Chris Fletcher's Blog

Using External fonts with Cocos2D for Mac

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:19:40 +0000

Hi everyone. It’s been forever since my last post and with good reason. I’ve been working non-stop on updating all of my apps in the Mac App store to support sandboxing as well as working on my first Mac game, more on that in another post. This post is mainly for reference so that I [...]

Phoenix Comicon 2012

Chris — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:24:38 +0000

Yes, I’ll be attending the Phoenix Comicon this year May 24th – 27th, Memorial Day weekend. I’m pretty excited about it since this will be the first time I’ve ever gone to an event like this. I’m definitely looking forward to all of the creativeness that people have come up with for costumes this year. [...]

New App: Screen Vault

Chris — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:35:39 +0000

Screen Vault brings you a brand new innovative way to lock and unlock your Mac. Remember the old combination dial lock on your locker from high school? Well, Screen Vault brings that same experience to your Mac. Using the rotate gesture of the track pad, you can use the combination dial to unlock your Mac [...]

“Bouletcorp” explains Quantum Pixels

Chris — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:26:21 +0000

Forget Quantum Physics and give the quantum theory of pixels a try.. Be careful though, brains have been known to explode with the following information. Similar Posts:New App: Physics Editor Beginner’s Guide : Cocos2d for iPhone .99 Visit The Moon For Free How To: Photoshop CS4 Text Reflections Fourth Spatial Dimension 101

Classic: Website is Down Sales Guy vs. Web Dude

Chris — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:15:52 +0000

Not sure how many of you have seen this video. I just stumbled across it on YouTube and thought I would share. Enjoy Similar Posts:Friday Fun: Super Mario Bros. on a Sidewalk = Awesome Friday Fun: The Matrix Runs On Windows XP Friday Fun: Girlfriend Smashes PS3 to Pieces Friday Fun: Mac Repair Ice-T Style [...]

The Truth About Mac’s vs. PC’s

Chris — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:03:10 +0000

Over time I’ve read many articles and comments about Mac’s vs. PC’s. The articles are mostly bias to one or the other and the comments are mostly the opposite. In the world of computers today, it is very difficult for someone to make an educated decision as to what platform is best for their use. [...]

Definitive XBox 360 Mac Burning Guide

Chris — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:38:34 +0000

Due to the very many requests I receive asking how to burn XBox360 backups on a mac, I’ve decided to put together a guide. This will be a very detailed step-by-step guide. The guide will begin with the XGD2 discs and go on to cover burning XGD3 discs. What You Will Need to burn successful [...]

Scan and Create QR codes on your Mac

Chris — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:38:20 +0000

Empoc, LLC today, released an update for QR Encode adding QR scanning functionality. You can read all about the features of QR Encode below: Create and Scan QR codes for any need quickly and easily with QR Encode. QR Encode is a QR code generator that makes creating QR codes a snap. Select the QR [...]

New App: Swipe Lock

Chris — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:26:22 +0000

Swipe Lock, released today by Empoc, LLC is a new app for Mac OS X 10.6 and later that allows you to lock and unlock your Mac in a similar way to the way you lock your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. You can grab a copy of Swipe Lock at http://swipelock.empoc.com From there you [...]

Book Review: Core Data iOS Essentials

Chris — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:20:33 +0000

Core Data iOS Essentials is quite possibly the best book I’ve read so far on Core Data. Core Data can be a tricky thing to master especially if you’re so used to using SQLite. The author, B.M. Harwani does a wonderful job at taking your through the world of Core Data as it related to [...]