December 2011
34 posts
Update Chromium to its latest version with... →
I guess an app to update Chromium is a much easier solution than running a script.
Mr. Data Converter →
onethingwell:
Convert CSV, Excel or tab-delimited data into a range of web-friendly formats, including HTML, JSON, XML, PHP arrays, Python dicts, &c..
If you’re not comfortable converting your stuff on someone else’s website, it’s all done client-side with Javascript, so you can easily grab the source and run it locally.
Via MetaFilter.
TIP: Your iTunes Match Scheme Leaves Duplicate... →
If you are using iTunes Match to update your music to the higher-quality Store stuff you may run into a duplicate file problem if you don’t Trash the original files first.
Download (almost) any video with Safari
I don’t know anymore where I found this trick, but I was quite surprised this was not posted in this blog here.
You can use a little Safari trick to download (almost) any Flash video.
Let’s say you’re at OmniGroup’s OmniPlan’ video tutorials page and want to download their videos:
Go to the specific page.
Bring up the Activity Window (either Window → Activity,...
IanniX
I didn’t know Iannix has a new homepage design. Last time I looked (roughly a year ago) it still had the old one. There was also no sign this app is in active development. I might have overlooked something, but that was my impression. Glad to see the last release was 12.11.2011.
“UPIC [Iannix’ previous name] is a computerised musical composition tool, devised by the composer...
TouchOSC Bridge
I didn’t know this existed. Very nice!
“TouchOSC Bridge is a standalone tool application for Windows and Mac OS X that relays MIDI messages sent from TouchOSC to any MIDI capable application on your computer and vice versa. TouchOSC version 1.8 or higher is required to use this application.”
Made by hexler (the makers of TouchOSC themselves)
TouchOSC is one of those...
Spire: Working (legal) Siri port →
In case you missed it today. chpwn has released Spire. A working port of Siri for iPhone 4 and below:
As has been noted, my recently released tweak
Spire requires a proxy and data from an
iPhone 4S to operate. As the point of Spire is to get Siri on devices
that aren’t the iPhone 4S, this might at first seem to imply that
Spire is useless.
However, this…
Check out these...
10 Omnigraffle tips you might not know (plus one... →
Transpose data in Numbers →
A formula how you can transpose a table in Numbers. After your data is transposed, select everything and ⌘C. Then create a new table, select the first cell and choose Edit → Paste Values.
Beatler (Beatport Client) becomes Beatport Pro... →
Not just becomes Beatler Beatport’s official app, it also becomes free.
via
How to secure your e-mail under Mac OS X and iOS 5... →
From Keychain Access, you can then also export the certificate as a password-protected .p12 file for installation on your iOS device. The proper way to do that is probably using the iPhone Configuration Utility, but mailing the file to yourself—or storing it in a draft mail message on the mail server—is a lot simpler. Opening the file will make iOS install the certificate. In my case, it said...
As Banks Start Nosing Around Facebook and Twitter,... →
When it comes to online privacy, Mr. King subscribes to the Mark Zuckerberg school of thought: standards are evolving, and the world will be better for it. (As long as you’re connecting and sharing, only good things can happen to you!) “Our view of what ‘private’ is, is changing,” Mr. King said. “We make friends with people we barely know!”
App Recommendation: Quickpick
Quickly access all Settings.app settings with Notification Center. Must buy!
QuickPick the universal iOS launcher
Type2Phone (currently cheaper): Use your Mac as...
“Type2Phone turns your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Type and paste text to your iOS device.Every character you type into Type2Phone will appear on the mobile device it is paired with.”
Lifehacker App Directory →
Apps for Windows, Linux, and OS X. Once you click on a specific app you can get to a Win/Lin/OSX subdirectory by clicking, e.g., Mac App Directory underneath the screenshot.
Do E-Readers Cause Eye Strain? →
Michael Bove, director of the Consumer Electronics Laboratory at the M.I.T. Media Lab, says different screens make sense for different purposes.
“It depends on the viewing circumstances, including the software and typography on the screen,” said Mr. Bove. “Right now E Ink is great in sunlight, but in certain situations, a piece of paper can be a better display than E Ink,...
