April 2010
!* →
!* will insert all the arguments from your previous command. Handy if you run a command, but forget one argument; or if you open a file with one program and decide you’d be better off using…
Apr 28th
Loremify is a one-click tool to copy Lorem Ipsum.... →
Loremify is a one-click tool to copy Lorem Ipsum. It lets you wrap in html, specify the amount of text, and copy it to your clipboard—all in one click. It runs as a Dashboard Widget in Mac…
Apr 28th
See what we're working on at the 37signals... →
We’re constantly working “under the hood” of our apps to improve them. Now you can follow along and see a list of all the latest changes/tweaks/additions at the 37signals change history page (you…
Apr 28th
Cub Scouts give up entirely, offer video game... →
Cub Scouts give up entirely, offer video game badge.
Apr 28th
I **Heart** Hazel →
Those who have been following along here for a while know how much a love Hazel. This magic little pref pane can watch any folder you tell it to and automatically organize your files according to…
Apr 28th
The iPad, and the Staggering Work of Obviousness :... →
The iPad, and the Staggering Work of Obviousness : Cheerful: Nevertheless, the shortsightedness of punditry is evergreen. Instead of praising the iPad, critics express their disappointment,…
Apr 28th
Why I Curate →
I happen to live just a few blocks away from Common Good Books, a book store owned by Garrison Keillor (of A Prairie Home Companion fame). One of the things I love about it, and that makes it…
Apr 28th
youtube-dl →
youtube-dl: youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com.
Apr 28th
hyde →
hyde: Hyde is a static website generator powered by Python & Django. Hyde supports all the Django template tags & filters and even has a few of its own. The built-in web server +…
Apr 28th
The Future of Publishing - created by DK (UK) →
I liked a YouTube video: This video was prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books and produced by Khaki Films (http://www.thekhakigroup.com/). Originally meant solely for a DK…
Apr 28th
"So what will this Facebook’s redefinition mean,... →
“So what will this Facebook’s redefinition mean, ultimately? No clue. But most of us, if we think about it, have seen Big Things like this come and go on the web. Remember when every third website…
Apr 28th
TouchScroll looks like an interesting scrolling... →
TouchScroll looks like an interesting scrolling implementation for Webkit browsers: Uses CSS transitions instead of javascript timer based animations, which perform much better on mobile…
Apr 28th
Transmit 4.0 →
Faster, sleeker, and folders can be listed before files. That and more on Transmit 4.0
Apr 28th
The Messy Desk Story →
Yesterday, I posted a link to a site called Messy Desks, as part of my usual “Not what we believe in.” meme. While it is certainly true I am not a fan of clutter, this particular link and post was…
Apr 28th
Most people do not need an FTP program. For them,... →
Most people do not need an FTP program. For them, I would offer that the Finder can mount an FTP volume well enough in a pinch. For those of us who really need the advanced features only offered…
Apr 28th
Transmit 4 does lots of things well, but I... →
Transmit 4 does lots of things well, but I couldn’t resist linking to it. I’ve been using the application since the late ’90s, when it was called Transit and ran on my first ‘modern’ Mac—a
Apr 28th
jQuery hashchange →
This jQuery plugin enables very basic bookmarkable #hash history via a cross-browser HTML5 window.onhashchange event. From the Plugin Filed under: Browser Tweaks Do you want to read the…
Apr 27th
Creative Space and iPad →
Probably the single biggest question about the iPad is: who or what is it for? Common answers to that question are usually directed towards casual computer users, where indeed the iPad has a…
Apr 27th
CSS3 Action Framework →
It all started when I wanted to do Google CSS3 redesign. The propose of that redesign was to use as much as possible CSS3. I wanted to maintain Google minimalistic style with little Apple flavor and…
Apr 27th
Love Letters to the Future →
Send love letters to the future. It’s all about legacy that we leave. Topic Two about “Arctic Ice” is equally impressive to Topic One “What would you say to your great-grandchild”? Write one…
Apr 27th
Instapaper →
Instapaper facilitates easy reading of long text content. We discover web content throughout the day, and sometimes, we don’t have time to read long articles right when we find them. Instapaper…
Apr 27th
Massive Blue - My Realigned Portfolio →
I last relaunched my portfolio site in May of 2009 and I was very happy with the improved direction and look then, however things have changed somewhat over the past year and I felt that I needed to…
Apr 27th
jQuery Masonry →
Fascinating web page layout toolkit by David DeSandro. (Via Cameron Moll.) ★
Apr 27th
My weekend project: in-n-out-bieber.com. Consider... →
My weekend project: in-n-out-bieber.com. Consider it a public service. Important things I learned while building this: the wiki entry on age of consent is terrifyingly thorough. I suspect…
Apr 27th
I just want to quickly note that the asshole who... →
I just want to quickly note that the asshole who showed up at my hometown’s airport with a loaded handgun, rifle scope formulas and fake police siren is not a North Carolinian. This shit sucking…
Apr 27th
Very Symptomatic, I’d Say →
I could pull out a plethora of reasons why the media manager in WordPress needs to be the focus of the next major release after WordPress 3.0, but honestly, this particular issue seems to say…
Apr 27th
AppCleaner is a small application which allows you... →
AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window. It will find for the related files and you…
Apr 27th
Less is More →
I love the engineers behind iPhone OS. They’re head, neck, shoulders and torso ahead of everyone else. It’s kind of scary in a way, as it probably shows just goes to show how far behind everything…
Apr 27th
How a Pakistani tech company converts 80% of... →
Riaz Salim is the CEO of eTeam, a technology company operating out of Karachi, Pakistan. Below he explains how Basecamp has helped him grow his company. Born on October 1, 2007, we started…
Apr 27th
‘These Are Jason Chen’s Computers’ →
“They’re the real thing.” ★
Apr 27th
Common MySQL queries →
Common MySQL queries.
