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Continue reading →: Low-Key Hillclimbs #6: Page Mill Time Trial
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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Continue reading →: Cocoa/Obj-C Unicode Regular Expressions
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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Continue reading →: MsgFiler 1.0.1 Beta 1
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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Continue reading →: Initial MsgFiler Responses and Bugs
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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Continue reading →: MsgFiler Released!
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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Continue reading →: Palm Dinner at Junnoon
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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Continue reading →: Low-Key Hillclimbs #5: Bohlman-On Orbit
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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Continue reading →: Theory on Aperture Slowdown
Under the hood, Aperture stores information on an image in two places. The first is in a SQLite3 database, and the second is in an assortment of plist files. One would venture that this approach is used for data redundancy purposes and that the data is copied between the two…
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Continue reading →: PowerMac G5 Power Supply Fix
If you’ve been having problems with the power supply unit on your PowerMac G5, Apple has finally come to the rescue! Apple has posted details on its Power Mac G5 Repair Extension Program for Power Supply Issues program. If you purchased your PowerMac between October 2005 and August 2006 and…
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Continue reading →: Unable to open database error?
An Annoture user can’t run the application because the Aperture SQLite3 database can not be opened. He’s getting the error from the program and from the command line when manually trying to access the database. Unable to open database file Any Mac OS X and SQLite3 gurus know why this…
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Welcome to tow.com, my home on the internet since 1995. I’m an indie software artist and creator of apps such as Action Phrase, MixEffect, MsgFiler, RouteEffect, Wipe My Screen, and more. I’m also the producer and co-director of Autumn Gem. Enjoy your visit here!
