The OVH Kimsufi Ubuntu kernel doesn't support NFS
That is kind of annoying. I am going to follow the instructions from http://neuro.me.uk/2009/09/20/revert-to-standard-ubuntu-kernel-on-ovh-or-kimsufi-servers/…
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2011
Odd bug with inheritance and Objective C synthesized properties (with solution)
This is a weird one. I have a class. And it has a subclass. I kept getting error: 'psc' undeclared (first use in this function). Strangely, it would only occur…
APIs and dates
Time for a rant. If you are building an API, whether it is for public consumption or not, you should make sure you communicate dates in an unambiguous way. You…
Facebook asking you to rate Places
I just noticed this, not sure if it’s new or part of their A/B testing. They’ve got a box on the right hand side asking which of two places I have previously…
Core Data not returning a custom concrete class
Ever had a problem when you’re fetching something from an NSManagedObjectContext, and you’ve set a concrete class in your model, only to find that it is an…
Temporary NSManagedObjectIDs
I’ve run into a problem where I insert a managed object into a managed object context, in a separate thread, and then return the object ID to the main thread…
binding not implemented for this SQLType 7: Core Data and iPhone OS 3
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'binding not implemented for this SQLType 7' That’s not something you…
Azure Full IIS: RoleEntryPoint runs in different process to web app
I just found this one out thanks to this post from the Azure team. Basically, I was configuring Table Storage (as you may have guessed, if you’ve read my other…
Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient is not actually on Azure
And neither is Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics. It’s ironic that the diagnosis of Windows Azure roles failing to start up is that the Diagnostics assembly…
Running ASP.NET MVC 3 on Azure
If you have successfully installed an app running MVC 2 on Azure, and then try to upgrade it to MVC 3, you might run into some troubles. What might help is to…
jQuery, posting arrays and square brackets
This is old, but new to me. I guess it shows that I haven’t been doing a lot of front-end work lately. I am trying to post an array to a server, using jQuery…
You can't use Google Analytics on wordpress.com
I wish I knew this before I spent $12 on a custom domain for blog.zoopcast.com. You can’t use Google Analytics on a WordPress.com site. I think the advantages…
Azure 1.3, Rewrite module and a 'Faulted' System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel
I recently updated to Azure SDK 1.3. Then I tried to debug my solution locally. This is where the trouble began. The problem was that I was using the IIS…
Images showing on iPhone Simulator but not device?
If you’re working on an app (Zoopcast, say) and you’re finding that images that you’ve got in your application bundle are showing up when you’re running in the…
2010
WCF adding trailing slashes
I’ve run into some weird issues, which I’ve finally figured out, when building the Zoopcast web service, which will eventually become the REST API for Zoopcast…
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake is new in iOS 4
I hadn’t done any Core Location work before iOS 4 came out. But now I am. And I ran into a very odd EXC_BAD_ACCESS bug when running on an iPod touch that’s…
Nexus One update trashes Twitter?
Here’s a weird one. I have just updated my Nexus One to build FRF83D. And the official Twitter app has disappeared. Completely. I had to reinstall it from…
To Three20 or not to Three20...
My answer, and one I wish I came to a bit earlier, is not to Three20. And the reason is this. It is a completely different architecture to the native UIKit…
Facebook Places has launched in the UK. The End.
At the risk of turning this into a blog that’s exclusively about Facebook Places, I figure I should write a very short piece about Facebook Places actually…
Is the international Facebook Places launch imminent?
I hadn’t checked into my home office with Facebook Places for a few days, so I decided to fire up the proxy server and check in tonight. I was pleasantly…
Following Zuckerberg's footsteps in London with Facebook Places
Right now, Facebook Places is only available in the United States. Well, that’s not entirely true. It’s only available to United States IP addresses. And they…
New server
I just moved my blog to a new server. I also installed WordTwit, which is supposed to send blog updated to Twitter. And this is a test of it. And in theory…
Really not looking forward to travelling Ryanair
Apart from the early flight, I was taking a look at their cabin baggage policy: We reserve the right to cancel your reservation without refund and to deny you…
iAd in the UK
In my (it seems) continuing series on things that work in the US but not in the UK, Apple’s new iAd network doesn’t seem to be serving ads to people in the UK…
Google.com from the UK
Today is 4th of July. There’s a Google doodle for it, but you wouldn’t know if you’re from the UK. Google.com is completely different if you are coming from a…