FernyB

Skatr update

fernyb — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:50:29 +0000

So I was taking a look at some of my old projects and I decided that I would like to continue with some of them well at least one of them. Which is my Skateboarding Spots site. I have my great ideas for it, its just that I don’t always have time and when I [...]

Capturing iSight from Macbook

fernyb — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:10:14 +0000

Lately I’ve been writing Objective-C/Cocoa code, and lately I’ve learned how-to capture video from an iSight on a Macbook. It’s actually easy. Here is the code. and I’ve also attached the example application I was writing so you can take a look at it. [Download Source] [Download Application] #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h> #import <QTKit/QTKit.h> @interface MyRecorderController : NSObject { IBOutlet QTCaptureView [...]

Testing with CakePHP - Part 1

fernyb — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:45:56 +0000

If you would like the higher quality screencast download it (h.264) Lately I’ve been messing around with CakePHP and it’s actually pretty good. It’s similar to Rails but obviously not in Ruby. Unlike some people, I don’t discriminate based on code or anything else really. I’m happy with anything I like. Well I figure I would [...]

Underwater

fernyb — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:57:29 +0000

As some may know, I used to work at citywaboo.com over in Burbank, CA where I used to do full-time PHP Development, anyways I was at youtube searching for videos and I found this video of the office being flooded, it was crazy!

User Interface Mock #1

fernyb — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:01:58 +0000

The the last two weeks, I’ve been writing an application with RubyCocoa. I do whatever I can for the day considering I have a day job. Here is my first UI mock.

Days writing Cocoa / Objective-C

fernyb — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:44:32 +0000

I don’t write Cocoa / Objective-C all day long. I do write a lot more Ruby than PHP now, It’s better at times I wish PHP could do that. I’ll write Ruby over PHP even though I may know more about PHP than Ruby at this moment in time. Lately I’ve been writing RubyCocoa, which [...]

Apple Drops iPhone Developer NDA On Released Software

fernyb — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Apple announced today that it has decided to drop the controversial iPhone developer non-disclosure agreement because it ‘created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success.” via Techcrunch

LA Ruby #4

fernyb — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:17:25 +0000

So the day as come and gone. LA Ruby was a hit. This time it was over at Los Angeles Times building in Downtown Los Angeles CA. It was great to see many new people. It continues to grow. More good things are coming along the way. I met some guys from a startup called [...]

RubyCocoa - Hello World

fernyb — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:46:16 +0000

So after dicussing with myself. I figure why re-invent the wheel. So here is a screencast of RubyCocoa.

RubyCocoa

fernyb — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:01:44 +0000

For while now, I’ve been learning Objective-C, and while I’m writing in Ruby more often I figure I would also learn RubyCocoa. I figure I’m going to create a few screencasts on getting started with RubyCocoa and anything I learn with it. If you don’t know what RubyCocoa is, it is described as: “…a bridge between [...]

LARuby Meeting #4 - Thursday, 9/18 @ the LA Times

fernyb — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:55:31 +0000

It’s that time again! 7:00 PM, 3rd Thursday of the Month. Ruby Meetup in Downtown Los Angeles CA. Be sure to join us! Los Angeles Times Media Group 145 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Once inside the lobby, let the guard at the reception desk know you are here for the LARuby Meeting and you will be directed to the [...]

Downtown LA

fernyb — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:51:18 +0000

The stuff I see in downtown los angeles and a post to test image posting

iPhone Wordpress App

fernyb — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:16:02 +0000

So as a owner of an iPhone, I decided to give wordpress iPhone app a try.. and so far it’s good.. I think it needs a way to upload images, that would be killer..

iPhone firmware 2.0

fernyb — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:02:01 +0000

Yesterday was the release of Pwnage Tool 2.0. Immediately I downloaded the tool although I was having trouble actually trying to download it, I guess their server was being hit.. anyways, I was using wget to download it. Well after I manage to download it, of course I unlocked my iPhone first generation with firmware [...]

Sinatra on Dreamhost!

fernyb — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:52:39 +0000

Hello, Finally you can host all those sinatra apps you have been building on Dreamhost. They have Phusion Passenger 2.0 RC 2 and it can run Rack based apps like Sinatra, Merb, Camping, etc.. I had to do some hacking to get this to work for some reason doing require ’sinatra’ was not loading, so [...]