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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Filtering NSTextField – Take 2
Thanks to Jim Correia of Bare Bones Software, I have a slightly different method for filtering NSTextFields based on an NSFormatter. While my older method worked, this is a bit cleaner. Like my old filter, this also has three methods: … Continue reading
Easiest update to WordPress yet!
I saw that WordPress 2.5 was released and always dread updating my WordPress installations as I have to read the instructions so I don’t screw it up. Well, today I decided to try out the update script I wrote and … Continue reading
NSTextField’s lack of filter capabilities
I love Cocoa, but it seems that some simple things are missing. For example, NSTextField doesn’t have the ability to filter text input as the user is typing. A friend reminded me that this is a feature that PowerPlant had … Continue reading
Cool Cheap Camcorder
Last Sunday, I saw on Richard Wanderman’s blog a note about David Pogue’s review of the Flip Ultra. Last year I was contemplating getting an HD video camera to record our son’s first year and eventually his first steps. I … Continue reading
Oh the irony
Today I was digging through some files in my file cabinet looking for my business tax certificate. I mentioned this to a friend and he said “You do realize the irony here, right?”. Yeah, I realize that I’ve written this … Continue reading
Can’t buy reviews like this!
A few friends of mine pointed me to a ReceiptWallet review today over at The Apple Blog. I had no idea that a review was being written and that it would be so glowing! While the user base of ReceiptWallet … Continue reading
Buying a computer? Wait a week?
I’m not sure where I heard it, but I love the saying that says if you want to buy a computer, wait a week. There will never be a good time to buy technology as it will always get “better” … Continue reading
Another PDFKit bug
In my ongoing saga with PDFKit, a user had a crash that I couldn’t reproduce and generously sent me the PDF that caused the issue. I was immediately able to reproduce the problem and furthermore, managed to get Preview to … Continue reading
Defective dog
Our dog had his root canal yesterday performed by Dr. Brook Niemiec. Everything went as planned, except after the initial exam, the vet showed us that Marley had an extra, useless tooth that was encroaching on his front teeth. So, … Continue reading
Threading, a necessary evil
Anyone I know that really has a clue avoids multi-threading programming (except for some server applications) as there are so many gotchas. Making things thread safe sounds easy, but is extremely hard as it is quite easy to overlook an … Continue reading