Loss is a sickness.

We lose stuff all the time, our keys, loose change forever embedded into secret areas of the couch, occasionally, our wallet. Some stuff matters a little, most doesn’t matter at all. What we do not lose so often, for better or for worse, are the things that matter. It may seem good fortune to live …

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Linus is no fool.

Linus is no fool, he knows the key to marketing success is having people constantly talk about your product. So, the most successful product idea ever is obviously a version control system so complicated that every engineering conversation ever for the forseeable future is dominated by talk about his product, such as “Well, I’d love …

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fix2x.sh – automatically create/resize @2x and non-@2x images for IOS

I’ve put together a quick bash script to automatically generate @2x and non-@2x images for IOS. The script looks through a directory, auto creates missing @2x or non-@2x files, and auto resizes the non-@2x files. Instructions: Download fix2x.sh from the Coder Cowboy Scripts GitHub Repo Copy the script to a directory Copy your original .png …

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Oh, you think meritocracy exists? Tell me more about how you’re always overlooked.

So you want to talk about meritocracy, and how hard work will pay off, and justice will come your way someday? Cool story, bro. My turn, let me start with a little story that’s slightly less crazy than your imaginary meritocracy pipe dream – something ridiculous about growing up religious. I grew up being an …

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A Trillion Dollars & E.T.

Music: Blonde Redhead – 23 (the song) This is one of those fun, or, perhaps, overwhelming number games. It’s going to be like the drake equation, where we’re throwing numbers around, stacking assumption on assumption on assumption, and surely several assumptions will be wrong, and the number of zeros will get quite insane, but in …

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Loss is a sickness.Linus is no fool.fix2x.sh – automatically create/resize @2x and non-@2x images for IOSOh, you think meritocracy exists? Tell me more about how you’re always overlooked.A Trillion Dollars & E.T.

Products

Coder Cowboy designs and develops applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

 

a million moments fills your screen with random photos from your device’s photo albums and camera roll, and changes them as time wears on. Take a break from the chaos of life, and focus on what truly matters.

 

rTimer is an easy-to-use interval training application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Features include: customizable interval labels, sounds, background colors, and times; music playback controls; support for more than two intervals; and much more.

 

Music Roulette is a random music selection application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Simply open the app, watch the random album covers flash by and tap stop, then play or shuffle the selection by album, song, or artist. Music is played via the normal IOS Music app, so you can pick, play, exit, and go.

 

Coder cowboy also features open-source code, a blog about coding adventures, and a few programming resources lists.