I’ve become an even bigger fan of Sync since BitTorrent released 2.0, so I thought I’d mention the 2.0.120 update they posted yesterday.
apps, ios, macos, windows
Ok, so I teased “The Shuttle” a while ago, but it’s ready for sale now. It’s a handmade oak holder for the Apple Remote that looks great with the sleek design of the remote. Its raison d’être is to keep you from losing your Apple Remote, and doing it with class and style.
shuttle
Tinderbox 6.2, industrial-strength notes sponsor (Apr 30th) Thanks to Tinderbox for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this last week! Be sure to check out the latest release of this full-featured organization tool. Rock Paper Wallpapers (May 1st) I’m quite happy with this round of typographic wallpapers based on classic rock/punk song lyrics. At least one of these is going to become a t-shirt. My hackable vegetarian sandwich (May 3rd) Hungry? A basic recipe for a great-tasting hot…
recap
Joshua Howland, Caleb Hicks, and Andrew Madsen launched a Kickstarter called “Wired In” today. It’s a Bluetooth-enabled desktop sign that lets co-workers know when you’re busy. It has the obtuse effect of shutting an office door in an unobtrusive package… that doesn’t require having your own office.
bluetooth, hardware, kickstarter
As some know, almost 2/3 of my daily diet consists of a flavorless food substitute, which sounds horrifying to many. The thing is, I love food and I enjoy cooking. I just don’t like cooking more than once a day, and I don’t like eating too many frozen meals and processed foods when I’m not feeling like cooking. When I do cook, however, I like the experimentation side.
personal, recipe
Not that I plan to make a habit of “Friday Freebies,” but here’s a little something I’ve been playing with for a while. It’s not an app. It’s not even functional. Just a series of rock-lyric-inspired typographic wallpapers for iOS and desktop. I didn’t output every possible pixel size, but the primary ratios you need are there for standard, widescreen, and iPhone 6/plus.
freebie, wallpaper
CloudCannon is running a free online conference for “all things Jekyll” this weekend. If you’re interested in learning more about the static site generator, you can join in to hear from a great lineup of eight speakers, including Tom Preston-Werner (a.k.a. mojombo, creator of Jekyll), and Parker Moore (current Jekyll Core Team lead).
jekyll
Thanks to Tinderbox for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Be sure to check the link at the bottom for a special offer for BrettTerpstra.com readers!
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I haven’t written about every episode of Systematic (or Overtired) for a long time. I really should, as there have been a slew of great guests in recent episodes. From Lex Friedman to a return appearance from Merlin Mann, a very interesting conversation with Belle Beth Cooper of Exist, and a supercut of the amazing John Roderick series.
overtired, podcast, systematic
I’m releasing a little side project called StretchLink today. It’s an easy-to-use tool for expanding shortened links, fixing redirects, and cleaning out referrer junk from Google Analytics and others.
stretchlink
My previous post scheduling system revolved around the Unix command to schedule one-off future tasks. In the most recent version of OS X (10.10.4), that atrun command is utterly broken. Running , , or will give you:
jekyll, launchd, rake, ruby
