Monthly Archives: November 2006

Cocoa/Obj-C Unicode Regular Expressions

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Adam Tow

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, … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Journal, MsgFiler | 3 Comments

MsgFiler 1.0.1 Beta 1

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Adam Tow

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal, MsgFiler, Software | 5 Comments

Initial MsgFiler Responses and Bugs

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Adam Tow

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal, MsgFiler | 4 Comments

MsgFiler Released!

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Adam Tow

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal, MsgFiler, Software | 20 Comments

Palm Dinner at Junnoon

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Adam Tow

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, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal | 1 Comment

Low-Key Hillclimbs #5: Bohlman-On Orbit

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Adam Tow

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Journal | 2 Comments

Theory on Aperture Slowdown

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Adam Tow

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Aperture, Development, Journal, Photography | 21 Comments

PowerMac G5 Power Supply Fix

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Adam Tow

If you’ve been having

Posted in Journal, Technology | 2 Comments

Unable to open database error?

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Adam Tow

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Aperture, Development, Journal, Timeature | 4 Comments

Reading Between the Lines

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Adam Tow

If you’ve been following the Ted Haggard scandal, you’ve got to read this article, published in May, 2005, in Harper’s Magazine. Soldiers of Christ has some of the most delicious and prescient ironies on Haggard that I’ve encountered while following … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal, Rants | 1 Comment