http://www.roathe.com Where the web comes to die... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:23:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.roathe.com/2010/07/iphone-4-reception-better-than-any-before-or-worthy-of-a-lawsuit/ http://www.roathe.com/2010/07/iphone-4-reception-better-than-any-before-or-worthy-of-a-lawsuit/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:58:37 +0000 Lane Roathe http://www.roathe.com/?p=229 The whole iPhone 4 antenna circus is just another a example of how selfish, in general, the world's population has become, at least in the "developed" countries (1st, 2nd, 3rd and otherwise). This post is just my use of the iPhone 4 issue to point out the absurdity I see nearly every day anymore.]]> http://www.roathe.com/2010/07/iphone-4-reception-better-than-any-before-or-worthy-of-a-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.roathe.com/2010/03/oop-classes-but-may-dod/ http://www.roathe.com/2010/03/oop-classes-but-may-dod/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:52:53 +0000 Lane Roathe http://www.roathe.com/?p=201 Think about how the system will use your data, and design your objects so that their data is optimized for highest performance. Then code your OOP design in whichever language is best for the task.]]> http://www.roathe.com/2010/03/oop-classes-but-may-dod/feed/ 0 http://www.roathe.com/2009/12/how-to-background-load-and-cache-uiimageviews-images/ http://www.roathe.com/2009/12/how-to-background-load-and-cache-uiimageviews-images/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:01:50 +0000 Lane Roathe http://www.roathe.com/?p=179 It’s often the case that the apps I am working on are required to download quite a couple, or even a few dozen, images and display them in a UIImageView. In looking online I found a few different methods of loading image data for a UIImageView in the background, and a few examples of caching [...]]]> http://www.roathe.com/2009/12/how-to-background-load-and-cache-uiimageviews-images/feed/ 3 http://www.roathe.com/2009/12/it-sure-does-snow-in-kansas/ http://www.roathe.com/2009/12/it-sure-does-snow-in-kansas/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:01:15 +0000 Lane Roathe http://www.roathe.com/?p=172 I learn that it can really snow in Kansas! Some early pictures off my iPhone included, took more with the camera, but forgot to bring along the computer cable :( Why doesn't this thing have bluetooth? (Another thing about the Panasonic I don't like).]]> http://www.roathe.com/2009/12/it-sure-does-snow-in-kansas/feed/ 2 http://www.roathe.com/2009/11/warning-do-not-install-software-included-in-panasonic-products/ http://www.roathe.com/2009/11/warning-do-not-install-software-included-in-panasonic-products/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:14:40 +0000 Lane Roathe http://www.roathe.com/?p=154 The software included on Panasonic CD's installs extremely invasive "pop-up" programs that are installed in a manner designed to make them as difficult to remove (uninstall) as possible. That's virus behavior, not application behavior, shame on you Panasonic!]]> http://www.roathe.com/2009/11/warning-do-not-install-software-included-in-panasonic-products/feed/ 4