November 2008
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iPhone threading sample code
To go along with my lecture on performance in CS193P on Tuesday, I posted some sample code for working with threads in iPhone applications.
If you have the iPhone SDK installed, you can download and run LetsMakeAThread (much respect to Douglas Adams) and ThreadedFlickrTableView.
If you aren’t an iPhone development nerd… we now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
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Obama is up to speed on the Pollan Doctrine →
Link via Joey. Michael Pollan’s original article, Farmer in Chief, was in the New York Times earlier this month.
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How to Take American Health Care From Worst to... →
I never would have expected to see Billy Beane, Newt Gingrich and John Kerry as coauthors on a New York Times op-ed… great read. (Via El Lefty Malo)
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Apple opposes Prop. 8, donates $100,000 to fight... →
Proud to be an Apple employee and shareholder today.
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A Man of Taste - A chef with cancer fights to save... →
A great writeup on Grant Achatz, chef at Alinea in Chicago. Don’t drink Diet Coke, people.
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WatchRon Howard goes to great lengths… with Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler. Via pendy.
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WatchEveryone should show this to their less tech-savvy family members. (via Laughing Squid)
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Kalika MD →
Kali is off in Uganda working in a women’s HIV/AIDS ward. Her blog is amazing.
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Undecided - David Sedaris →
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How Brent's Voting (2008 General Election) →
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Red Bull Soapbox Race 2008
I checked out the Red Bull Soapbox Race 2008 in Dolores Park yesterday (unrelated to the ILLEGAL soapbox derby on November 2 that I posted about below). Apparently there were ~75,000 spectators in attendance. You can view a video from the SF Chronicle. Here are a couple of great shots from cory411 on Flickr.
© 2008 Cory O’Brien
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An Iceland Field Trip →
“If you’re like me, you’ve always wanted to go to Iceland. It’s now cheaper than ever, and you’ll get front-row seats for an astounding economic collapse. The perfect recession vacation!”
Another excellent Planet Money podcast.
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“Vote yes on 5, and no on 6 and 9. It’s painfully obvious, but only if you...”
– Brent
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Harriet Russell: Pushing the envelope →
Great story about Harriet Russell, an artist who sent herself 130 amazing postcards that required solving a puzzle in order to deliver them. Amazingly, 120 of them made it.
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Stanford Reunion, Class of 2003
We had our five year reunion down at Stanford this weekend for the class of 2003. Saw & caught up with a ton of people, many of whom I hadn’t been in touch with (aside from Facebook, I suppose) since graduation. At times it verged on sensory overload, especially at the densely packed events on Friday and Saturday nights. In the end, though, it was a great weekend. My photos don’t...
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Still catching up on recent outings… the weekend before last, we went to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park along with Joey and Cassie, also meeting up with Aaron, Kristina, Cindy and Warren. We caught Elvis Costello and Gogol Bordello, both of which were great. You can view photos here, or check out the slideshow below:
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Last weekend I saw Deerhoof at the Great American...
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Just watched This Film Is Not Yet Rated, a muckraking documentary about the MPAA’s wildly misguided film ratings system. It was a good watch- a bit predictable at times, but funny, infuriating and cathartic all at once. Here’s the trailer.
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“America will just be less influential. It will be poorer. It may be the end of...”
– Freeze! - The New Yorker
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Meltdown of Iceland’s Financial System Quickens -... →
Maybe we can afford to revisit Iceland sooner than we thought…