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Due to my dissatisfaction with existing mail clients, I’ve been slowly grinding out a simple IMAP client. There was no way I was going to write my own IMAP client, so I scoured the web and came across a few libraries. So I wanted something that was clean, fast and written in C, C++ or […]

I discovered the incredibly useful unix program screen just recently. It allows multiple terminal sessions running at once and it provides easy access for switching between sessions. To run the command type:
screen
Once screen is running you can do Control-AC to create a new window and use Control-A followed by a number to switch to that […]

Here’s a cool trick that converts man pages to postscript and opens the file in Preview. Add this to your .tcshrc file in your home directory:
alias preman ‘man -t \!^ > /tmp/\!^.ps; open /tmp/\!^.ps’
Then to open man pages in Preview type:
preman NAMEHERE

I’ve been doing some hardcore hacking on my pet project, an e-mail client named Kiwi, and what you see above are it’s first breaths of life. It’s not much to look at, but it’s significant progress.
I am finally able to load the inbox and display messages when they are selected in the rightmost pane. […]

I’ve been using the wicked cool Textmate to do programming for the last week. It’s one of those apps that after every launch you find a new little feature that draws you in even more. Each little feature makes you more productive and your workflow more streamline. Earlier this week I had one of those […]

Kiwi is coming along quite nicely now. Much of my progress is thanks to Cocoa bindings, which have made glue code nearly non-existant. Bindings are fantastic, but they come with a very steep learning curve and I feel like I’m just beginning to grasp them now. Anyway, here’s a bit of what I’ve gotten done […]