I was getting a “Code signing profile doesn’t match developer certificate” error.  After much troubleshooting.  I am able to set the Code Signing Profile in Project Info but the selection was greyed out when I was editing Active Target.

Finally fixed the bug by updating the plist!

Post by joni:

There were so many steps, I’m not sure I remember them all, but here are the parts I do remember, in case this helps anybody:

- I had two “System” keychains, so I deleted one of them
- I set the “login” keychain to be the default, so that new keys would be added there (it should show up bold when it’s the default)
- deleted the old public and private keys for my developer identity, and the wwdr and iphone developer certificates (in both the login and system keychains)
- quit keychain access and restarted it
- generated completely new keys, certificates, app id, provisioning profile
- made sure everything got added to the login keychain, not the system keychain
- in xcode deleted the old provisioning profiles from the Organizer and the device
- added the new profile to xcode and the device
- updated the info.plist (since I’d changed the com.yourcompany part of the app id in the new profile)

After verifying it worked with beta 4, I upgraded again to beta 5, did a clean rebuild, and everything still works fine.

“” is the Byte Order Mark (BOM) of the Unicode Standard. Specifically it is the hex bytes EF BB BF, which form the UTF-8 representation of the BOM, misinterpreted as ISO 8859/1 text instead of UTF-8.

Probably what it means is that you are using a text editor that is saving files in UTF-8 with the BOM, when it should be saving without the BOM. It could be PHP files that have the BOM, in which case they’d appear as literal text on your page.

The Unicode Consortium’s FAQ on the Byte Order Mark is at http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM .

Horrible first post of the year I know but hey Henry suggested I post my bug zappers online and this is something =P.

• FireBug
• IE Developer Toolbar

Flash Content Embed

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashembedcagematch/

“How can you best embed Flash content?”

It should be a simple question, but is likely to evoke a lot of different opinions and arguments, as each of the many available embedding techniques have their own pros and cons. In this article, I will look into the complexities and subtleties of embedding Flash content and examine the most popular embedding methods to see how good they really are.

The key ingredients of a great Flash embedding method:

• Standards Compliance
• Cross-Browser Support
• Support for Alternative Content
• Avoidance of Flash Content/Player Mismatches
• Auto-Activation of Active Content
• Ease Of Implementation

http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

What is SWFObject?

• Offers two optimized Flash Player embed methods; a markup based approach and a method that relies on JavaScript
• Offers a JavaScript API that aims to provide a complete tool set for embedding SWF files and retrieving Flash Player related information
• Utilizes only one small JavaScript file (10Kb / GZIPed: 3.9Kb)
• Is the successor of SWFObject 1.5, UFO and the Adobe Flash Player Detection Kit
• Intends to unify all existing Flash Player embed methods and provide a new standard for embedding Adobe Flash Player content

Why should you use SWFObject?

• Is more optimized and flexible than any other Flash Player embed method around
• Offers one solution for everybody: It shouldn’t matter if you are an HTML, Flash, or JavaScript developer, there should be something in it for everyone
• Breaks the cycle of being locked into vendor specific markup and promotes the use of web standards and alternative content
• Uses unobtrusive JavaScript and JavaScript best practices
• Is easy to use

- It is really easy to start off enrolling as an absolute beginner student.  The dates are available and the newsletters keep people up to date.  However, the process is much tougher for levels beyond absolute beginner.  As someone taking a second class after the absolute beginner class, it took a long time to get myself into a class since response times were slow for my evaluation and scheduling over email and over the phone.  There are no clear dates of enrollment and no place on the web to see when the available dates and times are.  If it was possible to post information on classes (languages, levels, dates/times and teachers), this would greatly increase productivity for the website and increase ABC Language’s overall enrollment.

- Books can make a huge impact on the class as well as seen with learning from Active Chinese (with web accompaniment) and Far East Chinese For Youth.  Both books have their pros and cons.  Active Chinese is a bit more scattered in teaching.  The learning is conversation style and there is less organization in the book.  However, the web accompaniment was a great help – flash version of the dialogue, audio, pdf resources of vocabulary, and the homework/tests.  Chinese For Youth is more colorful and entertaining.  On top of that, it is also more organized so it is easier to learn the basics all at once.  However, the student is pretty much on their own outside of the book and the teacher.  There is no guide unless the student purchases the $30 audio cds per book.  The CDs aren’t as helpful as the Active Chinese website but it is a small outside resource that could help.

