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Sysprep: It’s not just for PCs anymore

January 14, 2013

Outside of IT circles, Sysprep is a relatively unknown utility included on every Windows installation. Sysprep is commonly used to prepare systems for distribution across …

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks or other lies the pre-internet generation taught you.

December 14, 2012

I am old, like I have a very clear memory of getting our first color TV old. Sometimes my job forces me out on to …

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How to Brew Coffee Twocanoes style

December 3, 2012

I was asked in the office the other day how to make a perfect pot of coffee. It is a simple undertaking and easily repeatable. …

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Signing Installer Packages with Apple 3rd Party Developer Certificate

November 30, 2012

OS X 10.8 “Moutain Lion” shipped with Gatekeeper, an Apple technology that prevents malicious software from getting installed on OS X. The default setting for …

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The layered cake of UTF-8

November 27, 2012

In the iOS app we are working on, we found it fun to insert Emoji characters in the communication between people’s iPhones. However, as we …

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Fusion Drive and Bootcamp

November 27, 2012

When Apple announced the Fusion Drive, I assumed it was just a hybrid SSD drive. However, after consulting the internet tubes, I discovered a consensus …

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Making Twocanoes.com Responsive

October 25, 2012

Going to a website on one’s phone or tablet these days has become something like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: You never know what you’re …

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NSMutableString.alloc.init

October 18, 2012

I have been doing objective-c programming for a while, and have been using dot notation mainly for getters and setters. This was mainly due to …

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iOS Region Monitoring after iPhone Restart

September 6, 2012

I have been working with CLLocationManager a bunch, and in my well cell covered area of Naperville, region monitoring (or “geofencing”) on iOS 5 works …

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Free < $0.99 < $3.99

September 5, 2012

About 4 months ago, I released an iOS app called SSL Detective. It was an novel app that allowed you to probe certificate chains on …

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