I spent a few hours last night nerding out over an easy way to grab a Mac application’s icon. I sent the basic Bash script and an example Automator action off to the other writers at TUAW. Then there was dinner, a movie, drinks and dessert. I found myself back at it when I got home. I am Jack’s complete inability to leave well enough alone1.
macos, terminal
Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X Dialog Boxes with Command+Shift+Period Not new, but neat to know. Aliases - Git SCM Wiki Handy, handy stuff. I suppose that depends on whether you use Git or not, though. The Completely Redesigned Evernote for iPhone and iPod Touch Nice update. Very nice. Gauges Nice looking hosted analytics app from Ordered List. CSS3 Progress Bars – CSS-Tricks That’s pretty cool. A Hand-Coded Designer CSS UI Kit – MediaLoot Nice set of UI…
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Thanks to Michael Jones for brightening an otherwise dull day for me. He pointed me to placekitten, a site that mimics placehold.it and inserts dummy images into HTML mockups for you. The difference being that placekitten does it with pictures of, yes, kittens.
design, lipsum, textexpander
I know a lot of people are growing nervous about whether the promised version 1.0.8 of nvALT is actually going to reach fruition. It will. I’m not sure how much further I’ll take this incarnation of the project after that–the roadmap may be shifted to a new project–but I’ll follow through with the updates I’ve planned for the upcoming release.
notational velocity, nvalt
Stickto’s - Organization for people who love Moleskines A dynamic todo solution for Moleskins. A little silly, a little awesome. Command-line CSS spriting / Stoyan’s phpied.com Not the most bulletproof spriting method, but I love the curl command for using Smushit from the command line. HTML5 Tutorials and Techniques That Will Keep You Busy - Noupe Design Blog More HTML5 tutorials than you have time to read, unless that’s all you happen to be doing lately. Some…
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Using HTML5 To Transform WordPress’ TwentyTen Theme - Smashing Magazine Ready to start using HTML5? Some solid arguments for, with good examples of how. The Difference Between jQuery’s .bind(), .live(), and .delegate() - Alfa Jango Blog I know the basics of optimizing these, but this article really helps you understand why to use the various jQuery bindings. Why You’re a Bad PHP Programmer – Nettuts+ I don’t rank so hot on this. This post is an impetus…
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This is going to be a relatively quick post, and it’s definitely aimed at people who can already find their way around the command line, and probably have a little experience with GeekTool and/or NerdTool as well.
desktop, geektool, imagemagick
I’ve been flirting with a plain-text to-do system again. The biggest problem for me is that a plain text system opens up so many possibilities for fiddling and scripting. I always end up fiddling more than working when I try it. I don’t see any reason this time would be different, but it’s Sunday and I have some extra time on my hands after being snowed in today. So I’m fiddling.
experiments, naturallanguage, ruby, textmate
This is a quick tip for anyone who may be searching for an answer to the question: “Is there any way to use XMLRPC to send custom post types to WordPress and attach custom taxonomy terms to them?” Yes, there is. It took me longer than it should have to find it, but I’ve successfully uploaded images, and attached them to a “howtos” post type with “level” and “topic” set under its custom taxonomies.
Wordpress, blogging, xmlrpc
nakajima/slidedown - GitHub Generate HTML slides with Markdown. I’ve been playing with this, surprised to note I haven’t bookmarked it before. It’s not S5, but it’s neat. atiw003/html5-slides-markdown - GitHub Another nice Markdown generator for deck-based presentations, this one in Python. I’m still trying to find the real Keynote Killer. Nothing against Keynote, but if I can Keynote in Markdown… adamzap/landslide - GitHub This is getting closer…
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I love ScreenSteps, the app from Blue Mango which makes creating documentation for screen-based applications as fast and easy as making documentation can possibly be. It’s a little clunky sometimes, but the features outweigh the cons by far, at least for me.
macos, markdown, screensteps
It may come as a surprise to some (many), but I’ve never really made effective use of TextExpander on my iPad or iPhone (TextExpander touch). I don’t do a lot of the things on my iPad which I do on my desktop, and the things that are similar often don’t support TE. When I want to write some Markdown quickly, I use Nebulous Notes with my custom macros. Lastly, my shell scripts don’t work on iOS, and most of my favorite snippets are, as you’ve seen, shell scripts.
ios, markdown, snippet, textexpander
I was featured on MacSparky.com today. Well, the home screen of my iPhone was, anyway. He mentioned a project of mine that I haven’t actually had time to blog about yet, so here’s a quick introduction. It’s called MarkdownRules, and comes in two flavors: mild-mannered and salty. You can choose which you get from the main menu page at http://markdownrules.com.
markdown, markdownifier, marky