- I found that classes can differ greatly according to teachers so if there was a section of the website with reviews and recommendations of the teachers, it would be very helpful.  The feedback could even be filtered by ABC Language so that nothing is overwhelmingly negative and every teacher has equal numbers of pros and cons shown so there is equal chance of enrollment.

- That being said, Mavi Graves is one of the best teachers for learning the Chinese Language.  Having learned it herself as a native English speaker, she knows best the tips and tricks on how to learn words and learn how to pronounce them as well.  She may not have as deep of a background with the history of Chinese but she is a great person for teaching beginner Chinese.  She has a lot of patience with the students and paces them well.  It was much easier to learn vocabulary with Mavi’s help.  The homework was useful as well even though not everybody in the class was consistent with this.

- Wendy is a good teacher for learning correct pronounciation which is critically important in learning how to speak Chinese.  She also has background information on the culture and even the history of the characters which makes her a great resource when learning about writing and remembering characters.  The drawback is that Wendy is not a native English speaker and this is apparent by her accent.  It is sometimes hard to understand her and it is sometimes hard for her to understand questions from students.  She may also go too fast sometimes in speaking which makes it hard for students to keep up.  Her teaching style is less organized so some chapters of the book may be repeated for multiple weeks and she many times begins her class with teaching random Chinese words and phrases.  Since these random words aren’t used often after they are presented, they are quickly forgotten.  It is harder to learn vocabulary with Wendy because not enough time is spent on learning the words.  As said before, her forte is pronounciation so a lot of time is spent on that thus students gain a lot more out of this.  Wendy may be a good teacher for Advanced levels of chinese where practice and pronounciation is needed the most.

- One thing that made the last class tougher to handle was the changing class levels as more students trickled in.  The class started off a bit beyond my level but I eventually caught up.  However, new students that showed up to class had increasingly higher levels, thus the average level of the class increased to a point where it went far beyond my skill level within a short amount of time.  If there was a way to categorize levels and students (perhaps by the number of years they have learned the language), it would be better for students to keep in pace with the class.  Other students at my level who started at the same time as me were equally overwhelmed with the increased level of new students to the point of deciding to discontinue taking Wendy’s class in the end.  The teacher needs to maintain the level of the class to the level she started with with the students who have been around the longest.

It is my hope that the next time I contact ABC Language for furthering my studies, I will have a much easier experience finding the appropriate class for me.  I fully support and recommend ABC Language Exchange and I hope that its services will continue for a long time.

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Looping

item_has_next = foreach (where item can be replaced by key name)

item_index = count (where item can be replaced by key name)

Simple mouseclick linking to frame code:

boards.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoBoards);

function gotoBoards(event:MouseEvent): void

{

Sound.Mixer.stopAll();

gotoAndPlay(1); //1 = frame number

}

Resources:

• http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials = my next project, jquery
• http://w3schools.com/ = my endless resource
• http://www.freetechbooks.com/
• http://www.techtoolblog.com/archives/195-free-online-programming-books
• http://jqueryvsmootools.com/

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So I ask a ton of developers out there… what do you do to learn, enrich your knowledge, further your skills?  What books do you read? What feeds? What websites? What technologies do you focus on?  What I am realizing (which should have been obvious to me from the start) is that each developer is unique.

Each developer is like a Katamari ball, rolling around the technological virtual world within the capabilities of computers, collecting/sponging up all the information/skills/experience they can depending on the direction they are interested in taking and what data is available to be collected/sponged up.  There is no clear path.  There are endless possibilities.  It just depends on what the individual developer feels like doing.  The only way to win is to make the biggest ball you can make and just keep going.  Don’t stop.  Never stop learning.

huó dào lăo, xué dào lăo; xué dào lăo, xué bù liăo.

活到老，学到老；学到老，学不了。

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So I’m ADD and can’t focus on studying one thing at a time.  I figured maybe I should keep myself accountable by posting the stuff I learn.

So (yeah I start my sentences with “so” a lot, dont know why) I went through one of the tutorials today for jQuery.

