I recreated most of my current GeekTool desktop in Übersicht this morning. Übersicht (which I found via Patrick Welker) is a potential GeekTool replacement which uses WebKit and Node.js to generate “widgets” on your dekstop. As far as functionality goes, it’s not much better or worse than GeekTool or NerdTool. However, being able to style widgets with HTML and CSS opens up quite a few aesthetic possibilities.
geeklet, ubersicht
Big news for everyone who entered the Delight is in the Details giveaway: Shawn has upped the number of available giveaways from three to five! So, out of the hundreds of hopefuls, here are the lucky few:
books, giveaway, video
I detailed the command in the last Shell Tricks post, so I thought I’d go over some tricks for doing the opposite next: closing and quitting apps.
scripting, shell, terminal
Sponsor: MindNode 3 (Aug 7th) A big thanks to MindNode for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. If you’re looking for an elegant mind mapping solution for iOS and Mac with great sync, this is it. At least it’s not a telethon (Aug 8th) Thanks to everyone who’s helped out by offering some monthly support for the writing I do here! ezsnippets for Marked 2, text expansion on the fly (Aug 8th) A preprocessor script for Marked 2 (and a standalone System Service) that…
recap
I mentioned a bit ago that Shawn Blanc’s book, ‘Delight is in the Details’ has recently received a big update. I’m happy to announce that Shawn is giving away 3 copies of “The Complete Kit” to BrettTerpstra.com readers. That’s the eBook, the audiobook, interviews, videos, and more ($45 US value).
books, giveaway, video
I’ve mentioned this before, but wanted to do an official post now that Clarify fully supports Markdown and has become a great blogging tool.
appreview, apps, macos, markdown, review
First, I’d like to thank everyone who’s responded to my “pledge drive.” It’s encouraging, and I appreciate all the new subscribers and the ideas that have been shared with me for adding value to the proposition!
marked, scripting