Apr 27th
Underground etiquette →
Underground etiquette: Proper etiquette on New York City subways may be on its way to improvement with a guerilla-style poster campaign courtesy of Jay Shells: I surveyed 100 people on their…
Apr 26th
The Future of Computing Power (Fast, Cheap, and... →
Back in the 1960s the IBM 1401 was both state of the art and an engineering marvel. It filled up an entire room and weighed thousands of pounds; in today’s money it would cost about $1.5 million….
Apr 25th
spacetimeid →
spacetimeid: spacetimeid is a very simple web application to encode and decode unique 64-bit numeric identifiers for a combined set of x, y and z coordinates. Another way to think about that is…
Apr 25th
CanvasMol →
Splendid HTML5 app for 3D molecule modeling. (Thanks to DF reader Jonas Lekevičius.) ★
Apr 25th
Dropbox: Lessons Learned →
Highly informative, useful and generously detailed slide deck from Drew Houston, the co-founder and CEO of everybody’s favorite cloud storage startup. Definitely worth reading.
Apr 25th
Wolf dogs sings to a baby to stop his cry →
Beautiful.
Apr 25th
Engineers are from Mars, artists are from Venus. →
langer: i feel so heroic right now jace: oh? langer: so i’m in the office langer: and mike left for l.a. langer: and he has control of the airfoil speakers langer: and his computer is passwd…
Apr 25th
CNet: Lost iPhone Prototype Spurs Police Probe →
CNet: Silicon Valley police are investigating what appears to be a lost Apple iPhone prototype purchased by a gadget blog, a transaction that may have violated criminal laws, a law enforcement…
Apr 25th
2105: macdiva: Visualizing the connections... →
2105: macdiva: Visualizing the connections between Twitter’s first 140 employees. Made with Processing.
Apr 25th
The best use of 360 video I've seen yet →
The best use of 360 video I’ve seen yet: From inside a stadium. As it’s being IMPLODED. [via Rands]
Apr 25th
Instapaper Pro 2.2.3 →
Great improvements to an essential iPhone and iPad app. ★
Apr 25th
Morning routine →
pick up iPhone slide to unlock enter passcode notice n unread emails read email open Tweetie get linked to some random article open Tumblr zoom zoom “♥” pinch pinch put down iPhone pace…
Apr 25th
marco: I know I’m late to this, but John Gruber’s... →
marco: I know I’m late to this, but John Gruber’s piece on this is excellent, and brings up this point that I’ve been wanting to discuss. Consider, too, every coincidence that we’re asked to…
Apr 24th
simpledesks: Nouveau (by mαxsmith) There are... →
simpledesks: Nouveau (by mαxsmith) There are several things I love about this. The old “Luxo” iMac. The tin cans for office supply holders. The 10 dollar task lamp. But something…
Apr 24th
My week seen through my Wikipedia browsing history →
Leopold and Loeb Shaolin Monastery Off-by-one error Inkhorn term Finno-Ugric Hot Brown (SFW, I swear) Tsukumogami Bakezōri Herpes simplex (I’m fine, really) P. F….
Apr 24th
Disable the default inner-shadow of search inputs... →
Just use the simple Safari CSS extension property -webkit-appearance: caret;. (Sure the tweet says it all but have you ever tried to find a specific tweet months later?) ●
Apr 24th
Just sayin' →
A few weeks back we let an embarrassing bug out on our production servers that resulted in the accidental delivery of a dozen or so duplicate emails to each of our registered users (friend requests,…
Apr 24th
Using Speed Dial for Firefox to view all your... →
The Launchpad lets you access all your 37signals products from a single screen. But Aleks Nesterow, an iPhone developer at Screen Customs in Biełaruś, decided to take the concept even…
Apr 24th
Goodbye Desktop →
If you want to stop anything appearing on your Mac’s Desktop, but want to keep files in the ~/Desktop directory, open Terminal and run the following: defaults write com.apple.finder...
Apr 23rd