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How to Be Outstanding

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:53:52 +0800

How to Be Outstanding: “When you are clear about wanting something, take action towards its attainment, and persist until you reach it, the universe will conspire to make it a reality.”

Enough said!

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:51:40 +0800

Enough said!

Perfection does not exist

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:51:50 +0800

Perfection does not exist: The better path to building a product

iPhone 3G pricing for Philippines via Globe announced

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:21:20 +0800

iPhone 3G pricing for Philippines via Globe announced

Is Apple planning to take on Microsoft Mesh with Me.com?

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:49:16 +0800

Is Apple planning to take on Microsoft Mesh with Me.com?: Ouch!

'Mobile Me' the new name of .Mac?

Fri, 30 May 2008 23:31:43 +0800

'Mobile Me' the new name of .Mac?

.Mac overhaul confirmed?

Fri, 30 May 2008 21:24:37 +0800

.Mac overhaul confirmed?:

I wonder if they will do on-demand file syncing to your iPhone.

iCal and contacts OTA syncing to iPhone will defintely happen.

The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn

Mon, 26 May 2008 23:35:53 +0800

The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn

It’s a wonder how we get any work done around here with...

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:55:24 +0800

It’s a wonder how we get any work done around here with speeds that low. Reminds me of 1996 when I was using a 28.8 kbps modem!

Einstein and His religion

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:46:35 +0800

Einstein and His religion: An interesting read from one of the great minds of our planet.

Ranch 99 at Cupertino (recent US trip)

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:19:02 +0800

Ranch 99 at Cupertino (recent US trip)

Mint Rakes It In

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:36:53 +0800

Mint Rakes It In: I’m a happy user :)

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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:47:50 +0800

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Jobs @Xackup

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:57:58 +0800

Jobs @Xackup: Do you love to code? Love the startup life?

My co-founder / colleague c2005/2006

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:25:17 +0800

My co-founder / colleague c2005/2006

Get your free DreamHost account (bloggers, twitters and powncers)

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:54:46 +0800

Get your free DreamHost account (bloggers, twitters and powncers)

Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:27:47 +0800

Harper Perennial (2006), Paperback, 240 pages (via terencepua’s books from LibraryThing)

AppleScript hack: move screenshots from Desktop to iPhoto

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:25:07 +0800

on text_to_list(txt, delim)
    set saveD to AppleScript’s text item delimiters
    try
        set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to {delim}
        set theList to every text item of txt
    on error errStr number errNum
        set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to saveD
        error errStr number errNum
    end try
    set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to saveD
    return (theList)
end text_to_list

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on change_case(this_text, this_case)
    if this_case is 0 then
        set the comparison_string to “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ”
        set the source_string to “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz”
    else
        set the comparison_string to “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz”
        set the source_string to “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ”
    end if
    set the new_text to “”
    repeat with this_char in this_text
        set x to the offset of this_char in the comparison_string
        if x is not 0 then
            set the new_text to ¬
                (the new_text & character x of the source_string) as string
        else
            set the new_text to (the new_text & this_char) as string
        end if
    end repeat
    return the new_text
end change_case
———

set the_command to “mdfind -onlyin ~/Desktop/ "kMDItemContentTypeTree = ‘*public.image*’wc"”
set text_return to (do shell script the_command)
set returned_list to text_to_list(text_return, return)
set totaltext to {}
repeat with an_image in returned_list
    try
        set this_file to (an_image as string)
        set small_file to change_case(this_file, 0)

        if (small_file ends with “png”) or (small_file ends with “gif”) or (small_file ends with “jpg”) or (small_file ends with “tiff”) then
            set totaltext to totaltext & this_file
        end if
        —display dialog this_file
    on error errorstr
        display dialog errorstr
    end try
end repeat

if (totaltext is not equal to “”) then
    tell application “iPhoto”
        import from totaltext
    end tell
end if

Powerset Labs Screenshot

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:43:40 +0800

Powerset Labs Screenshot: My friend Barney Pell is CEO & Co-founder. Good luck Barney. Looking good so far.

A very alpha version of Shareyourfotos, “photos meet...

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:26:52 +0800

A very alpha version of Shareyourfotos, “photos meet social network”.