Interfacing Combo Boxes with Core Data

I’ve been putting together a “Learn how to program Cocoa” program, and one of the things I’ve recently struggled with is how to link up an NSComboBox with a Core Data entity so that a heretofore unseen entry in the text box part of the combo box adds an instance of the entity and sets the value of the combo box to the new entity instance.

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John Gruber on the iPhone

”Yes, it does seem like a flop in the making, what with all the people wondering just how early they need to get in line to buy one on the first day they’re available.”

I Never Knew There was a Word for That

This is how I spend so much of my life it’s not even funny. 

Five excellent names for musical acts that don’t exist

In the style of Merlin Mann’s 5ives, I present you with: Five excellent names for musical acts that (I) don’t (think) exist:

  1. Canadarm
  2. Charismatic Megafauna
  3. sudo
  4. Awkward Turtle
  5. The Housecats