Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 61
June 1, 2016
California drought caused by lack of rain and progressive government, but mostly progressive government
Why does Donald Trump���s style work? Because the media has been trying to suppress conservative views for so long in order to allow crises to fester for Democrats to exploit. Now that Trump is also exploiting them, they don���t realize that their old playbook of ridicule isn���t working.
May 27, 2016
Primitive data transfer script for the Model 100/200
This script is basically just a very simple BBS, for transferring data to and from a Model 100/200 over an RS232 serial connection.
May 26, 2016
“Top Shelf” Classic movies for Apple TV
“Watch classic TV shows and movies recommended just for you. Classix has something for everyone. There’s even cartoons and movies just for kids with family-friendly entertainment.”
Classix is a nice app; the only problems I see are that (a) it doesn’t seem to let you rate movies, despite showing a star rating in the description, and (b) it doesn’t seem to share the watch list automatically between iOS devices. But it has some great old (public domain) movies and it makes it easy to browse and watch them. This is pretty cool. Brian J. Coleman wrote a “Netflix for classic movies”, by which he means public domain movies. I’ve downloaded his Classix app for Apple TV and it’s pretty good; I’ve already watched House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. But he’s also blogged about how to write Apple TV applications. One of the things that’s nice about his app compared to too many others—including some from Apple—is that he populates the “top shelf” with recent movie updates. And he has a blog entries showing developers how to work with video, including how to populate the top shelf, with Swift code.
There is no excuse for not populating the top shelf with useful information. Especially apps that frequently update, such as Apple’s own podcast app or the YouTube app.
Coleman’s sample code makes me want to find something to program myself and sideload onto my Apple TV.
Classix is a nice app; the only problems I see are that (a) it doesn’t seem to let you rate movies, despite showing a star rating in the description, and (b) it doesn’t seem to share the watch list automatically between iOS devices. But it has some great old (public domain) movies and it makes it easy to browse and watch them. This is pretty cool. Brian J. Coleman wrote a “Netflix for classic movies”, by which he means public domain movies. I’ve downloaded his Classix app for Apple TV and it’s pretty good; I’ve already watched House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. But he’s also blogged about how to write Apple TV applications. One of the things that’s nice about his app compared to too many others—including some from Apple—is that he populates the “top shelf” with recent movie updates. And he has a blog entries showing developers how to work with video, including how to populate the top shelf, with Swift code.
There is no excuse for not populating the top shelf with useful information. Especially apps that frequently update, such as Apple’s own podcast app or the YouTube app.
Coleman’s sample code makes me want to find something to program myself and sideload onto my Apple TV.
���Top Shelf��� Classic movies for Apple TV
���Watch classic TV shows and movies recommended just for you. Classix has something for everyone. There���s even cartoons and movies just for kids with family-friendly entertainment.���
Classix is a nice app; the only problems I see are that (a) it doesn���t seem to let you rate movies, despite showing a star rating in the description, and (b) it doesn���t seem to share the watch list automatically between iOS devices. But it has some great old (public domain) movies and it makes it easy to browse and watch them. This is pretty cool. Brian J. Coleman wrote a ���Netflix for classic movies���, by which he means public domain movies. I���ve downloaded his Classix app for Apple TV and it���s pretty good; I���ve already watched House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. But he���s also blogged about how to write Apple TV applications. One of the things that���s nice about his app compared to too many others���including some from Apple���is that he populates the ���top shelf��� with recent movie updates. And he has a blog entries showing developers how to work with video, including how to populate the top shelf, with Swift code.
There is no excuse for not populating the top shelf with useful information. Especially apps that frequently update, such as Apple���s own podcast app or the YouTube app.
Coleman���s sample code makes me want to find something to program myself and sideload onto my Apple TV.
Classix is a nice app; the only problems I see are that (a) it doesn���t seem to let you rate movies, despite showing a star rating in the description, and (b) it doesn���t seem to share the watch list automatically between iOS devices. But it has some great old (public domain) movies and it makes it easy to browse and watch them. This is pretty cool. Brian J. Coleman wrote a ���Netflix for classic movies���, by which he means public domain movies. I���ve downloaded his Classix app for Apple TV and it���s pretty good; I���ve already watched House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. But he���s also blogged about how to write Apple TV applications. One of the things that���s nice about his app compared to too many others���including some from Apple���is that he populates the ���top shelf��� with recent movie updates. And he has a blog entries showing developers how to work with video, including how to populate the top shelf, with Swift code.
There is no excuse for not populating the top shelf with useful information. Especially apps that frequently update, such as Apple���s own podcast app or the YouTube app.
Coleman���s sample code makes me want to find something to program myself and sideload onto my Apple TV.
May 24, 2016
Review of the TRS-80 Model 100/200
The TRS-80 Model 100 and Model 200 were very early laptop computers that saved automatically, had networking built-in, and lasted for nearly a day on easily replaceable batteries.
May 18, 2016
The Texas Plan: Power to the People
Governor Abbott���s ���Texas Plan��� moves power closer to the people of each state. It should increase participation in government and decrease unreasoning partisanship.
May 11, 2016
Dr. Frank N. Furter: the left���s answer to transgender bathrooms
The left thinks transgenders are murderous, cannialistic rapists. And they approve.
May 10, 2016
Denver: Capitol Hill Books and Kilgore Books
Among bibliophiles, Denver is known for Tattered Cover. But that���s not the only, nor necessarily even the best, place to go for books. I���ve purchased far more, and far more interesting, books at some of the smaller bookstores in the area.
May 7, 2016
Model 100 from 1916
Good old Microsoft and their apocalyptic view that we would never reach the year 2000! I just acquired this old Model 100 and it works pretty well. I love the address book and scheduler. They are literally just text files, edited using the word processor function, and searched using a simple search tool.
May 4, 2016
Crony vs. Crony
The voters will look up and shout ���save us!��� History will look down, and whisper ���no���.
