HTC Peep
  8. @bit101 Objective C is like the programming language equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine 8:29 AM Sep 9th, 2010 via Nambu
  9. @bit101 Seems to be the longest by far in this list http://bit.ly/bfZnMC Verbosity arguably makes code more readable, but tiring to write. 8:27 AM Sep 9th, 2010 via Nambu
  10. @gskinner Interesting news. It will certainly give us developers more freedom, though I hope it doesn't result in a lot of poor quality apps 8:16 AM Sep 9th, 2010 via Nambu
  11. Reading "Racing the Beam". Great book about the technical challenges involved in creating Atari 2600 Games. http://bit.ly/d5Rl0Z 2:30 PM Aug 25th, 2010 via Nambu
  12. I've had Flash CS5 crash at least 15 times today when trying to import an FLV. Useless. 2:57 PM Aug 17th, 2010 via Nambu
  13. derp. iPhone 3G. 8:11 AM Aug 11th, 2010 via Nambu
  14. iPhone 3d running os 4- Just tried to answer a call and the phone froze. Getting seriously pissed off. Disabling spotlight does nothing. 8:08 AM Aug 11th, 2010 via Nambu
  15. VHDL is fun. I'd like to see a small, cheap, open source FPGA board. Like the Arduino of the programmable logic world. 5:09 PM Jul 8th, 2010 via Nambu
  16. Listening to Maynard Ferguson's version of Chameleon. Amazing. http://bit.ly/bTkLHk 12:27 PM Jul 7th, 2010 via Nambu
  17. Just ordered a Nexys2 Spartan 3E 1200k gate FPGA dev board from Digilent. Can't wait. 12:26 PM Jul 7th, 2010 via Nambu
  18. British spelling when programming a library..? hmm... 6:49 AM Jun 28th, 2010 via Nambu
  19. Wow, looks like Deal Extreme is basically selling a great FPGA development board for <$40! http://is.gd/cGrlL Pics: http://is.gd/cGrng 3:41 PM Jun 7th, 2010 via Nambu
  • Name Andy Best
  • Location London, UK
  • Web http://www.andybe...
  • Bio Interactive artist and programmer. Processing.org, OpenFrameworks, Flash/Flex, Mobile and Arduino are my bag. Also, Windows 7 was my idea.
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