How jQuery Works

• Google’s CDN to load the jQuery core file:
  • http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js
• jQuery’s ready event replaces window.onload:
  • $(document).ready(function(){ function_to_run(); });
• Adding and removing a CSS class (to a sample “a” element):
  • $(“a”).addClass(“class_name”);
  • $(“a”).removeClass(“class_name”);
• Special Effects
  • $(this).hide(“slow”);
• Callback functions – passed as arg to another func and executed after parent func has completed.
  • $.get(‘myhtmlpage.html’, myCallBack);
  • $.get(‘myhtmlpage.html’, function(){
    myCallBack(param1, param2);
    });

The second line had the longest wait. It snaked across the room in a path outlined by barriers. I didn’t get to the end of the line until after 10am. They took all my forms and checked my identification. I got my picture taken. I hope it doesn’t come out horribly. At 10:30am, I took a seat and waited for my number, B625 to show up on the board to tell me which window would process my request. This took half an hour. I finally got out of the DMV office at around 11am.

I felt so lost without my CA drivers license, or without any license for that matter. They gave me a temporary license and told me it would take two weeks for the license to arrive in the mail.

[12:45] n0taplaya6: ur a new yorker now
[12:45] n0taplaya6: >.<

How To: Exchange an out-of-state photo driver license for a NYS driver license
http://www.nysdmv.com/license.htm#driversmoving

• Get Social Security Card (if you don’t already have one):
  • Fill out application SS-5.
  • Send application by mail or go to Social Security Office.
  • Wait two weeks to receive card in mail.
• Schedule eye exam with optometrist to fill out Form MV-619 (not required).
• Get NY License:
  • Fill out application Form MV-44.
  • Go to DMV Office between 8:30am and 4pm with Out-of-state photo driver license, US passport, Social Security Card, Form MV-44 Drivers License Application, Form MV-619 (or pass vision test), and $42.50 and process application.  Expect a two hour wait.
  • Wait two weeks to receive card in mail.

• Baskin-Robbins Birthday Club – free ice cream!
• Cold Stone Birthday Club – free creation!
• Sephora – free gift (after signing up with Beauty Insider)

Oh on the downside, I learned today that Subway nixed their $5 subway deal. =[

slacker.com
imeem.com
what.cd – blocked at work
last.fm
playlist.com

• Start with shape or drawing object.
• Select frame to be end of tween.
• F6 to create new keyframe that is copy of last keyframe.
• TWEEN: Right click on frames in between and select “Create Shape Tween”.
• MODIFY: Go to starting key frame and change shape of object.

Motion Tweens: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1815

• Have symbol to add motion tween to. Best if movie clip.
• Have empty frames between beginning and end within timeline.
• Right click on frame between beginning and end.
• TWEEN: Select Create Motion Tween.
• MODIFY: At frame where you want motion to occur. Click and drag/move/modify symbol.

Using Motion Editor: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1812

• Start with motion tween.
• Select tween in timeline.
• Window -> Motion Editor.
• Scrub values.

Working with Motion Presets: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1813

• Select tween.
• Right click -> Save as Motion Preset
• Window -> Motion Presets
• Apply to other movie clip symbol
• Shift click motion preset to have current keyframe be end position of motion

Animating Bones: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1811

• Start with movie clips.
• Use bone tool in toolbar clicking from hinge of one movie clip hinge to another movie clip hinge.
• Test how bone system hinges by clicking and dragging elements.
• Bone system elements go into the Armature layer. Can delete emptied out frames.
• F5 to add frames and extend timeline for both Armature and background.
• Move to any frame and move bone system by clicking and dragging while on Armature layer.

第二級 - 第一课： 我的学校

一      ：  班     | 张     | 千     |  生     |   初   |  多
一 - 一 ：  高中 | 初中
一 - 四 ：  交换 | 希望 | 真棒

二      ：  学     | 离     |  从    |  来
二 - 二 ：  什么 | 石桥
二 - 四 ：  一共

三      ：  远     | 百     | 少
三 - 二 ：  有名
三 - 三 ：  哪里

四      ：  近     | 在     | 上    |  带
四 - 一 ：  地方 | 念书 | 第一
四 - 二 ：  地图 | 上学
四 - 三 ：  这里 | 那里
四-三-一 ：  一百多

