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You know what'd be cool?


If I actually committed my thoughts enough to fill that cute little calendar there on the left with active links. :)</p><p>Perhaps with my recent foray into learning Python, I can make a little app that fires random thoughts at MovableType if I...


Argh...


I actually had this conversation today with a telemarketer:</p><p>TM: Are you interested in subscribing to the newspaper?
ME: No.
TM: May I ask why not?
ME: I read my news on the Internet.
TM: A-ha! But don't you only get to read the headlines?
ME:...


So...Little...Time!


Whoever said that we'd be much better off with 26 hour days is way off. I think they need to up their estimates to 48 or more hours!</p><p>I have quite a bit on the go right now…</p><p>Well as you have seen, ABFiller was started and then released...


ABFiller updated


In case you haven't already noticed the ABFiller page link on the left of this page, I released ABFiller to the masses recently. If you have noticed, and potentially had trouble running the application, you may be interested in my 0.5.1 release...


It's alive!


Provided I get some free time over the next few days, I expect that I will have ABFiller available online here for "the masses." I just have to make some modifications to this site in order to properly showcase my apps.</p><p></p>


Cocoa == fun


Neat. Dump your address book in a few simple lines:</p><p><pre>
#import
#import
</pre>
<pre>
int main()
{
NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
</pre>
<pre>
ABAddressBook *abook = [ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook];
NSArray...


Snags...


It would appear that programming with Carbon is not as developer-friendly as I would like. I have very little patience for jumping through hoops to get simple tasks done.</p><p>Don't get me wrong – I really do enjoy using Carbon to do things much...


Development


Phase 2 of my Outlook importing application has been complete. This means that the app appears to be fully functional and is just about "ready for prime time." The bad news is that there's a phase 3 that's yet to be complete – a UI.</p><p>This...