iTunes Like Flex Search TextInput

While thinking about how to implement and style a slick text based filter for data shown in a Flex DataGrid I stumbled upon the solution when searching for some of my favorite songs in iTunes.

The search field in iTunes offers exactly the functionality I was looking for, packed in Apple’s usual understated style.

Well, this was [...]

Prevent Google Apps Mail Service from Rewriting the Sender Address

I recently set up the mail service for my new smartcode domain using Google Apps. Subscription and setup of the Google Apps account with some mail addresses is a simple and straightforward process.

However, when I sent mails from my server (using sSMTP) with sender addresses like blog@smartcode.ch or wiki@smartcode.ch, they all arrived in my inbox [...]