List of Kangxi Radicals
Chinese Radicals Table with Meanings on Rollover
Stroke Order Rules ]]> http://calbearmnm.com/mnm/journal/2009/06/22/chinese-class-cheat-sheet-3/feed/ 0 http://calbearmnm.com/mnm/journal/2009/05/20/website-update-2/ http://calbearmnm.com/mnm/journal/2009/05/20/website-update-2/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 mnm http://calbearmnm.com/mnm/journal/2009/05/20/website-update-2/ As I was practicing my Chinese, Alex introduced me to this wonderful website – zhongwen.com which helped me learn the meaning behind the characters. It’s pretty awesome in terms of getting to know the Chinese writing system. I feel like I’m learning how to read pictographs. They have a nifty feature which I could add to my website which generates new words (my only problem with it is even if I learn what the character means, I don’t know how to say it). I wanted to add this to my site so I created a space for it on the front page. I got into the mood of redecorating my home so I went ahead and created splash page images which rotate similarly to how I did the MTV Movie Awards International websites. I have yet to figure out how else to fill in the newly created space. Hopefully the new layout will make the first page look/feel more professional. Design inspiration comes over time.

Oh another cool thing is we started learning how to write characters. I’ve been doing it a bit before c/o My Chinese Coach on DS but my teacher taught the right way to use the pen and hold it as well as going through which strokes go in which order. Its pretty cool. I’m going slow learning but I’m trying to learn each word as thoroughly as possible – the meaning, the sound, the pinyin, the reading and writing of characters, and the utterance with the right tone. I hope I am improving! My teacher says I write characters well and speak it (after her) well. ^_^

*04/27/09, Monday – We were locked out that day so we went to another GEOS/ABC location and had class there. Wendy was teaching us some stuff along the way. Since the other student was leaving for China soon, she tried to focus on more important sentences and words that might be important for him to know.

*05/04/09, Monday – New student joined our class so we have three now. This guy’s name is Xavier and he’s from Spain. We have quite a diversity of people. My teacher’s Chinese. The other guy is Brit I think or Aussie. We wrapped up the Far East Chinese for Youth book with reading and translating some paragraphs. It was hard but doable. The teacher was happy with our level of understanding and said we would be learning more characters and learning how to converse and ask questions more.

*01/24/09, Saturday – Henry and I celebrated Chinese New Year with his family at Gobo. It was a joint celebration with Henry’s mom’s birthday as well. It was a vegetarian restaurant so I ended up eating mostly starch o.O;;. I managed to get myself full though. We got Henry’s mom some pig figures that represented different sayings for New Year (my favorite and easiest to remember being “Da Ji Da Li”). Ed got one from Taiwan on his trip there so we thought it would be a good gift for Henry’s mom as well. Allen and May were nice enough to bring it back from Taiwan for us.

*01/25/09, Sunday – Henry and I also celebrated Chinese New Year with Remnant Westside people over at Jen’s apartment. It was also Bryan C’s birthday so it was a dual celebration. Good food, great fun. Henry and I brought Ling Ling potstickers. We played some pool after. Chatted and hung out. Good times.

By the way – update on my chinese: I can now write (by hand) 你好吗？yay go me. I’m working on 我 and 他 next o.O;; I’m waiting until after February when things calm down a bit more before I take up Chinese classes again. For now I’ll have to just rely on my DS.

From Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Consumer Information:
(http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/credit/rights.shtm)

“The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency, has prepared a brochure, Your Access to Free Credit Reports, explaining your rights under the FCRA and how to order a free annual credit report.

A credit report includes information on where you live, how you pay your bills, and whether you’ve been sued, arrested, or filed for bankruptcy. Nationwide consumer reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors, insurers, employers, and other businesses that use it to evaluate your applications for credit, insurance, employment, or renting a home.
How do I order my free report?

You can order your free annual credit report online at annualcreditreport.com, by calling 1-877-322-8228, or by completing the Annual Credit Report Request Form and mailing it to: Annual Credit Report Request Service, P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta, GA 30348-5281.

When you order, you need to provide your name, address, Social Security number, and date of birth. To verify your identity, you may need to provide some information that only you would know, like the amount of your monthly mortgage payment.”

