I’ve spent a lot of time automating my Day One journal. Slogger and various other scripts keep it populated with my social and work logs. I recently decided to start logging my time better in general, so I’ve started using Day One “properly,” at least part of the time.
dayone, productivity
I recently added a CloudFront CDN for all static assets on this site. Adding a CDN to Jekyll isn’t terribly difficult, but there are a few steps. I found this post, which was very helpful. It’s primarily for Rails sites, so I’m posting some more detail for Jekyll sites here.
amazon, cdn, jekyll, webdesign
I’m going to try doing recap posts of articles on the blog for the previous week. On slower blogging weeks they’ll be a little short, but I think they’ll be useful for people who want a very low-traffic way to keep up with what I consider the most interesting, and a way to spot something you might have missed over the course of a busy week.
recap
I’ve been using this great tip from Sean Coates for years now on my remote Linux servers. It allows you to simulate the command (which copies piped text to the OS X clipboard) on remote SSH servers, but copies to your local clipboard instead. I’ve primarily been using OS X servers for a while now, though, and it took a few changes to get it working.
scripting, ssh, terminal
Thanks to everyone who entered for the Shoots & Leaves Valentine’s Day Giveaway! Here are the lucky winners (who should already have recieved an email with their code):
appstore, giveaway, iphone
Realmac has been experiencing some customer confusion surrounding Clear, their popular to-do list app. The iOS version has diverged into Clear and Clear+, and they ceased updates to the original Clear while keeping it on the App Store. It upset existing customers, and confused new ones.
apps, appstore, itunes
Here’s a TextExpander trick for automating dynamic portions of snippets. It’s a way to allow the power of shell scripting inside of regular text snippets, avoiding extra fill-ins or running two snippets. First, a short backstory.
automator, date, php, scripting, shell, snippet, textexpander, tools
Marked 2 is in the SuperStacked Mac Bundle, which is running right now. It includes 8 apps (including Marked 2), as well as The Big Stack Design Bundle, for $29.
marked
You may recall my iTunesIcon app that lets you easily search for and pull an icon from any App Store (Mac or iTunes) app. I posted a minor update recently that I forgot to mention: you can now specify the size of the returned icon.
ios, iphone, itunesicon, macos, scripting, search
