Writer. Nerd. Gamer.
New posts for me are going to be appearing over at the new website…
This is an attempt to combine all of my many websites into one central location.
There will probably be an automatic re-direct starting Monday, July 13, 2020.
Trust me. You won’t be disappointed. 🙂
Variadic is a new term for me. The ability to pass many things into your function by using…
func square(numbers: Int…) {
for number in numbers {
print(“\(number) squared is \(number * number)”)
{
{
square(numbers: 1,2,3,4,5)
1 squared is 1
2 squared is 4
3 squared is 9
4 squared is 16
5 squared is 25
This is something I haven’t used before but I might in the future.
I am working on pulling all of my websites into one place. It will have a name that makes more sense than chipheadmike.com. The only reason that anyone knows what that means is because I told them.
This new website is more like a journal for me and less about someone reading about me on the web.
The new site will be based on my name. I have a database issue to contend with but once that is complete, I plan on having the new site up and running this weekend. If the database doesn’t cooperate, it could be a bit longer.
I am NOT transferring all of my books over to the new site manually.
More to come.
Today, we went over the various types of loops.
Most of the loops covered, I don’t use. I still enjoyed visiting them again.
This was my first digital “doodle” where I was actually trying to create something.
It is supposed to be a planet scape, of sorts.
Comes out on Friday.
Sometimes…you just wanna do it.
If I post nothing else in the next 96 days, it will most certainly be a Swift update!
This is one of my favorite topics and one of the first reasons I fell in love with programming back in the 80s. I love logic statements and how you can create a program that can “reason” things out.
Complex data types and I are not friends but I muddled through the 2nd day.
I don’t use most of the data types that we went over nor can I see right now where I would use some of them in my day to day work.
That either means that I don’t really need them or that I really do need them but are too stupid to realize it.
My kitty cat Fester loves Vienna Sausages. He comes up to my bedroom and stands in the door and stares at me until I relent and give in. No words or meows are spoken. The whole evolution has a dark alley feel to it. Cats. Just. Cats.
I am working through 100 Days of SwiftUI. I’ve been watching Paul Hudson videos for a while and he is a great teacher when it comes to Swift in general.
I highly recommend the FREE course if you are interested in programming in Swift.
Post my progress on here daily? Absolutely.
Topics covered…
Group: Simple Types
Variables
Strings and Integers
Multi-line strings
Doubles and Booleans
String interpolation
Constants
Type annotations
Tomorrow: Complex Types
One of the fun things that happen when we are testing beta software.
This random control was left over from Chrome. I was saving an image to the desktop and the control just stayed there long after I shut Chrome down.
I guess if you absolutely have to work at 2:00 am, taking a nice swim beforehand is in order.
One of the things I absolutely love about the summer time is the late night swimming.
NGC 3576 is a region of glowing gas in our Milky Way galaxy. If you look closely, you can see why it’s called the Statue of Liberty Nebula. The shapes are created by various stages of star formations and death. #IndependenceDay ✨
Photo: @NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory pic.twitter.com/3l6HqGqTho
— Discovery (@Discovery) July 4, 2020
This is important.
Summer heat is upon us. Remember, the effects of heat are more severe on children and pets because their bodies warm at a faster rate than adults. Never leave children or pets in a car. #notevenforaminute pic.twitter.com/uoEYcXlO0T
— National Weather Service (@NWS) July 4, 2020
Sad that the words “Never leave children or pets in a car” must be spoken out loud.
I’m posting this one because it is funny. Not sure how true it is because I hate politics of any kind. How angry the party that is not in the White House gets during the term is hilarious. Both parties do the exact same thing.
Whether they want to admit it or not.
I got this lovely message when I turned on the xBox in my office this afternoon.
It told me to “sit tight” as though I am a small child.
How rude?
Sad. But true. I can’t believe this is still happening in 2020. This article mentions that Microsoft had a bad experience with forcing users to use their product before. It is shocking that they would try to do this again. Especially when Apple is now doing the exact opposite.
And I’m not surprised that some angry Windows users are already railing against the fact that this came as part of a forced Windows update, which Microsoft has already had a damn hard time justifying without invading people’s desktops as well. It’s going to be harder to buy the argument that forced updates are necessary for security when they’re pulling double-duty as an intrusive marketing tool.
via The Verge
My friend and fellow podcast creator Joe Guzman posted this on his facebook page. So true…
…and I say, so what?
I’m fairly certain that Apple will be around a lot longer than The New York Times. Legacy newspapers are dying. Having said that, I don’t think snubbing your nose at Apple is helping your brand stay afloat.
Subscriptions are down. They will continue to do so.
Article and links are over at Six Colors.
Now, banned in India along with 58 other apps.
I barely knew ye…
