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May
7
iPhone Developer Enrollment Experience
I’ve seen numerous posts of how long it takes for someone in a country that do not have a Apple Store (not to be confused with iTunes Store) to enroll into the iPhone Developer Program. I’m from Brazil, and I’ve seen many reports of enrollments taking more than 4 weeks to complete, and, after reading [...]
Apr
8
Learning Cocoa
So… Are you an experienced programmer and is moving to Cocoa? For either MacOS X or iPhone OS, the Cocoa Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for Developers book from the Pragmatic Bookshelf is a great addition to your library. It’s a great deal, wich i’ve just finished reading. The eBook costs $22.00 (US Dollars). It assumes [...]
Mar
18
Convert EUC-JP to UTF-8 in Python
So… I study Japanese. I was searching for a way to convert some EUC-JP encoded files to the UTF-8 (now standard in most OSes), and I found myself stuck with no tools to do so. Searching the web, I’ve found many language functions to convert lines, strings or chunk of bytes from one encoding to [...]
Feb
22
Online Currency Converter for MacOS
An simple online currency converter application made for MacOS 10. This simple application lets you choose an target and destination currency from a predefined list and it convert the currencies for you. It fetches online the current convertion rate, displays it to you and the target value. It is very simple and plain. No in-depth [...]