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I've moved my blog to blogspot (see the first posting at blogspot from September 14, 2007). You can subscribe to it here. My old postings will still be available on this site.
October 23 2007 (aa)
It's All Text is an Firefox extension to edit textareas using an external editor (vim or Emacs or whatever you prefer). I prefer Aquamacs on my MacBook. You should use the following path for Aquamacs in the preferences of It's All Text:
/Applications/Aquamacs Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Aquamacs Emacs
This text is written in Aquamacs when editing my blog through a form with Firefox. [via]
Update: I actually changed the path above to /usr/local/bin/emacs since this is the where I've installed the script found here.
June 13 2007 (aa)
With Geophoto you can now browse your photo albums by location, and easily finding the pictures you've taken in a particular place. You can also update the geodata in your pictures by dragging the picture to the right location (on the map). [via]
May 29 2007 (aa)
OMiC (£10) is an Apple Mail plug-in that allows Mail to properly digest those 'winmail.dat' attachments Office users send that are actually bundles of appointments, contacts and/or other Office files. [via]
May 29 2007 (aa)
David Chartier at tuaw.com had posted an Apple Mail plug-in roundup.
May 29 2007 (aa)
En undersøkelse om hva damer vil ha ut av IT-jobber. Er det relevant her, og bør vi ta hensyn til det med hensyn på rekrutering? [via]
25. mai 2007 (aa)
This time it was to move the emails from an old to a new machine. This note was helpful.
May 25 2007 (aa)
jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. The philosophy is find things (e.g. $("a") to find links) and do stuff (e.g. $("a").click(...) to do something when clicking links). For me it seems to a nice way of developing JavaScript (Ajax) based applications. The OO feel is good, and it is easy to write compact and readable code. It is also well documented, and Learning jQuery is a nice place for other jQuery resources. A jQuery reference widget is also available. I might post more when I've actually tried it (the Live Examples of jQuery seems to be a nice place to start). [via]
Update: Interface is a collection of rich interface components which utilizes jQuery. [via]
Update: Monthly Ajaxian Roundup from ajaxian.
May 22 2007 (aa)
The DevMode Widget can be used to switch Dashboard Development Mode on and off. Why? Because Dashboard Development Mode enables you to drag widgets out of the dashboard layer and onto the desktop. [via]
May 22 2007 (aa)
Denne pressemelding omhandler IT-ministeren forslag til nye obligatoriske IT-standarder for dokumentformat i offentlige virksomheter, som nå er ute på høring. Blant forslagene som nå sendes ut på høring er:
- Retningslinjer og krav til bruk av åpne dokumentformater for publisering på Internett
- Retningslinjer og krav til bruk av tegnsett som håndterer ulike språk
Standardiseringsrådets anbefaling er tilgjengelig her (www.regjeringen.no/fad). Denne saken har fått mye internasjonal oppmerksomhet (blant annet her, her, og her). [via]
May 21 2007 (aa)
GPS Automator Actions is a set of Automator Actions to download, upload and convert GPS routes, waypoints and tracks. It uses GPSBabel to convert waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another. [via]
May 21 2007 (aa)
The iWork Community provides a place to exchange Pages (and Keynote) templates. But the selection is not to great. If you can pay, better template collections exits. Jumsoft has a good collection available for $39 (they also have Keynote templates, and objects and stills to use in documents and presentations). [via]
May 21 2007 (aa)
This tip show you how to use the screencapture command on your Mac. This follow up describes how to capture directly to PDF. See also Three ways to take screenshots and my earlier posting related to this topic.
May 21 2007 (aa)
I own a 128bit integer, and the number is 4AF1E9CBAB9D1BEA99DC2843FAC5F08B (hexadecimal). Get yours here. [via]
May 10 2007 (aa)
RIA (Rich Internet Application) are web applications that have the features and functionality of traditional desktop applications. (At JavaOne) Sun revealed JavaFX (used to be F3) a new Java technology for desktop, mobile, web, and TVs, and its latest push into RIA world. The most interesting application from the JavaFX family in this context is maybe JavaFX Script, a new scripting language that gives Java developers the power to quickly create content-rich applications for the widest variety of clients (see announcement).
From Microsoft we got Silverlight (more), a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of Microsoft .NET–based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight 1.1 supports CLR (see Dynamic Code in Silverlight). Jesse Liberty discuss Silverlight in more details, and Ted Leung talks about CLR (and Linq) embedded in Silverlight.
I've no experience with JavaFX, but I've installed Silverlight on my Mac and tried some demos in Safari. Works, but currently no development support on the Mac. [via,via]
Update: I planned to, but forgot to mention Adobe's approach, Adobe Flex.
May 10 2007 (aa)
Hex Color Picker lets you get and edit hexadecimal HTML color codes in the standard Mac OS X color panel. Nice when you need to edit your css files. You can of course also use the built in DigitalColor Meter in Mac OS X, or the free Pipette (copies the color of any pixel in hex format). [via]
May 10 2007 (aa)
RegExpress is a tool for testing regular expresions (donationware). [via]
May 8 2007 (aa)
Mozy offers 2GB free backup, and unlimited for $4.95/month. Mac client now available. [via]
May 3 2007 (aa)
Aperture for iPhoto Users is an Apple online seminar on the topic. Nice for iPhoto user who is thinking about trying Aperture. Check also out this Working With Metadata post that guides you through Aperture's nice metadata tools. [via]
April 30 2007 (aa)
How to Rip DVDs with Handbrake is a short tutorial on how to do just that. [via]
April 30 2007 (aa)
