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New Photos

Krues8dr — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:09:36 +0000

A handful or two of new photos from my cameraphone are up in the razr section.

OS X’ Quarantine Resolution (”File Downloaded From The Internet”)

Krues8dr — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:02:10 +0000

If you’ve had the pleasure of upgrading to 10.5, you may have noticed that OS X suddenly began acting like Windows. Whenever you download a file, it now prompts you with a message, asking if you really actually want to open the file. (more…)

fbCal: the missing Facebook-Calendar bridge.

Krues8dr — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:06:13 +0000

I just happened across fbCal, which allows you to subscribe to your Facebook birthday list and events directly in your favorite calendar app (iCal in my case). If you’re as calendar-obsessed as myself, you should check it out!

Getting a handle on Pandora

Krues8dr — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:50:49 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Pandora. - it’s great for finding new music or just chilling out listening to some of my well-crafted stations. However, the fact that I’m completely tied to my browser to enjoy it makes me crazy. In particular, the fact that I can’t control the player without the window being active, as I’m able to do with iTunes (and some clever Quicksilver/Applescript magic). Enter PandoraBoy. It’s a Mac-only application that interfaces with Pandora. The best part is that it’s scriptable. (more…)

New Razr Pics

Krues8dr — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:28:10 +0000

I just posted a whole bunch of new pics from my cellphone over in my Razr Gallery.

Unfuddle Love

Krues8dr — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:20:25 +0000

I’m really starting to fall for Unfuddle. For those who don’t know, it’s another Basecamp clone for managing projects. I just discovered that if you’re using the source control (Subversion-based) that they provide, they parse the svn messages for key phrases like “Resolves Ticket #1001″, and update the associated ticket in their system to match. Which is a gotcha if you’re not aware of it, but awesome once you are. (more…)

Microsoft Releases IE 8 Beta

Krues8dr — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:06:53 +0000

Just what we needed, another version of standards-incompliant IE to support. Yet, here it is, in all it’s terrible glory. This release apparently just playing feature-catch-up with Firefox, so one begins to wonder just what the point is. Like, why waste all this development money on a free application that is vastly inferior to the competition.

Anyway, if you’re a developer and want to get a head start on creating all those hacks and alternate stylesheets, you can download the beta here: IE 8 Beta. (Windows only)

Note: This will overwrite any existing installation of IE.

Quick Tip: Google Reader Folders and Tags

Krues8dr — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:56:34 +0000

For those not so in-the-know, RSS feeds are a different way of reading content from your favorite sites. The advantage is that all of your content is aggregated into a single location, for easy reading. The main problem is that most every feed-reader sucks or is overpriced. Google has finally polished their free Reader app, and I’ve switched to it exclusively. The big benefit of it is the ability to group feeds by user-defined categories. (more…)

Virtual Box for Leopard released

Krues8dr — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:17:22 +0000

For those of you who don’t follow these things with bated breath, VirtualBox just finally released a working version for OS X 10.5. Only 4 months late there, guys. What this means for you is absolutely free PC emulation, so you can run Windows within OS X.

BBEdit: Regular Expression Case Change Options

Krues8dr — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:36:37 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Regular Expressions. They are, without a doubt, the single most powerful tool in the programmer’s toolbox. BBEdit, my favorite text editor, happens to have really excellent regular expression support. Among its features is the ability to change the case of matched text - which is really great if you’re having to reformat lists or, say, rename every function in your code. (more…)