rentzsch.com: Tales from the Red ShedTechnical Journal of Jonathan 'Wolf' RentzschPSIG 109: Thu Nov 1 2007- October 30, 2007 When: Thursday, November 1st, 2007 7pm Where: Inverness Room (downstairs rear) of the Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows Schedule: Show & Tell We'll start out the meeting by going around the table and talking about what we're currently working on or learning about. Handouts are welcome, or bring along your PowerBook and we'll hook it up to the projector. Book Reports Bring along the book you're currently reading, or one of your old favorites. Hopefully the book would have some relevance to...http://rentzsch.com/psig/109 Block-level Parallels-Fusion Migration- October 6, 2007 I currently run my mail server under Debian running on Parallels Desktop 2. Unfortunately Parallels Desktop 2 is end-of-lifed and has USB issues with Mac OS X 10.4.10 and later. Sadness: I upgraded to Parallels Desktop 3 and found it incredibly unstable. What to doFortunately VMware&8217;s Fusion has shipped and it seems even snappier than Parallels 2 and completely stable. But how to migrate my mail server VM from Parallels to FusionUnfortunately there&8217;s no official migration path if the..http://rentzsch.com/notes/blocklevelParallelsFusionMigration apple's antiCAPSLOCK- October 4, 2007 About a month ago I picked up a new Apple keyboard. That&8217;s the new thin model, the wired variant.I&8217;m rather pleased with it: like all keyboards, the previous model had a propensity of collecting debris+cruft. Unlike most other keyboards, the previous model showcased your cruft collection via its transparent sides. These things are hard to clean, so I hoped upgrading to the new thin model would keep my desk looking clean+swanky. So far so good.But I did notice something odd. I rarely...http://rentzsch.com/notes/applesantiCAPSLOCK -NSWindow frame lies- October 3, 2007 You&8217;d think Cocoa would get right something basic like &8220;what&8217;s the position of this window on the screen&8221; You&8217;d be mistaken.-NSWindow frame is supposed to return the window&8217;s frame. And it mostly does. Unless you&8217;re dragging a window around, and then it just returns the window&8217;s saved-off drag starting frame, not its actual current frame. Until you stop moving the mouse. Then it&8217;s swell and reports reality again.Uck.I wrote a category for NSWindow...http://rentzsch.com/cocoa/nswindowFrameLies PSIG 108: Thurs, October 4th, 2007- October 2, 2007 When: Thursday, October 4th, 2007 7pm Where: Inverness Room (downstairs rear) of the Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows Schedule: Show & Tell We'll start out the meeting by going around the table and talking about what we're currently working on or learning about. Handouts are welcome, or bring along your PowerBook and we'll hook it up to the projector. Book Reports Bring along the book you're currently reading, or one of your old favorites. Hopefully the book would have some relevance to...http://rentzsch.com/psig/108 |