I still find working with dates in iOS a little tricky. There is always a new format to deal with and it’s all about getting the identifiers for the format just right! I recently ran into ISO8601 and hope the bit of code below is of some use. NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@”yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ssZZZZZ”]; […]
I love Strava! However, as with all tracking sites, Strava doesn’t always provide the exact window I want into my data. I’ve been thinking about building an app that allows me to manipulate the specific data I’m interested in but to do that, one has to get the data first. Given that, I’ve been playing
I’ve been trying to get Handoff, one of of iOS 8’s Continuity features, to work since the betas of iOS 8 and Yosemite were available on the Apple Developer Site with very limited success. Now that iOS 8 is GM, it seems to finally work. Here are the steps I took to get it working.
As most of the world saw yesterday, Apple announced two new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, both of which are larger than the previous iPhone 5/s/c models. If history repeats itself, Apple’s initial supply of these phones will be tight and so pre-ordering your phone this Friday (September 12, 2014) is
Have you fallen prey to Warren Buffet’s Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge? I have. Despite knowing the (approximate) odds of winning, it was enough impetus for me to register and fill out a bracket. I’m not a “fantasy” player for any sport but have to say I was incredibly impressed with Yahoo’s bracket website. Brilliantly done
The Silicon Valley Triathlon Club (SVTC) used to have an old Perl based VDOT calculator. If you don’t know what VDOT is, take a look here or at Jack Daniel’s wiki page. The SVTC calculator has not worked for a long time, so I managed to get the code behind the calculator and rewrote its
Since the Leafs finally have a night off, I thought I’d try to put their current season in perspective. As of right now, the Leafs 40 points are only good enough to put them in 4th place in the Northeast Division. However. There is only one other team in the Eastern Conference, Pittsburgh (who have
Virtually every triathlete I know owns a Garmin product of some kind and I’m no exception. I’ve been using Garmin hardware products for over 5 years now and am continually disappointed with several aspects of the experience. Here’s my latest issue. It’s probably not a big deal but if you have a Garmin USB stick
Welcome to normnorris.com. This site needs a lot of work and is in its infancy but you have to start somewhere. I just sent an email to the SVTC discussion list pointing to my VDOT calculator, so I figure I better get started on updating this site. Next post will point to the VDOT calculator.