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Posts from February 2008

A Warning about your inverse relationships

When working on a data model it is common to run into a situation where one data entity knows about another but not the other way around. Usually you can make the argument that both objects should know about each other. However, for one reason or another, which usually comes down to some underlying implementation [...]


Creating an Action PopUp Button in Leopard

It seems that everywhere you look in OS X you see applications with popup action buttons. You know, that button with a gear on it. Click it and a menu full of goodies pops up for you to play with. Apple itself uses it pretty extensively in its apps; Mail and Finder are [...]


Point Reyes Bumblebee

 
Here’s a shot that I took of a bumblebee taking in a flower along a hiking trail at Point Reyes California. Point Reyes National Seashore is a wonderful place and if you’ve never been you should make a trip. It’s about 30 miles north of San Francisco along the fantastic Highway 1. Interestingly, if not [...]