http://www.teshack.com/ The personal website of professional software developer Erik on games, media, technology, web development, politics, Southeast Wisconsin, and life in general. Features tutorials on various computer and web development topics and a portfolio of design and development work. en Copyright 2011 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Live.comThe Entertainment Shack is also available on TWITTER (http://twitter.com/teshack) and LIVEJOURNAL (http://syndicated.livejournal.com/teshack/) <img src="http://www.teshack.com/images/links/xkcdMoney.png" style="float:left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px" alt="xkcd: Money" /><a href="http://xkcd.com/980/" class="link_link">xkcd: Money</a> - Anything you would have ever wanted to know about money. 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It would take me a day. 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(<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/the_black_triangle.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TP-VwSAZEbWc1ej8aHoQCKIarTU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TP-VwSAZEbWc1ej8aHoQCKIarTU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TP-VwSAZEbWc1ej8aHoQCKIarTU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TP-VwSAZEbWc1ej8aHoQCKIarTU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/L-FHIqry9B8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/L-FHIqry9B8/the_black_triangle.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/the_black_triangle.php Link programming Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:18:06 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/the_black_triangle.php <a href="http://designthencode.com/scratch/" class="link_link">Building iOS Apps From Scratch</a> - Well-written iOS programming tutorial for complete beginners and designers. (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/building_ios_apps_from_scratch.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EySjtEN3_Z962AibYHafrPNC0VY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EySjtEN3_Z962AibYHafrPNC0VY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EySjtEN3_Z962AibYHafrPNC0VY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EySjtEN3_Z962AibYHafrPNC0VY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/aCdKgP7iNW0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/aCdKgP7iNW0/building_ios_apps_from_scratch.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/building_ios_apps_from_scratch.php Link ios programming Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:15:18 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/building_ios_apps_from_scratch.php <a href="http://unixjunkie.blogspot.com/2008/03/id-vs-nsobject-vs-id.html" class="link_link">id vs NSObject* vs id&lt;NSObject&gt;</a> - (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/id_vs_nsobject_vs_id.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uVzLcTi-_ty5YDHjnRtUjEbU8A0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uVzLcTi-_ty5YDHjnRtUjEbU8A0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uVzLcTi-_ty5YDHjnRtUjEbU8A0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uVzLcTi-_ty5YDHjnRtUjEbU8A0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/KwHVJEOcAlI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/KwHVJEOcAlI/id_vs_nsobject_vs_id.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/id_vs_nsobject_vs_id.php Link ios programming Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:12:36 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/id_vs_nsobject_vs_id.php <a href="http://quote-un-quote.tumblr.com/" class="link_link">Quote Unquote</a> - Interviews, advice, and insight from indie game developers. (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/quote_unquote.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HuyvxW_TvN9atnw-SPws2O3gR0E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HuyvxW_TvN9atnw-SPws2O3gR0E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HuyvxW_TvN9atnw-SPws2O3gR0E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HuyvxW_TvN9atnw-SPws2O3gR0E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/fpvJ7Xgsgfk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/fpvJ7Xgsgfk/quote_unquote.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/quote_unquote.php Link games programming Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:10:12 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/quote_unquote.php <img src="http://www.teshack.com/images/links/WethePeopleYourVoiceinOurGovernmen.png" style="float:right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px" alt="We the People: Your Voice in Our Governmen" /><a href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions" class="link_link">We the People: Your Voice in Our Governmen</a> - The Obama Administration will respond to any petition that gets 25,000 signatures in 30 days. (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/we_the_people_your_voice_in_ou.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ehu7gPvrqoIS268eDydq_GpuBtg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ehu7gPvrqoIS268eDydq_GpuBtg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ehu7gPvrqoIS268eDydq_GpuBtg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ehu7gPvrqoIS268eDydq_GpuBtg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/EDpON_BM2rI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/EDpON_BM2rI/we_the_people_your_voice_in_ou.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/we_the_people_your_voice_in_ou.php Link government politics Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/11/we_the_people_your_voice_in_ou.php <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF0uLnMoQZA" class="link_link">Spherical Flying Machine Developed by Japan Ministry Of Defense </a> - We are doomed. <iframe width="500" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pF0uLnMoQZA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/spherical_flying_machine_devel.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVlyZAof_HECXq6kIhJ4YXaxiAE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVlyZAof_HECXq6kIhJ4YXaxiAE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVlyZAof_HECXq6kIhJ4YXaxiAE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVlyZAof_HECXq6kIhJ4YXaxiAE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/xus7RvH2zOk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/xus7RvH2zOk/spherical_flying_machine_devel.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/spherical_flying_machine_devel.php Link japan technology Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:26:19 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/spherical_flying_machine_devel.php <a href="https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX" class="link_link">Google Employee Goes on Public Rant</a> - A lot of the criticism against Google was that it didn't have enough APIs available. Humorously, a few hours later, the <a href="http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/10/enhancing-google-apis-console-one-page.html">Google API team reveals a new design and additional APIs</a>. 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(<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/the_secret_history_of_guns.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OCwUbf-DPahDEhAs02CdDc0XJ2I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OCwUbf-DPahDEhAs02CdDc0XJ2I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OCwUbf-DPahDEhAs02CdDc0XJ2I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OCwUbf-DPahDEhAs02CdDc0XJ2I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/p71KTDnneOs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/p71KTDnneOs/the_secret_history_of_guns.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/the_secret_history_of_guns.php Link constitution guns Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/the_secret_history_of_guns.php <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/herman-cain-999-sim-city_n_1008952.html" class="link_link">Herman Cain 999 Plan: Did It Come From SimCity?</a> - (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/herman_cain_999_plan_did_it_co.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNoWqOHWr6k90yJczmxNNH1bXxU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNoWqOHWr6k90yJczmxNNH1bXxU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNoWqOHWr6k90yJczmxNNH1bXxU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNoWqOHWr6k90yJczmxNNH1bXxU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/11zfra7JJ-E" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/11zfra7JJ-E/herman_cain_999_plan_did_it_co.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/herman_cain_999_plan_did_it_co.php Link herman cain politics presidential election Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:57:47 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/herman_cain_999_plan_did_it_co.php <a href="http://webreflection.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-is-wrong-about-17259-lines-of-code.html" class="link_link">What Is Wrong About 17259 Lines Of Code</a> - Criticisms on Google's JavaScript Replacement 'Dart' (<a href="http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/what_is_wrong_about_17259_line.php">Comment...</a>) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J4sjGQzh9evYe3OnUR5cOCeu5z0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J4sjGQzh9evYe3OnUR5cOCeu5z0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J4sjGQzh9evYe3OnUR5cOCeu5z0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J4sjGQzh9evYe3OnUR5cOCeu5z0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teshack/~4/tHejRBXxHT0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teshack/~3/tHejRBXxHT0/what_is_wrong_about_17259_line.php http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/what_is_wrong_about_17259_line.php Link dart programming Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.teshack.com/2011/10/what_is_wrong_about_17259_line.php