Category Archives: Technology

Apple Macintosh, iPhone, and other gadgets

The Simplest Possible Cucumber Test

Posted on July 9, 2010 by ivanoats

I’m not really that good at testing. So what, so are a lot of people. Having some tests is better than none! And, the way testing tutorials are written can seem really complex and scary. Today I started thinking about … Continue reading →

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Real Direct Democracy

Posted on July 4, 2010 by ivanoats

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, … Continue reading →

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The Pragmatic Programmer

Posted on September 29, 2009 by ivanoats

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt My rating: 4 of 5 stars A little dated if you’re using a framework like Ruby on Rails, but definitely worth reviewing and further study. Lots of great practices. I … Continue reading →

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Generate Random Passwords

Posted on August 9, 2009 by ivanoats

I wrote an article on the Sustainable Websites Blog on a quick program to Generate Random Passwords.

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Email Encryption Tutorial

Posted on July 29, 2009 by ivanoats

If you have a mac and use Mac Mail, I found a great step-by-step tutorial on how to set up your mac to send and receive encrypted email. Why you would ever need to send encrypted email? Well, if you … Continue reading →

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What’s so Great About WordPress – the Radio Show

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ivan Storck

Sustainable Websites founder Ivan Storck will be on a live podcast tomorrow at 1pm PST. Call in with your WordPress questions! Many people think that WordPress is only for bloggers. Not true! Lee and Ivan will talk about why WordPress … Continue reading →

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It’s time to party like it’s 1234567890 – ’cause it is!

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Ivan Storck

Get your geek on for the one and only 1234567890 day. On this Friday, Feb 13 at exactly 3:31 (PST), Unix time (WTF is Unix time?) will equal ’1234567890′. read more | digg story

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Flipping Function Keys!

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Ivan Storck

FunctionFlip is a neat solution to a keyboard annoyance on my MacBook. I hate having to double-key to use the function keys. This free preference pane solves that problem, by allowing you to set which function keys should act normally. … Continue reading →

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Cocoa Is My Girlfriend » Cocoa Touch Tutorial: iPhone Application Example

Posted on October 7, 2008 by ivanoats

explain for beginning iPhone/iPod Touch developers how to build the most basic Cocoa Touch application using Interface Builder and an application delegate in xcode 3.1. This tutorial post is really to provide a quick how-to. Continue reading →

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