It’s frustrating how long it takes me to figure out how to do something in ImageMagick1. I know full well it can do it, but the options are a maze that feels like I’ll have to get a post-graduate degree to understand.
cli, imagemagick
I no longer have any faith that any API will stick around all that long. Search APIs are becoming fewer and fewer. Google1 still offers the Ajax Search API, but it’s not convenient to use with System Services and such because it requires non-default libraries to work in Ruby and other scripting languages. It’s easy in PHP, though. It’s not my favorite language to use for local scripting, but it was the easiest solution to the problem. I think…
markdownservices, php, service
Despite having a horrible time with Skype last night while talking to Stephen Hackett, I managed to pull together a podcast from the good parts. 3-4 second delays when talking lead to really uncomfortable responses…
podcast, systematic
Since I don’t have a blog specifically for Marked, I’ll mention this here: a big thanks to the Treehouse guys for mentioning Marked on the Treehouse show. If you’re interested, the review is three minutes and 35 seconds in.
marked
Slicy from Macrabbit. I’ve mentioned it before (more often back when it was Layercake), but it’s worth a more meaningful mention. If you create graphics in Photoshop for web or app UI and you don’t use it yet, read on.
appdesign, appreview, design, macos, webdesign
This script is based on my Pinboard mirroring script that I use to keep Spotlight-searchable, OpenMeta-tagged copies of my Pinboard bookmarks locally. It’s a good system, but I was thinking that a direct bookmark file search in Launchbar would be exponentially faster than Spotlight on the occasions that I remembered any part of the title.
bookmarking, launchbar, pinboard, ruby
I wrote a script this morning called “Planter.” It plants directory trees. I made a logo for it; not because it’s an official project or deserving of the extra effort, but because I had Photoshop open anyway.
ruby, scripting
As part of a feature I’m working on for Marked, I wanted to have the mouse cursor change while the Command key is held down. Using JavaScript to set the CSS for the cursor turned out to be no good as it wouldn’t update until the mouse was moved. In this case that wasn’t very helpful.
css, javascript, webdesign
I had to shuffle some schedules around and ended up with a blank spot for this week. Blogger, father and black belt Shawn Blanc was gracious enough to take the spot on short notice, and I think the episode turned out great.
podcast, systematic
