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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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    December 2006 COBA Meeting

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    December 11, 2006

    The December 2006 of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. NOTE: Due to scheduling conflicts, Uwe Steinmueller will not be able to present his findings of the Leica…

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  • Cycling, Journal

    Low-Key Hillclimbs Awards Night

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    December 8, 2006

    The Low-Key Hillclimbs Awards Night was held earlier this week at the AMC 14 in Saratoga/San Jose. I must say that everyone looks very different when dressed in normal clothes. People should have brought their helmets with them for easier identification! It was great to see a lot of the…

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  • Cycling, Journal

    Low-Key Hillclimbs #7: Mt. Hamilton

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    December 5, 2006
    Low-Key Hillclimbs #7: Mt. Hamilton

    With Page Mill under my belt, I was the leader of the Endurance Award by 30 minutes. Mt. Hamilton was to be a long 18 mile ride, however, and many things could change on its wintry slopes. I had to be tactical! With the ride being held on Thanksgiving, I…

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  • Cycling, Journal

    Low-Key Hillclimbs #6: Page Mill Time Trial

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    December 5, 2006

    The Passion and Compassion: Low-Key Hillclimbs Awards and Fun Bash is being held tonight at the AMC 14 Theater in Saratoga. It’s been a couple of weeks since the final two climbs have occurred, and I’ve been remiss in my reporting. Ever since I started road cycling in 1997, my…

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  • Development, Journal

    Cocoa/Obj-C Unicode Regular Expressions

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    November 27, 2006

    MsgFiler is primarily an AppleScript Studio application. To perform the search on mailboxes, MsgFiler calls several home-grown PHP scripts. These scripts, however, don’t handle Unicode text all that well. As a result, when users search for mailboxes with accented characters, they invariably run into problems with MsgFiler. I’ve thrown in…

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  • Journal, Software

    MsgFiler 1.0.1 Beta 1

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    November 21, 2006

    I have a beta release of MsgFiler ready for testing. A number of people have been using this version to resolve the -1700 blocking bug. If you are still experiencing problems after using this app, send me an email and I’ll get you a version of MsgFiler with additional logging…

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  • Journal

    Initial MsgFiler Responses and Bugs

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    November 17, 2006

    The initial response to MsgFiler has been pretty good. That said, a number of users have been encountering a couple of errors when using MsgFiler. For instance, if you’re experiencing the following error dialog: Can’t make current application into type anything (-1700) You’ll want to wait for the next release.…

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  • Journal, Software

    MsgFiler Released!

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    November 15, 2006

    I’m happy to announce the availability of MsgFiler, a plug-in for Apple Mail which quickly files emails into existing mailbox folders. MsgFiler’s fast searching means you just have to type a few characters to find the right mailbox. Move selected messages with a click or open a mailbox without having…

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  • Journal

    Palm Dinner at Junnoon

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    November 14, 2006

    Last week, there was a Palm Reunion at Junnoon, an Indian restaurant owned by Sabena, one of my former colleagues from Palm. The food was modern Indian, and it was delectably great! Thanks to Fanny for organizing and for Brian, Julie, Dave, Jon, Chung (sporting long-Adam hair!), and Raja for…

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  • Cycling, Journal

    Low-Key Hillclimbs #5: Bohlman-On Orbit

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    November 11, 2006

    Bad news everyone. Rain in the Bay Area has cancelled today’s ride up Bohlman-On Orbit. The organizers have no (current) plans to reschedule the ride, which means the time trial up Page Mill Road is next on the schedule. On the one hand, I’m relieved, since I have heard such…

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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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