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Lego Universe is Now Closed, play other games.

Eric Holsinger — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:49:22 +0000

Lego Universe is Now Closed

Twist-pull? What does it mean?!

Eric Holsinger — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:25:03 +0000

What was wrong with the original twist ties or even the plastic tabs? These tearable (terrible?) plastic tape wraps are hard to open, rip the bag and don’t reseal.

Mr Weebl’s Narwhal Song is a hit at my house

Eric Holsinger — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:22:34 +0000

I don’t think Winston Redford really visited my websites

Eric Holsinger — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:53:23 +0000

I got this seemingly personal email from Winston Redford about my website. He has lots of personal details and it looks like he took the time to write to me as admin of my outdoor webpage. But… the illusion was ruined by receiving one for each domain I own.

Lego Cuusoo video on YouTube isn’t so kid friendly

Eric Holsinger — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:32:17 +0000

The Lego Cuusoo site is pretty cool. And they have a cute video to explain the purpose of the site. But when the video is complete, YouTube puts up some weird and questionable videos to watch next. More Information Lego Cuusoo

Quickstrike: Avatar

Eric Holsinger — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:39:29 +0000

My son “bought” this game with “moola” earned as a reward for doing work over the past few months. I was really interested in the “auction” aspect of the reward. The perceived value on this item was low. But the perceived value of the bucket of fart putty was high. Since my son likes Avatar [...]

The Emergency Game

Eric Holsinger — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:10:50 +0000

Tonight’s game choice? The Emergency Game from 1973. Based on the popular television series. I used to watch this TV show and Adam 12.

How to remove beta Xcode now that XCode has been released

Eric Holsinger — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:19:03 +0000

Now that iTunes 10.5, iOS5 and the new Xcode have been released, it is worth mentioning that to uninstall any beta installation you had, you should use the uninstaller. sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all Where <Xcode> is the directory where you installed the beta Xcode. I usually install the different versions into different directories (/Developer, /Developer5b3 etc).

Improvised photo reflector

Eric Holsinger — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:44:39 +0000

I forgot to bring my photoflex reflector for portraits today. But I had one of those solar reflectors in my car, for those sunny parking lots. It worked well to fill in the shadows.

Video explaining steps to fix Xcode codesign failed with exit code 1; expired certificates causing ambiguous matches

Eric Holsinger — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:53:06 +0000

I’ve been getting a lot of comments about how to fix the Xcode codesign failed with exit code 1; expired certificates causing ambiguous matches. This problem is such a time sink that I suspect it really helps to have someone explain the simple solution for resolving it. To make it easier for those who’d rather [...]