Outer Level

Outer Level

  • Where Cat Tales and Dog Dreams Come True

    A little off topic, but my sister also runs a small business. Pam started her company a short time ago but has had enormous success selling her high-fasion dog & cat collars, leashes, and harnesses. She is a great example of someone pursuing her passion and ignoring the naysayers to reach success. Pam left a…

  • LicenseKeeper 1.1.1 Released

    Version 1.1.1 of LicenseKeeper is now available. This is a maintenance release that fixes several important issues. It is recommended that all LicenseKeeper users upgrade to this version. If you have “Check for Updates” set to check on startup you should see the notice the next time you launch LicenseKeeper. If not, you can download…

  • New Theme

    Finally, after more than a year and a half of blogging with WordPress I got tired enough of the default Kubrik theme to do something about it. I spent most of today hacking together a basic template that fits into the main site a bit better. Please, let me know if you see any weird…

  • Debugging Cocoa

    Thought I would share my growing list of handy tools and techniques for debugging Cocoa applications on the Mac. If you have any to add, share the love in a comment. Debugging Memory Issues Tracking down memory leaks with ObjectAlloc Debug Retain Counts Leak Detection Debug Autorelease Debugging Crash Reports Debugging Crash Logs with OTX…

  • Virginia Tech Memorial Fund – Charity Sale Results

    The total amount raised was $2433! Thanks to Lee Falin for organizing the event and to all those who participated. LicenseKeeper generated 8 sales, which amounted to $152.36 after PayPal processing fees. Not too shabby, thanks to all those who purchased a copy and helped out a good cause.

  • Neat Little Mac Apps

    I’ve been planning to put together a ScreenCast to introduce LicenseKeeper and give a short overview and tutorial of its features, but I haven’t had the time quite yet. Until I do get the time, you may want to check out episode 38 of NeatLittleMacApps, where Frank De Graeve reviews LicenseKeeper and steps through many…

  • Virginia Tech Memorial Fund Charity Sale

    On May 2nd, Outer Level will join several other independent Mac software developers in raising money for the The Virginia Tech Memorial Fund to help honor and remember the victims of the April 16, 2007 tragedy. The fund will be used to cover expenses including but not limited to: Assistance to victims and their families…

  • MEDC 2007 Worst Practices

    Quite the contrast between MEDC 2007 (Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon) and what I experienced at the Leopard Tech Talks recently. Sadly funny and very revealing. [via objective-d.com]

  • CocoaCast Interview

    Daniel Jalkut and I took part in an informal discussion with Russ from the CocoaCast about our thoughts on Leopard, learning Cocoa, and ideas for the upcoming CocoaCast group project. It was a ton of fun and Russ shared some really interesting beer to keep us from getting thirsty and to help us loosen up…

  • Handle Core Data Model Changes

    In last night’s Boston CocoaHeads meeting, we had an interesting discussion of the pros and cons of Apple’s Core Data persistence framework. It was interesting to hear about how people are using this great technology. One of the biggest concerns that came up with using Core Data is how to handle changes to your Managed…