Monthly Archives: February 2010

Roger Ebert

Posted on February 18, 2010 by MXH

Ok, Ebert. I enjoy a lot of Roger Ebert’s writing. I don’t always agree with his take on film, and don’t much care for his politics, but I think he’s a pretty good writer. And far be it from me … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Doors

Posted on February 16, 2010 by MXH

Drowsy tigers lolled behind both doors.

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Full Text Search (Demo)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by MXH

I’ve been talking about Full-Text Search (FTS) for a while; today I just want to present a working demo. Here is a complete Xcode project that will build a simple “Notes” style app with integrated FTS. Performance is pretty acceptable; … Continue reading →

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Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2010 by MXH

Trivia: Almost nothing is known of the St. Valentine commemorated on 14 February. Cesare Borgia was also known as Duke Valentine.

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Six Word Stories: Burglar

Posted on February 13, 2010 by MXH

Cats regarded the burglar with disinterest.

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Sliding Keyboards

Posted on February 12, 2010 by MXH

Today I’m going to present a workaround for a slightly obscure but still annoying problem on the iPhone. Let me begin by quoting myself: If you create a view controller, put a UITextView inside a table cell in that controller’s … Continue reading →

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Full Text Search (Part 7)

Posted on February 11, 2010 by MXH

A word about the BEGINSWITH operator of NSPredicate: “Caution”! I was using this operator to drive iterative prompting while developing my Full-Text Search (FTS) demo, and found its performance unsatisfactory.

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Six Word Stories: Telekinesis

Posted on February 9, 2010 by MXH

“Just remember: There is no spork.” Editorial Note: I’m moving Book Club to Wednesdays. Sorry for the late notice.

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Full Text Search (Part 6)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by MXH

Heretofore, I’ve been working with an “OR” implementation of Full-Text Search (FTS). This sort of implementation takes one or more keywords, and returns all the objects which match one or more of them. I’d been avoiding an “AND” implementation (which … Continue reading →

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Full Text Search (Part 5)

Posted on February 7, 2010 by MXH

Today I’m going to post minor revisions to some earlier Full-Text Search (FTS) code. These changes address index construction.

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