Archive for January 2010

How to get the current iPhone Language Code

We are currently developing an iPhone App which requires localization support and I ran into an issue while trying to get currently set language. Cocoa Touch has a class called NSLocale which let’s you query the language by writing the following code: [NSLocale currentLocale] objectForKey:NSLocaleLanguageCode]; At least one would expect so, but it actually gives [...]

The Antikythera Mechanism

Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time

Invoice App

I’m officially self-employed for about a year now and one of the duties that came along was creating invoices. Not that I have to write lots of invoices, I usually create about one or two a month, so I’m not in the need of a sophisticated billing solution. Still, being an internet geek, I started [...]