Monthly Archives: June 2005

Blessings Upon the Mysterious Ways of Apple: Or,

Posted on June 30, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

Maybe Steve Jobs is the boss of me. As my faithful readers (all six of ‘em!) know, I’ve been somewhat distressed over Apple’s decision to remove Wiley books from all Apple stores. Mostly, I’ve been distressed because the book The … Continue reading →

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Xcode 2 Blog

Posted on June 28, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

The Spouse, also known as Michael E. Cohen, has started a new blog IDE of the Tiger. Michael‘s been writing code since the days of punch cards, and using Macs since they were Lisas. I suspect, given his professional interests … Continue reading →

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The Mac Xcode 2 Book Web Site

Posted on June 27, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

You can now read All About Dennis and Michael Cohen’s The Mac Xcode 2 Book here. Show Steve Jobs he’s not the boss of you, and buy a copy. //

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On Grading and Spreadsheets

Posted on June 26, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

I freely confess that numbers and I do not get along as well as, say, letters and I get along. I started using a spreadsheet for grading calculations very early on in my teaching. In a graduate pedagogy class I … Continue reading →

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Unix Frivolities and The Language of Flowers

Posted on June 23, 2005 by Lisa Spangenberg

We all know Unix, even with the very user-friendly OS X GUI, is the realm of the serious user, especially when it comes to using Terminal, the OS X application for using a command line interface. But thank goodness that … Continue reading →

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