March 2011
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September 2010
2 posts
LittleIpsum →
Neat little menu bar application for generating latin place-holder text.
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“The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a...”
– ‘St. Augustine of Hippo’.
August 2010
2 posts
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Stay →
Time to rejoice if you use a Mac laptop with an external display: Stay solves the incredibly annoying issue of windows seemingly choosing their own locations once you connect or disconnect the display.
July 2010
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June 2010
3 posts
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“If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable...”
– Seth Godin — ‘Goodbye to the Office’.
Serafinowicz: Five Reasons I Love Apple & Five... →
Yes.
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“As any experienced meditator knows, the mind has a mind of its own. Left free to...”
– Tony Schwartz — ‘The Death of Depth: Less and Less of More and More’.
May 2010
3 posts
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Ashes →
A native iPad app for my favourite news reader, Fever. I really can’t wait to try this out — it seems like one of the things the iPad was born to do well.
isitsunshine.com →
An impressive implementation of weather conditions overlaid on Google Maps.
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April 2010
3 posts
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“To see a file on your hard drive spring to life with posters, fan art, and rich...”
– Plex’s Elan Feingold — ‘The Road to Alexandria’.
View Safari Source in TextMate Applescript →
This works a treat, and makes up for Safari’s rubbish “View Source”.
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March 2010
1 post
Quietube →
A simple but effective little site plus bookmarklet for viewing YouTube (and a few other video services) video, without all the comments, ads and other junk. As their slogan says, “Videos without the distractions”. Nicely done.
February 2010
5 posts
Hg Init →
A very well written, easily digestible Mercurial tutorial by Joel Spolsky — just ignore the Windows command prompt.
Fucking Windows →
Internet perfection.
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ScreenSharingMenulet →
Simple but excellent little app which allows quick access to other computers via Screen Sharing right from your menu bar.
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January 2010
20 posts
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First-Person Tetris →
A pretty impressive take on Tetris, although the title is misleading. Don’t forget to arm yourself with motion-sickness pills.
The Take-Away Shows →
A growing collection of low-key performances from a great collection of artists, kind of similar in format to the Black Cab Sessions, which I also recommend.
Inklet →
Neat application which, combined with a Pogo Sketch pen, turns a Macbook trackpad into a tablet.
Whenever a link on your website opens in a new... →
It’s true. Save the pandas.
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TNEF's Enough →
Josh Jacob’s little app which will extract files from those ridiculous winmail.dat attachments Microsoft Outlook/Exchange insists on mangling files into.
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“This is the age of the empowered, cynical, skeptical, hype-resistant customer....”
– Gerry McGovern —Why we love the Web.
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My Favourite Albums Of 2009 →
I collected tracks from my favourite 10(-ish) albums from last year over the last few days here. I hope there’s something new for you. As always, I fully expect to find a ton of albums I didn’t know about in time — suggestions welcome.
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The Cave Singers — Summer Light
At just...
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The Wooden Birds — The Other One
...
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Alberta Cross — Taking Control
I’d...
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Miike Snow — Silvia
I’m not really...
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The Boxer Rebellion — Soviets
What I...
WideMail for Snow Leopard - Public Beta →
WideMail is (at last!) available for Snow Leopard in Beta form. I’ve had no issues with it as yet.
Gorillapod →
An impressive looking range of portable alternatives to traditional tripods, their aim being to flexibly grip many types of surfaces.
December 2009
10 posts
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The Rural Alberta Advantage — Drain The...
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Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
A late...
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White Lies — Fifty On Our Foreheads
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The Appleseed Cast — Raise the Sails
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Dark Mean — Lullaby
Despite being a)...
Airlock →
Neat little app which will unlock your Mac whenever your iPhone or iPod Touch is near it. Nice idea.
Please Scroll →
“There is no page fold”. Amen.
When can I use... →
An excellent resource for compatibility information for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies in the various leading browsers.
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