6 tips for a better reading experience →
I currently try to find studies about reading on screen. So far I’ve only found the Wikipedia entry about Screen reading that says:
”[…] it was discovered that generally people read 25% slower on a computer screen in comparison with a printed page. In eyetracking tests, Nielsen also discovered that people read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern that consists of two horizontal stripes...
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer... →
An oldie, from 2003, but still a good read every software developer should read at least once.
LaTeX Beginner Tutorial: Now Available
GERMAN ONLY. I’LL TRANSLATE THIS TUTORIAL SHORTLY!
Bei Mac OS X Screencasts kann man sich ab jetzt ein LaTeX Einsteiger Tutorial für 9,99€ kaufen.
Inhalte:
Dokumente setzen mit LaTeX
Syntax
Textformatierung und Schriftgrössen
Nummerierte und enumerierte Listen
Environments (Umgebungen)
Einfügen von Spezialzeichen
Text ausklammern mit Kommentaren
Mathemodus (Einstieg)
Einbindung...
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Delete Your Account →
Delete Your Account helps you to delete any of your internet online accounts. You can search for any network you might have registered for and the site will tell you how to get rid of your account. There’s also an alphabetical list available, e.g. f for Facebook.
WatchPercolator 2.0
The app looks a little cheesy, but the effects are kinda cool.
Also: the app is complemented by a cheesy demo.
Simple, more flexible Objective-C Logging →
This is mainly a hint to follow @AlfredApp s’ developer blog, rather than a hint on Objective C logging.
Release: NeoFinder 6.0
The previously named app CDFinder has been released as a new major version 6.0 and has also been aptly renamed to NeoFinder.
NeoFinder/CDFinder is a digital asset manager that can catalog any of your media. No matter whether it’s an external disk or CD’s or a local folder. Everything in your backup can be cataloged so that you are able to find it without getting all DVD’s out...
Change "Slide to Unlock" text label on iPhone... →
…if you are that type of person.
YouTube Analytics →
Get statistics about your YouTube views and viewers. Very helpful.
How to Download Apple's Steve Jobs Memorial Event...
Ever since Apple put up Steve’s memorial event I was wondering how I could save the video to my hard disk. Here’s how to do it, this works for other videos as well.
Go the Apple Event page
Open the source code of the page (⌘⌥U in Safari)
Near the top it says something like <script type… followed by a couple of snowLeopard and non-snowLeopard URLs to so called Quicktime...
Tracker Music II: SunVox for iOS/OS X
Following my Nostalgia post from yesterday, here’s a little addendum. As I mentioned, I played with a couple of Tracker apps and it felt so good. I played with all mentioned, and running, apps from Wikipedia.
Including one that I had on my AppShopper Wish List for quite a while. One that was only available for iOS; so I thought.
SunVox is a tracker program that runs on Windows, Linux, OS...
Nostalgia: Tracker Music in 2011
Earlier this week I’ve tried to archive music that I made when I was about 12-ish. I started making music on so called Trackers. The first one that I had had only four tracks and ran in DOS. I can’t recall its name, but I grew bored of it quickly due its technical limitations.
After that I bought a tracker (that came on a CD-ROM) named X-Tracker by d-lusion. A wonderful piece of...
Camtasia 2 and ScreenFlow 3: Which one should you...
I’ve been beta testing a nice app for the last couple of months. An app made by the great folks of TechSmith. Camtasia for Mac 2 is a very good update to their screencasting software. New features:
Improved annotations. The new overlay graphics look better than in v1 and are easier to use.
Better editing.
Better audio and video FX.
Cursor FX (finally).
Captions allow you to...
Change default browser on iOS
One thing that annoys me on iOS is that you can’t change the default browser. All http|https links are opened by Mobile Safari. That is annoying when you’re using a different browser than Safari.
At least on jailbroken iPhone users rejoice: There’s a solution. It’s called Browser Changer. A free add-on for iOS that allows you to change these redirects from Settings.app.
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For now, editing is a commodity and less a craft →
Interesting piece by Walter Biscardi how video editing, and other professional “crafts”, are changing.
“As CNN says in their release, high quality video cameras and editing software are available to the masses, so they don’t need the professionals any longer”
I can’t help but shake my head how “craft” is being misused here. Is it less a craft...