http://erikturnquist.com Me, Code, Music, Art, Fun Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:47:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just got back from Diggnation live in San Jose at the Center for Performing Arts. It was hosted by Nvidia during their NVISION 2008 Conference. Enjoy the photos! Before it started Prager welcoming everyone Start the show! Diggnation! http://erikturnquist.com/2008/08/26/diggnation-san-jose/ I recently discovered a bunch of awesome Quicksilver themes developed by Julius Eckert and thought I should share them. I have been using "Showcase" because it provides a very clean interface, is visually striking, and uses Core Animation. Take a Look! http://erikturnquist.com/2008/08/24/quicksilver-themes/ Cuil is a new search engine that went live today. Its goal is to provide more search results with greater accuracy than existing search engines such as Google. Currently it indexes over 120 billion web pages, which is substantially lower than Google's claim of 1 Trillion unique web pages. Cuil ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/28/review-cuil/ The last thing you expect while crossing the street. http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/27/crosswalk/ I couldn't find this mentioned on the web anywhere, but it might be useful if your iPhone is always crashing. Download and install the iPhone Configuration Utility Plug your iPhone into your computer. Launch the iPhone Configuration Utility located under /Applications/Utilities/iPhone Configuration Utility Click on the name of your iPhone under "Connected Devices" Open the ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/25/viewing-iphone-logs/ I finally did it. I got an iPhone. I have been interested in purchasing one for some time, but still had about a year left in my T-Mobile contract. Using the advice from Consumerist, I was able to cancel my contract early because they were going to raise text messaging ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/25/hello-iphone/ As far as I could see. http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/23/target-target-target/ We have all heard of web streaming music services such as last.fm and Pandora, but I recently had the opportunity to use a desktop streaming music software called Spotify and was amazed. Spotify, the company, was founded by entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and has its headquarters in Luxembourg. Spotify, ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/19/a-revolution-in-music-spotify/ So, I realized I never officially announced this, but this summer I am working at Apple as an intern in the Development Technologies group. Specifically, I will be working on Core Data with a small team of engineers. Core Data allows Cocoa developers to create sophisticated data models which are automatically ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/13/cupertino-ca/ I've known for a while that Google Maps has had the ability to plan bus routes in the bay area, but did not know that it also works for Seattle. This includes both King County Metro and Sound Transit. Here is a little how to on using the service. Go to ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/12/google-transit-seattle/ From Polaus on deviantART. http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/12/so-where-do-you-get-that-background-image-you-always-use/ Two days ago, I joined a social network called Twitter. It functions through small (140 characters or less) status updates called "tweets" that you post about what you are currently doing. Think of it like Facebook status updates. Check me out at twitter.com/erikturnquist and become a follower! Join Now! http://erikturnquist.com/2008/07/12/hello-twitter/ I recently stumbled upon this photo. Here's a link to the author's site. http://erikturnquist.com/2008/06/22/at-at/ Go and download the future of internet browsing here. http://erikturnquist.com/2008/05/17/firefox-rc1/ David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework, gives an interesting talk about how to create a realistic startup through his experiences at 37 Signals and other projects. This was filmed during Startup School 2008. His main point is that not everyone should set their ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/04/20/building-a-successful-startup/ This is an original Photoshop creation I did a year ago. My inspiration came from this photo. I originally found it on Digg when someone posted it as a comment. It is of a world famous surfing spot called Teahupo'o near Tahiti. The immense waves are caused by a shallow ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/04/17/wave/ Apparently, after my last post, someone from Gizmodo investigated the company and discovered that they might be phony. According to the Miami Chamber of commerce and the Better Business Bureau, PsyStar does not exist! When visiting their supposed addresses the first was a residential address, and the second, a packaging ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/04/17/psystar-a-hoax/ Recently announced, the Open Computer and OpenPro Computer by PsyStar comes with Apple's Leopard pre-installed. What is amazing is that they offer this functionality for as low as $400. This is accomplished by using the same x86 architecture that the majority of computers run on today, but faking the EFI firmware ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/04/16/open-computer/ Welcome all to the new, updated version of my blog! I decided to move from my own blogging engine in Ruby on Rails to WordPress simply because I never had enough time to add additional features that I wanted to. My current plan is to post more often, but have less ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/04/16/blog/ Wow. The Mac Pro legacy continues. At the default configuration, which starts at $2,799 it includes the following: Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core) 2GB (2 x 1GB) of RAM 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB (Two dual-link DVI) One 16x SuperDrive Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/01/08/new-mac-pro/ This is a view of Red Square at the University of Washington. I hope everyone had a great winter break! http://erikturnquist.com/2008/01/06/back-to-school/ I admit that I got this story from TUAW, but it definitely needs repeating. Everyone's favorite open-source audio editor is currently lacking mac devs. Here is the story, straight from the source: "1.3.4 for OS X will appear when someone volunteers to compile it and sort the remaining bugs out. There ... http://erikturnquist.com/2008/01/05/audacity-is-in-trouble/ I hope 2007 was a great year for everyone! Here are the things that I am looking forward to in 2008 (MMVIII): Lost Season 4 Macworld '08 Cloverfield e-IMCI Research Firefox 3 Cozi Summer Olympics United States Presidential Election Completion of the Burj Dubai http://erikturnquist.com/2008/01/01/happy-new-year/ Well, it's working now, and you might ask what sort of hackery I conceived late last night? None in fact. I woke up, and it worked. Interesting... http://erikturnquist.com/2007/12/23/security-update-2007-009-11-update/ Well my wireless was working, that is until I installed this update. My installation of Leopard had been running perfectly smoothly despite others having some problems with the initial release. I have consulted Google and nothing has come up with regards to this update. Will post again once more ... http://erikturnquist.com/2007/12/23/security-update-2007-009-11/ With Lost Season 4 starting on January 31st, I felt like I had to watch the newly released trailer. You can see it below: Where do I even start here? Do the Losties actually get rescued? Who rescues them? I thought about the last question for some time and kept on ... http://erikturnquist.com/2007/12/22/lost-season-4/ Project Started: September 2007 Platform: Facebook Language: Ruby Libraries: Ruby on Rails I teamed up with Clint Tseng and Sunil Garg, both talented software developers, to create our first Facebook App. My College Apps http://erikturnquist.com/2007/10/23/mycollegeapps/ Project Started: April 2007 Platform: Mac OS 10.5 Language: Objective-C Libraries: Cocoa This was my first Cocoa project using Objective-C that I began freshman year of college. It allows you to input numbers in a 9x9 Sudoku grid. Once a puzzle has been entered, pressing "Solve!" will show one possible solution to the puzzle. Sudoku ... http://erikturnquist.com/2007/04/13/sudoku-solver/