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Thanks for coming out to NSCoder tonight. I personally had a good time. We’ll keep it going as long as people show up and/or want to show up. Next Tuesday I will be there at 7:30PM. If anybody wants to show up earlier, by all means, knock yourself out. Just don’t expect to see mysmiling face till 7:30 (Nor will I be there and frowning any earlier). I went ahead and wrote a class that sums up what I remember from the meeting. Enjoy.

@interface Night : NSCoder
{
     	CLLocation *location;
     	NSDateComponents *date;
     	NSDictionary *people;
}
@property (readwrite, retain) CLLocation *location;
@property (readwrite, retain) NSDateComponents *date;
@property (readwrite, retain) NSDictionary *people;
- (NSURL *)cleanupVideo;
- (NSURL *)makeThreeDWithWii;
- (NSURL *)chatOnTheGo;
- (NSURL *)betterThanSilver;
- (NSURL *)itsAlive;
- (NSURL *)theresALogForThat;
- (NSURL *)prettyNotPettyAds;
- (NSURL *)twitterWhatIsItGoodFor;
- (NSURL *)theyWhoMustNotBeNamed;
- (NSURL *)sevenTwentyPIsForWusses;
@end

@implementation Night
- (id)init
{
     self = [super init];
     if ( self != nil )  {
          // Yeah, I know this isn't a real CLLocation
          // and NSDateComponents but it's easier
          // to read so kiss my NSButt.

          self.location = @"Panera Bread:
                          501 Wilshire Boulevard,
                          Santa Monica, 90403";
          self.date = @"Tuesday, May 26th, 2009";

          // There was a Michael there tonight but
          // I have no idea what his last name was
          // or his contact information.

          self.people = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
			@"Niilo Tippler",	@"hidden email",
			@"Jane Lee", 		@"hidden email",
			@"Jonathan Badeen", 	@"hidden email",
			@"Kevin Kachikian", 	@"hidden email",
			@"Darrin Cardani",	@"hidden email",
			@"Patrick Sheffield", 	@"hidden email",
			@"John Ku", 		@"hidden email",
			nil];
	}
	return self;
}
- (NSURL *)cleanupVideo
{
	// Patrick Sheffield shared with us his plugin for
	// Final Cut Pro. It did impressive things with making
	// old wrinkly people look younger but not in a Joan
	// Crawford sort of way. It does more than that obviously.

	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Sheffield Softworks"];
}
- (NSURL *)makeThreeDWithWii
{
	// We watched a video on cool 3D possibilities achieved
	// using the Wii
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"YouTube Video"];
}
- (NSURL *)goGoIRC
{
	// Jane Lee discussed Mobile Colloquy for the iPhone which
	// she works on. Very useful for connecting to #macdev,
	// #iphonedev, and #nscodernight (all on freenode) while
	// on the go.
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Colloquy"];
}
- (NSURL *)betterThanSilver
{
	// Noise Ninja - The Gold Standard (Upgraded from Bronze)
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Picture Code"];
}
- (NSURL *)itsAlive
{
	// Kevin Kachikian was interested in several things people
	// are working on in relation to his application,
        // My Living Desktop.
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"My Living Desktop"];
}
- (NSURL *)theresALogForThat
{
	// Jonathan Badeen wondered if there was a good NSLog
	// replacement for writing to a custom file. He has been
	// looking at SymbicLogKit
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"SymbicLogKit"];
}
- (NSURL *)prettyNotPettyAds
{
	// We talked about ads in apps and the web and we
	// decided to eliminate them. In the meantime some
	// of us think that Fusion Ads is a nice way to go.

	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Fusion Ads"];
}
- (NSURL *)twitterWhatIsItGoodFor
{
	// Jonathan and Jane defended their addictions to
	// Twitter while everybody else made fun of them
	// on Facebook. Jonathan hearts his Tweetie-pie.
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Tweetie"];
}
- (NSURL *)theyWhoMustNotBeNamed
{
	// Yeah, yeah, yeah, Microsoft sucks. No seriously
	// they do. However, they do get props for making
	// Windows Media Center. AppleTV and Front Row
	// are nice simple devices with iTunes hookups but
        // Win MCEslaps it around in general including with
        // Apple-esque UI.
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Windows Media Center"];
}
- (NSURL *)sevenTwentyPIsForWusses
{
	// Though Jonathan wanted to get an AppleTV
	// and hack the hell out of it w/ some Boxee
	// goodness, he decided to get a Popcorn Hour
	// so that he could enjoy the beauty of 1080p.
        // He will soon be blind from sitting too close
        // to the TV.
	return [NSURL URLWithString:@"Popcorn Hour"];
}
@end