I made an Übersicht widget to fix an Übersicht frustration. Actually, it’s a frustration with every desktop info app I’ve ever used: if you get it looking perfect on a dark desktop image, you can never use a light desktop image, and vice versa. I use multiple spaces and tend to distinguish them with wallpaper. I needed a way to make Übersicht work across them.
javascript, ubersicht
A big thanks — as always — to Smile for their support of BrettTerpstra.com. It’s an honor to have the makers of some of the most useful software on all of my computers and iOS devices sponsoring my work!
sponsor
I’ve been talking with the folks behind Fetching about future plans for the app. I’m excited about what they’re planning to offer (and what they already do), and wanted to pass on a coupon for 30% off of the service (or the locally-hosted native version).
bookmarking, deals
My favorite Mac mini colocation service, macminicolo, turned 10 today. There’s a great timeline post on their blog that chronicles the history of the Mac mini and of macminicolo itself. They didn’t ask me to post this, but they’ve been long-time supporters (and sponsors) of this blog and I’m excited to wish them continued success.
appreview, macmini, macos, server
Vitag has proven useful enough to me that I’ve added a bit of polish and some new features. I do think this is going to end up being a RubyGem eventually for ease of install, but at this point still only requires a single script file to run.
tagging, terminal, vitag
WinterFest goes for just a few more days, and it’s an effort that I’m proud to have sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. The idea of artisanal software is one that we really need, so be sure to check out the available titles!
sponsor
I’ve heard from a few people that this script might be useful to them. I’ve also created an “app” version of it you can run, but it still takes a wee bit of command line setup. It’s pretty simple, though, and I’ll cover that in a minute.
bookmarking, markdown, pinboard, safari
That outputs all of the file and folder sizes in the current directory, sorted by size, and lists them in human-readable format. Of course, I wanted to make it a more painful endeavor.
bash, shell, terminal, tricks
There’s a sale running right now called “Winterfest 2014” with some first-in-class Mac apps, each at 25% off. No bundles, no hassle, no apps you didn’t want. Just full versions of some great artisinal software.
apps, productivity, sale
Vitag is a quick script I wrote today that I think might be useful to others. I don’t know how many people both live in Terminal and make use of Finder tags in OS X 10.9+, but if anyone does, this will make life easier.
tagging, terminal, utility, vitag
