TOKYO (MacHouse) – I don’t know why, but we’ve been quite productive this month. In fact, we submitted a new desktop application to Mac App Store about half an hour ago. This new software release is called simplyCircled.

simplyCircled is a desktop application that lets you create images of circled letters easily. You’ll get to select the font of a letter that appears inside a colored circle. You can of course fill the inner area of the circle with a color of your choice.

simplyCircled is especially good at consecutively creating images of circled numbers as opposed to letters. You can let the application automatically create images of circled numbers consecutively up to 999. You decide on start and end numbers.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Hmm… We thought we were slow this month. Maybe not… We are ready to introduce the third software title of the month. We submitted a new desktop application to Mac App Store several minutes ago. This new software submission is called Oh My Lines.

Oh My Lines is a desktop application that lets you convert a color picture into a black-and-white image with lines. You can adjust the line angle and the line width to convert a color picture into a visually-interesting B & W image.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – Just a few days ago, we managed to submit our first desktop application of the year to Apple‘s Mac App Store. There will be more to come for sure. Actually, we submitted the second software title of the year to Mac App Store about 10 hours ago. This new software submission is called Text2SQL.

Text2SQL is a desktop application that lets you create an SQLite database right out of a text file. Text2SQL can read comma-, space-, tab-, or caret-separated (^) data files. After Text2SQL inspects a data file, name a table. Then assign a name and its data type to each data field. Finally, just click on the Create button. Right, that’s just a one-minute job.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – A happy new year! We haven’t published a single desktop application this year. Well, actually… We submitted the first software title of the year to Mac App Store several hours ago. This new software release is called AccessOPache.

AccessOPache is a desktop application that lets you analyze raw server log files generated by Apache effectively. Instead of directly analyzing a raw log file, AccessOPache will first convert an Apache server log file into a SQLite database file. In this manner, you can pull specific records out of the current dataset effectively. Run a specific search by setting a time interval between two pairs of date & time. Find out how many times each IP address has accessed the server.   Continue reading →

Do you have a Mac computer with USB 3.0 connection? If you do, read on. Apple, Inc. announced a line of iMac models in late 2012, which the company began shipping in January, 2013. These iMac models have USB 3.0 ports. Also, Apple released the second generation of iMac models with USB 3.0 connection in September, this year.

For the past 3 months, I’ve endured a severe Internet connection issue, which finally came to an end several hours ago. Sort of… At least, I’ve finally found out the firm source of the problem. What Internet connection issue? It’s a long story.

iMac spring 2011 (left) and iMac 2012-2013 (right)

iMac spring 2011 (left) and iMac 2012-2013 (right)

Last early September, my 2-year-old iMac broke down. It turned out that this iMac had a defective video card. It’s AMD Radeon 6970M. Fortunately, Apple, Inc. initiated a video card replacement program in August, 2013. So I had to send this 2-year-old iMac to Apple for free repair. That was around September 3, 2013. I have a spare machine running Mac OS X 10.6.8. I was going to buy a new iMac after Apple released Mavericks. Oh, whoa… I had no choice. I was in the middle of developing Buttons123, I think. So I didn’t want to kill the fun while waiting for iMac to return from repair. You never know when a computer will return home after repair. That’s why I decided to buy a new iMac. The model that I bought was first shipped in January, 2013. It’s the first model with USB 3.0 supported.

September 2013 was a horrible month. First, I had to buy a new iMac. That 2-year-old iMac is still severely injured. Apple repair person said that they found a couple of issues – the internal speakers and the DVD drive are broken. And they said replacing the logic board could cost Â¥45,000 (US$450) or so. Then a 2-year-old WiFi router died at the same time. So I was forced to buy a new one. That’s when I realized that tablets are useless. I was not able to use my iPad mini without a WiFi router.   Continue reading →