Web excursions: April 26 - May 1

Vico Editor With a little more polishing (and better support for existing TextMate commands), this little editor is primed to take TextMate 2.0 off of my wishlist. Vim keybindings, extensibility, split views and a good-looking interface. Simple podcasting with Skype on OS X I love scripted automation. Extending Your jQuery Application with Amplify.js Excellent tutorial on setting up subscriptions and requests in a jQuery application using Amplify.js. Apprise - The attractive alert… bookmarks

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Web excursions: April 20 - April 24

Omnifocus Themes I’ll explain this more when I get a chance, but for someone just switching back to OmniFocus, this collection of themes is pretty awesome. A second mention of Ben Brooks Solarized Omnifocus Themes goes along with this… Showcase of Excellent Graphic Email Newsletter Designs - Noupe Design Blog Email or not, there are some great marketing-based design inspirations in here. CSS3 Linear Gradient Syntax Breakdown A complete overview of the syntax for cross-… bookmarks

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A couple of TextMate Macros for Markdown lists

I was playing with the new TextMate Markdown bundle for MultiMarkdown 3 when I remembered an old nit I had with the list commands: no single-keystroke way to move list items up and down. Unless I’m completely forgetting about a shortcut, moving list items around involves selecting the entire line and using Control-Command-Up/Down to move it. Obviously, not a big deal, but 5 minutes with the Macro recorder in TextMate saves the time. markdown, multimarkdown, textmate, video

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Markdown QuickTags makes 1000 people happier and more attractive

I can’t prove that anybody is happier, really, and attraction is entirely subjective. For all I know they were run off by the “invalid header” error1 and never even tried it out, but Markdown QuickTags finally passed the 1000 downloads mark on the Wordpress Plugins site. I’m celebrating by diving into nvALT for the weekend, but version 0.8 of MDQT is in the works. Wordpress, markdown, mdqt, plugin, quicktags

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Web excursions: April 13 - April 19

From Me To You These are amazing. GIF128 has come a long way since ‘94. Filter RSS feeds with Feed Rinse This is on my list of “things to do when I feel more like fiddling than getting anything else done.” fever is a very cool concept, but I’m usually looking for stories that haven’t been everywhere yet… Photobooth with PHP, jQuery and CSS3 This web-based photobooth script has some possibilities… API Documentation for text-processing.com &ndash… bookmarks

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Web excursions: April 9 - April 13

murtaugh/HTML5-Reset - GitHub An HTML5 “blank” wordpress theme. I’m planning a major overhaul of the blog, this would probably be a good starting point. Nurph. Chatting in Twitter? Get a Room. This is a great idea, really. A way to offload extended/mundane conversations from Twitter to a more appropriate forum. I just hope I remember it next time I need it. Ah, bookmarking. The New Guy’s Computer - (37signals) Nice… this is very close to my own collection of must-… bookmarks

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Address Book search and Skype from the command line

Here’s a neat little command-line utility for searching your address book: aboo. It’s not complex… it just takes a single word or phrase and searches your Address Book entries’ names for it. It can output vcards and YAML, too. I created a fork that adds a few things, most importantly I extended search to business names and notes. It also does a better job of realizing there’s no proper name and substituting the Company name in the output, if it exists. There&rsquo… scripting, skype, terminal

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Web excursions: April 3 - April 9

Common Elements Used in Wooden UI Design Some cool tutorials included, even if you’re already bored with “wooden” UI design. CSS3 Generator - By Eric Hoffman & Peter Funk Another CSS3 generator… Team From Engadget Makes Jump to SB Nation - NYTimes.com I shouldn’t be proud about figuring out something so obvious early on, but I have to say: I knew it. 10 more useful iPhone tips & tricks Again I’m amazed at how much I don’t know. Did you know that if… bookmarks

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