Solipsism Gradient

More details at the RBSplitView page. Please post comments and questions here.

And no, collapse/expand animation didn’t make it… although I did some preparatory work. 1.0.2 is in the works…

Programming Cocoa

I’ve started work on RBSplitView 1.0.1. Here are more details; please post any suggestions over there.

In other news, Freshly Squeezed Software‘s PulpFiction version 1.2 is out; RBSplitView is used to implement the classic/wide view switching feature. Thanks to Erik and Brad for helping me debug this…

Programming Cocoa

Yet another test…

…as if I didn’t know…

Tests

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…from one of my recent favorites, GrowABrain.

And yes, I’ve had days like that… in fact, my soon-to-be-published MacHack 1998 Paper will be

An attempt at some prefatory remarks towards a tentative analysis of partial data regarding a preliminary survey of procrastination symptoms in MacHack paper writing…

Humor

Rainer Brockerhoff wrote:

…But perhaps some enterprising accessory maker might machine a small aluminum plate that on the bottom fits exactly over the mini, and on the top has the proper grooves to accomodate the display foot?

Looking at some more photos of disassembled minis, it seems that placing any metal plate (or even anything whatsoever) may impair wireless/BlueTooth operation… pity.

Apple

While looking up some stuff about the recently-introduced Mac mini, it struck me that the Apple displays’ feet appear to be just a little bit smaller than the mini itself.

So why not just place the display directly on top of the mini, for an even smaller footprint? Well, Walter Mossberg says:

You can’t place anything on top of the mini or the DVD drive could jam.

But perhaps some enterprising accessory maker might machine a small aluminum plate that on the bottom fits exactly over the mini, and on the top has the proper grooves to accomodate the display foot?

From the pictures, the 30″ display has a larger foot, while the two smaller models have roughly the same size, but a blank (or perhaps slightly corrugated) upper surface might fit all. The bottom would have to be slightly arched or recessed in order to distribute all the weight onto the sides of the mini, leaving the DVD drive unstressed.

Apple