- Will take United Health Care Choice Plus Insurance
- UnitedHealth Premium® Physician
- Female
- In Manhattan, Theater District or nearby. Accessible via subway.
- At least 10 years out of grad school experience
- Specialty: General Practice, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Ob/Gyn, Dermatology, Women’s Health (I need a general practice doctor who can give pap tests but knowledge in the other areas mentioned is a plus).
- Detail oriented and thorough. Not in a hurry. Will make sure there is nothing wrong with me. Willing to listen to my concerns and take it seriously. Will give me complete test results and every possible detail about myself that they can obtain from a physical.
- Knowledgeable. Good schooling, preferably US graduate.
- English speaker. No foreign accent. Easy to understand.
- Nice, friendly, people person.
- Reliable. Efficient. Responsible.
- Recommended by others.
- Extended office hours. Saturday/Sunday hours and/or office hours past 6pm.
- Good Hospital. Lenox Hill Hospital seems to be highly recommended among the hospitals closest to me. According to http://nymag.com/health/besthospitals/24095/index4.html, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center are good too but they are farther away.

A few days ago, I thought I found the perfect doctor who was highly recommended but she wasn’t accepting any patients T_T. Today, again, I came across only one person as a result of a different search method to weed out the best. Valerie K Lyon, MD – she was highly recommended on vitals.com and she’s affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital, which came out on top when I did some research on finding the best nearby hospital in Manhattan. I called her office not expecting much but lo and behold, she was accepting patients! I got her earliest date (two weeks from now) and got myself on her list of patients. I felt quite proud of myself. I feel like I did well with both my optometrist and my physician. My research served me well when it came to my optometrist. I hope it does me well when it comes to my physician as well. Two down, one to go. The next hunt is for my dentist =).

*06/25,08, Wednesday – The awesome thing is, I had applied and turned in my application yesterday to MTV for them to cover the cost of tuition and it got approved today so I get that much needed $450 back! I’m so tight on money nowadays that every little bit helps!

I did a ton of research online and I ended up choosing between the Chase Freedom World MasterCard and the Citi CashReturns MasterCard. Chase seemed to have better options and better rewards but I didn’t like how if you couldn’t get approved for that card, you automatically get ‘considered’ for a Platinum card. It looked like the Citi card was more well liked in terms of credit card site ratings, perhaps because of the lower APR rate (although this isn’t really true after APR 3). I saw a lot of complaints about customer service for Citibank but Chase wasn’t completely spared of this either. I was also leaning towards Citibank because I was looking to open a Citibank account and I was hoping that the card would tie in somehow although later I realized this wouldn’t really work considering I wanted to open a Euro account. I talked to a bunch of my friends, two had a Citi card, two had the Chase card. I was still pretty much on the fence but Chase did seem to give back more money.

I decided to punch numbers in using my current accounting on my spending as a guide and Chase came out on top. I crossed my fingers and filled out the application and lo and behold I was instantly approved. The message said that I would be getting my card in two weeks. I was surprised at how easy that process was and I’m pretty psyched to get the card so I can start racking up on my account (only necessary costs of course =P). I’m mostly looking forward to using this card on things that I will get paid back for like my expenses for MYM. =)

*06/25/08, Wednesday – After asking around and finding out which banks are available in Europe, I narrowed it down to either going with HSBC or Citibank. Henry had already helped me check out HSBC and it turns out I needed a ridiculous amount of money if I were to go that route. As much as I wanted to go for HSBC, I couldn’t force money I didn’t have out of me. Citibank proved to be a lot more affordable. I found that I had to go through their UK site to find what I needed. I was on the Citibank UK website for half the day doing my research on opening up a Euro bank account.

I was sad that I needed to drop $4K USD into the account to prevent the $20 monthly service charge but at least I could afford that. I opened up a Euro Current Account and decided to open up a Foreign Euro Savings account alongside that just so I can have an interest bearing account in that currency. The application process is more complicated and applying online seems to be just half of the work. I will be getting application materials in the mail to fill out and return and I need to send a certified copy of my passport, etc. It’ll take a while, which sucks since I start with MYM officially on July 1st (they’re actually getting me to start doing work earlier even). They better approve me is all I say!

I’m also still trying to train my korean. I just learned 생일 축하합니다 – sang il chuk hwa hamnida – happy birthday. Thanks, Sung!