Since the iPhone 3GS, you could tap on any part of the image in the Camera app to lock focus and exposure. The exposure and focus however shifts as you recompose your image. New in iOS5, you can finally lock focus and exposure on a spot and keep it locked even as you recompose the [...]
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Locking focus and exposure on iOS5′s camera
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Starting Objective-C for iOS development
Some people have been curious as to what are the resources that I’ve used to pick up Objective-C in a relatively short amount of time (about 3 months, including the time taken to develop and ship the first release of Due in September 2010). There are two books have been indispensable in my learning that [...]
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Shuffle a playlist in iTunes and save the order for burning onto CD
How to shuffle a playlist in iTunes and save the play order for burning onto a CD, for times when you need to rely on a CD player with no shuffling capability.
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Rules for computing happiness
Alex Payne’s Rules for Computing Happiness: Use as little software as possible. Use software that does one thing well. Do not use software that does many things poorly…
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Numbers and Opt+Arrow Keys
If there’s a set of keyboard shortcuts you absolutely must know, it is the Command (⌘) + Arrow Keys and the Option (⌥) + Arrow Keys. They are bread and butter when it comes to writing and editing long documents on the Mac, because they allow you to move your text insertion point (caret) around [...]
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Safari: Open all “new window” links in tabs, and other tips to replace Saft
Predictably, my Leopard copy of Saft no longer works on Snow Leopard. A new version was released today but it does not support native 64-bit mode Safari under Snow Leopard. There’s currently no upgrade option for Leopard users to Snow Leopard versions of Saft, and I’m not keen on paying the full US$15 for a [...]
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Thailand Reloaded
Back in Thailand again, a good break from all the nonsense that’s happening in Singapore. If you’re looking for prepaid SIM for your iPhone, Blackberry and Android in Thailand, TrueMove operator offers unlimited mobile broadband over EDGE for just 250 baht (S$11). Compared with the per-minute data plan offered by most operators (AIS, dtac), this [...]
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Webmailer 1.0
Ever click on a mailto: link, only to scream in frustration as Apple Mail opens yet again? Then check out Webmailer 1.0. I use Mail.app with Gmail on IMAP. Still, I suppose this is tremendously useful for those who don’t.
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Fixing slow Samsung printing over AirPort Extreme/Express
Printing with Bonjour over AirPort Express was painfully slow, apparently because of a bug with Leopard and Bonjour. Here’s the not-so-glam fix from solo4675 on Apple discussion: Open Print & Fax Preferences. Click on + to add printer. Select IP at the top of the page. Select HP JetDirect – Socket in the drop down. [...]
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APA Style Templates for Apple’s Pages
Here are the Apple iWork templates for your scholarly needs—because Microsoft Word is getting on my nerves. APA Style Template for Pages ’08 (Pages 3) APA Style Template for Pages ’06 (Pages 2)
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