Category Archives: Nerd stuff

1password + dropbox = win

I was already using 1Password in combination with dropbox to sync my password database on multiple macs. But there are even more benefits storing your 1Password database on dropbox: You will get a webinterface with it! Just log in on dropbox.com account and browse to your 1Password database file. You will notice it is a [...]

iPhone: Core Data explained

Since i’m following the Stanford iPhone classes I needed some more information about iphone OS 3.0 Core Data way of data handling. Searching the web I found this great article by Shannon Appelcline, one of the writers of iPhone in Action. Go read this great introduction to Core Data !

Stanford iPhone development course

Last year Stanford University started their iPhone application programming course for the first time. I wasn’t able to follow the class that time but luckily this year they’re back with the CS193P Winter 2010 class. This class will cover the iPhone OS 3.1 and is freely available on iTunes U. Links Course materials on Stanford’s [...]

CakePHP javascript->link in elements

For my CakePHP project I wanted to use the Javascript helper in a element. This element needs a javascript include (which i only use for this element) so I thought to it would be a good place to add it using the Javascript helper in the element template. To my surprise the javascript did not [...]

CakePHP deployment: keep one config

For a new project I started using the CakePHP framework. I work on this project on different servers. My laptop and desktop act as development servers and of course a production server. To manage my code I use subversion. Because I also like to check-in all my config files it would be nice to keep [...]