Stay tuned for the new achievements feature in AirKill. There will be both achievements for obtaining positive and negative scores. Here are some preview of the negative score achievements: The planned achievements are: Trash compactor junior gradeachieve -1000 score trash compactor veteranachieve -2000 score trash compactor eliteachieve -2500 without damage trash compactor senior gradeachieve -4000…
Issues when upgrading to Lineform 1.5.2
Symptoms When upgrading Lineform from version 1.5 to 1.5.2 the application reports that the “trial version” was expired even though the previous version was registered. Even re-entering the serial number doesn’t register the application properly. Solution Quit Lineform Execute the following command in Terminal:?? rm ~/library/colorpickers/.com.freeverselib.06020 Start Lineform and re-enter the serial number. Lineform should…
On corporate misspelling and embarrassing metadata
Another reminder to not enter any potentially embarrassing metadata in the software of your work computer. Also to spell check any document that you’re sending to external clients. Look at the screenshot below — notice the misspelling underlined in red and interesting hate note in the PDF metadata on the right. By the way, that…
iPhone rent-a-coder
A few times I get e-mails asking about iPhone development projects. Some of these are about they having an idea for an iPhone application and want someone to develop it. Others are promoting their training services on marketing my apps or even on the development side (seriously, why do I need to attend an iPhone…
More flood in Jakarta than Singapore due to sea level rise
It turned out that Jakarta will be significantly more affected than Singapore if the sea level rises. I found this web site that overlays Google Maps with the new sea levels in case it rises. You can browse for your favorite places and set it to display what happens if the sea level rises –…
A Dilbert’s way on submitting enhancement requests
I’ve learned something Dilbert-y at the office very recently. If you want to get your enhancements or bug fixes done by the development team then you need to make those requests as justifications for business travel. My list of bug fixes request have been pending for more than a year until a big guy from…
AirKill Update Delayed
Strange as it may seem, the latest update to AirKill was rejected due to the word “beta” in the iTunes app store description. Innocently I put the words “… anonymous beta tester…” as one of the commentaries in the app store description (the “beta tester” in question is actually one of my girlfriend’s colleague…