Big Nerd Ranch Day 2: Objective-C overload

Big Nerd Ranch Day 2: Objective-C overload

July 19, 2009 10:21 pm

Today was our second day learning Objective-C. We got much deeper into it today, and the programs in our exercises were getting more and more complex. By dinnertime, we had learned how to tap into services being broadcast from other peoples’ computers and capture the information (iChat, printer sharing, iTunes library sharing, etc). It was [...]
Big Nerd Ranch Day 1: Basics and a wood tick

Big Nerd Ranch Day 1: Basics and a wood tick

July 18, 2009 11:34 pm

Today was the first day of class. I woke up and took a bath in my jacuzzi, which is perhaps the best way EVER to wake up in the morning. It was a gorgeous day outside, and I had a pretty awesome view from my room. Breakfast was at 8:30, and there was a nice [...]
Big Nerd Ranch Day 0: I have a jacuzzi!

Big Nerd Ranch Day 0: I have a jacuzzi!

July 17, 2009 9:44 pm

I’m here! The Banning Mills retreat is beautiful, though I didn’t get to see very much of it today. When we got here from the airport, I basically dumped my bags in my room and went right to dinner—where I spent the better part of 4 hours talking with the instructor and a group of [...]
Tomorrow is the big day!

Tomorrow is the big day!

July 16, 2009 3:04 pm

Of course, by “the big day,” I do not mean I’m getting married or having a baby. I’m going to the Big Nerd Ranch!
Tomorrow I’m off to Banning Mills in Whitesburg, Georgia to attend Beginning iPhone Bootcamp. I will be locked away in the middle of the woods for a week, chin-deep in Objective-C code [...]
New Apartment and Prepping for iPhone Bootcamp

New Apartment and Prepping for iPhone Bootcamp

July 14, 2009 7:22 am

At the beginning of the month, Jim and I moved into a new apartment—the three-bedroom next door to our old apartment! It was the easiest move of my life. The new apartment is fantastic, with twice the closet space and a third room to enjoy. Next year we’re hoping to make that third room a [...]
Big Nerd Ranch, here I come!

Big Nerd Ranch, here I come!

June 22, 2009 1:25 pm

I’ve been on the waiting list for the Beginning iPhone Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch for almost a month now. Today I got the exciting news that I’m IN! From July 18-24 I will be on the geekiest trip I’ve ever taken. Hooray!!!
I will definitely be blogging about the trip daily once I’m there. Since [...]
PHP code for exporting a MySQL table to a CSV file

PHP code for exporting a MySQL table to a CSV file

June 5, 2009 7:01 pm

After a lot of searching, and a lot of troubleshooting, I finally found PHP code for exporting a CSV file from MySQL that works perfectly! This might be old news to some, but I’d never done it before and I needed to have that export feature on my Store Locator plugin.
$result = mysql_query(“SHOW COLUMNS FROM [...]
WordPress Plugins Updated

WordPress Plugins Updated

June 2, 2009 7:36 pm

I’ve posted some of my WordPress plugins on my WordPress Plugins page. More will be added in the next few days as I get them packaged up for public use. Enjoy, and stay tuned!
A Newbie's First Impression of Ruby

A Newbie's First Impression of Ruby

May 31, 2009 12:59 pm

I just realized that this post title rhymes. Sorry about that.
I am reading Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional by Peter Cooper to introduce me to the language. It definitely lives up to its title! So far, I’m coming out of each chapter with an actual understanding of what I just read… even if I [...]
AlisotheGeek.com Launches!

AlisotheGeek.com Launches!

May 30, 2009 8:21 pm

Welcome! This (hopefully) will be my general development blog as I learn Ruby and Objective-C, and also as I expand my knowledge of PHP/MySQL, Actionscript 3, XHTML/CSS and Javascript.
Get started by reading my latest posts, learning a little more about me, or checking out my WordPress plugins.
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