Month: March 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute This is the common saying I heard a lot when I started worked for a software company on development. I can list some of the pros and cons of fix it. Pros Architecture chaos: if not fixing it, basically as the software ages, per the “broken windows” theory, people would just throw in changes to

stlplace
March 31, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute This time it tried to make an home again, luckily because it was overnight, they did not bite cable or things bad enough to cause damage. I am annoyed by them to be honest. So as my neighbor. So who is the culprit? I heard from my neighbor, the new Toyota Sienna minivan is using

omaha
March 31, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute Saw quite a few articles on this topic lately. Basically parents focus their attention on their phone/tablet at dinner table, at fast food restaurant, etc., when they are supposed to talk to their kids. In some cases (fast food restaurant), it will increase the likely-hood of children misbehavior. We have all done that (I’ve done

omaha
March 22, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute There was not an easy way to show the number only keypad on iPad. I used to create a custom number input pad like below. I loosely followed raywenderlich.com custom input tutorial. Email me at minjie Dot xu At gmail Dot com if you need the source code. And please ask nicely.

stlplace
March 19, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s the ticket stub of Philly train, when I visited more than 3 years ago (Oct. 15, 2010) for Voice That Matters iPhone developer conference.

omaha
March 16, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 3-29-14) They came back again last night, as I saw some hay above the battery again in Sienna van. I talked to my neighbor yesterday evening, and his Lexus SUV got squirrel after I got it last time. It seems we still need to figure out something. Maybe they are used to moth balls

omaha
March 13, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute I used to watch NBA game quite a bit. I noticed in many teams, there are usually a go-to-guy who attempts the last shot, in close game. This is especially true in important games, such as playoff or elimination games. We all know Kobe Bryan and Lebron James are among those. Is there such a

stlplace
March 13, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute This afternoon (Friday afternoon), as a recent custom, both my wife and I went to school to pick up our daughter. My wife was pretty happy, until she saw Serenity started to cry as soon as she saw mom. The reason, she felt we went there too early, and she just started some drawing project.

omaha
March 7, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes We went to the Chick-fil-a Chesterfield valley today for lunch, actually we spent quite some time today. The reason being we have a birthday party at 3 pm at Chesterfield mall, and it takes 40 to 50 minutes going back and forth from the Chesterfield to our home in Creve Coeur. Talking about the birthday

omaha
March 1, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday evening, after my wife and I picked up our daughter, and decided to go to a local Chinese restaurant for food, Serenity wanted the lemonade from Chick-fil-a. I cradled quickly, and suggested we stopped by Chick-fil-a before going to the Chinese restaurant. My wife was extremely upset, and wanted nothing of it. We calmed

omaha
March 1, 2014
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