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I’m sure the pun between the acronym for “NeXT Interface Builder” and this definition of “cocoa beans” is intentional, but it surprised me anyway:

A watch might be one of the most common types of objects, but it remains also one of the earliest pieces of human craftmanship to show an extreme level of complexity, all contained in a small amount of space. Since the late 1700s, artisan watchmakers in Switzerland and elsewhere have shown their pride and skills [...]

Available right now:

Click on the “Applications” item in iTunes, and you’ll see this at the bottom of the screen:

Clicking there, you’ll get to the App Store:

Seen in the preferences of iTunes 7.7, just released via Software Update:

When enabled, it adds the following icon to iTunes:

(Highly geeky post ahead. You’ve been warned!)
I have found the very message that summarizes the beauty of Cocoa in a single word; see by yourselves, hereunder in line 47:

#import

// The interface of a person
@interface Person : NSObject {
NSString* firstName;
NSString* lastName;
int age;
}
@end

// The [...]

In the series of highly boring posts ;) here’s another one; in this case, a simple explanation of two different authentication protocols available in the HTTP standard.

HTTP Basic Authentication Protocol
This is the simplest HTTP Authentication protocol available:

The browser sends a request to a protected resource: GET /index.html
The server looks for the “Authenticated” header [...]