iOS 7.0.2 is available

iOS 7 on my iPhone 4

If iOS 7 is too slow on my iPhone 4, then I will have an excuse to get an iPhone 5s!

Creativity lessons

"Bernhard said you might not seem very good at something when you start out, but if you’re persistent, tenacious even, you can get amazingly good."


"Bernhard told a story of a friend who did a drawing every day, for more than 3 years, and became amazingly good by the end of that stint."

More here.

Xcode 5 is available

...it requires a newer version of iPhone software...

http://zarias.tumblr.com error message

More MacPorts v8 problems

$ sudo port upgrade outdated
Password:
--->  Building v8
Error: org.macports.build for port v8 returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port v8 for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_v8/v8/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

The solution was to run the following two commands and try again:

$ sudo port clean --all installed
$ sudo port -f uninstall inactive
--->  Uninstalling file @5.14_1
--->  Cleaning file
--->  Uninstalling ImageMagick @6.8.6-6_0+x11
--->  Cleaning ImageMagick
--->  Uninstalling groff @1.22.2_0
--->  Cleaning groff
--->  Uninstalling ghostscript @9.06_3
--->  Cleaning ghostscript
--->  Uninstalling libmagic @5.14_1
--->  Cleaning libmagic
--->  Uninstalling nettle @2.6_0
--->  Cleaning nettle
--->  Uninstalling py27-setuptools @1.1.4_0
--->  Cleaning py27-setuptools
--->  Uninstalling unison @2.40.102_0
--->  Cleaning unison

And it worked!

$ sudo port upgrade outdated
--->  Fetching archive for v8
--->  Attempting to fetch v8-3.21.15_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/v8
--->  Attempting to fetch v8-3.21.15_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/v8
--->  Attempting to fetch v8-3.21.15_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/v8
--->  Attempting to fetch v8-3.21.15_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from http://packages.macports.org/v8
--->  Installing v8 @3.21.15_0
--->  Cleaning v8
--->  Deactivating v8 @3.21.7_0
--->  Cleaning v8
--->  Activating v8 @3.21.15_0
--->  Cleaning v8
--->  Updating database of binaries: 100.0%
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors: 100.0%
--->  No broken files found.

Mac OS X 10.8.5 is available

More about it here.

Submit your iOS 7 apps today!

Downloading iOS 7 GM

Color!

iOS 7 will be available on September 18

This should brighten everyone's day

10 September 2013