Kraftwerk – Aéro Dynamik / Titanium

#ifdef UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM()
#define IS_IPAD() (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
#else
#define IS_IPAD() (false)
#endif

usage:
if (IS_IPAD())
{
// foo
}

That’s all well and good, but upper-case code is a little bit scary to me, so I prefer this:

CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
if (screenBounds.size.width == 320) {
// Some code for iPhones and iPod Touches
} else {
// Some code for iPads
}


Cool.

So drummers, what are you waiting for? Check it out now.

Returning on Sunday afternoon wasn’t quite as enjoyable. Our flight was delayed by an hour and customs in Malmö delayed us further. This meant we missed our bus, which connected us with our train back to Göteborg. We ended up being delayed by three hours, and had to buy new train tickets.

Things always get better though. On Tuesday, my new computer arrived.  A 1.7 GHz i5 MacBook Air with 4GB RAM, courtesy of my boss. Awesome! It’s unbelievably fast, and handles all my graphics, design and development work, and even some gaming to boot. I also managed to get my hands on iOS5 (thanks Adrian!)

With all this new Apple stuff on my desk, it seems ironic that Steve Jobs, the founder of all of it, died this morning.

*For the record, I was fastest

while(dead_horse)
    beat();

And I laughed. I can’t believe I found that funny.

My first project was to build a CMS website for a client in Stockholm. I’ve worked a great deal with WordPress, so I know my way around. The boss seemed particularly pleased at how quickly I managed to roll out a finished product. Success! If I can keep my colleagues impressed for two weeks, they’ll take me on full-time and I’ll have a real career!

I never would have thought it, but I’m genuinely very excited to come to work every day and learn more about software development. This week I’ll be focusing mostly on PHP and JavaScript. I’m playing with Objective-C too, because I’d love to develop apps for iOS.

Feels like home!

That particular transcription – along with a few others – is available for instant download from http://drumsnotated.com.

It’s a wonderful system; you choose the transcription you want, and it is automatically emailed to you immediately after purchase.

Enjoy!

There is a caveat with this tool however; for some reason, it breaks the CSS3 media query syntax, changing something correct like:

@media screen and (max-width:480px) {}

… Into something that will be misunderstood by the browser like:

@media screen and max-width480px{}

1. My favourite song: Start of Something Beautiful
2. My least favourite song: American Idiot
3. A song that makes me happy: Hi Friend
4. A song that makes me sad: I Can’t Go To Sleep
5. A song that reminds me of someone: Seven

6. A song that reminds me of somewhere: Panic Switch
7. A song that reminds me of a certain event: Where the Sun Don’t Shine
8. A song I know all the words to: N 2 Gether Now
9. A song I can dance to: Blau
10. A song that makes me fall asleep: As the Stars Fall

11. A song from my favourite band: So Called Friend
12. A song from a band I hate: I Gotta Feeling
13. A song that is a guilty pleasure: Grebfruit
14. A song nobody would expect me to love: In the Music
15. A song that describes me: I Got This Down

16. A song I used to love but now hate: Erotomania
17. A song I hear often on the radio: Fuck You
18. A song I wish I heard on the radio: Discipline
19. A song from my favourite album: Open Car
20. A song I listen to when I’m angry: Bückstabü

21. A song I listen to when I’m happy: Det Snurrar i Min Skalle
22. A song I listen to when I’m sad: Eighthundred Streets by Feet
23. A song for my wedding: Every Breath You Take
24. A song for my funeral: Collapse the Light into Earth
25. A song that makes me laugh: Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy

26. A song I can play on an instrument: Mustang Sally
27. A song I wish I could play: Bleed
28. A song that makes me feel guilty:
29. A song from my childhood: Don’t Speak
30. My favourite song from this time last year: Only