Red Sweater Blog – Restore Safari’s Downloads Keyboard Shortcut
july 2011 by bsag
Restore the ability to toggle the Safari downloads popover window using a keystroke in Lion. Also works very nicely in a Keyboard Maestro macro.
applescript
lion
osx
tips
safari
july 2011 by bsag
MacSparky - Blog - Keyboard Shortcut for "Save as PDF..." in OS X
october 2010 by bsag
This is incredibly useful. I use Print to PDF all the time, and this shaves a bit off that time and means I don't need to use the mouse. Perfect.
macox
pdf
tips
october 2010 by bsag
10.6: Fix a broken Services menu on the fly - Mac OS X Hints
august 2010 by bsag
I've had this happen quite a lot on one Mac: you just get the 'Building...' message when you try to open the Services menu, so this tip is very helpful. I've put the command in an Automator workflow, or I'll forget it when I next need it.
mac
tips
commandline
august 2010 by bsag
Wicked - awesome
september 2009 by bsag
Setting up wicked widgets in awesome.
linux
tips
howto
awesome
windowmanager
config
september 2009 by bsag
Advice on designing scientific posters
august 2009 by bsag
"And it gets worse: meeting organizers will invariably sandwich your poster between two posters that are infinitely more entertaining, such as "Teaching house cats to perform cold fusion" and "Mating preferences in extraordinarily adorable red pandas." In such a situation, your poster must be interesting and visually slick if you hope to attract viewers."
academia
science
poster
design
tips
august 2009 by bsag
How to force Safari 4 to open links in a new Tab instead of a new Window : Switching To Mac
june 2009 by bsag
The fact that Safari opens target="_blank" links in new windows, not new tabs as per the preferences has bugged me for ages. This tip fixes that with a simple command line defaults command. Brilliant. It really improves the use of Google Reader and Fever.
macosx
software
tips
safari
tabs
june 2009 by bsag
Photojojo » Black and White Conversion: The Best Ways to Turn Color Digital Photos Into Beautiful B&W
may 2009 by bsag
Useful guide to producing good black and white images from colour ones. I tend to use Aperture's tool for this now, which offers a lot of control, but this is handy if you don't use Aperture.
photography
photoshop
tutorials
blackandwhite
tips
may 2009 by bsag
Tweet this Flickr photo - using the new Flic.kr URL shortening service
april 2009 by bsag
I had no idea you could do this, but it's an excellent tip for when you want to link to Flickr photos on Twitter or IM. (via @dubh)
photography
web
social_networking
twitter
tips
april 2009 by bsag
My Git Workflow
january 2009 by bsag
Nice example of a git workflow.
git
development
vcs
coding
tips
january 2009 by bsag
git ready » daily tips for the noob to the guru
january 2009 by bsag
Daily git tips for everyone. I'm still learning about all the glorious ins and outs of git, so this should be a handy resource.
tips
howto
git
vcs
programming
coding
january 2009 by bsag
Show Git dirty state (and branch) in the prompt – The Pug Automatic
january 2009 by bsag
Excellent hack for getting git information into the command prompt in the terminal. My fork of the gist is here: http://gist.github.com/47541
tips
bash
shell
git
hack
january 2009 by bsag
RSVP - Please Reply : iPod & iTunes: Shuffling for Experts
april 2008 by bsag
Instructions for creating a pseudo-random playlist to fill an iPod. Some favourite stuff, some completely random stuff and some rarely played.
imported
itunes
music
ipod
tips
april 2008 by bsag
macosxhints.com - 10.5: Sleep all displays via keyboard shortcut
april 2008 by bsag
I never knew that there was a keyboard shortcut for this - handy!
imported
macosx
hints
tips
april 2008 by bsag
Rands In Repose: Out Loud
february 2008 by bsag
Another great article about actually writing a presentation. I'd love to see one like this slanted towards academic presentations.
imported
presentations
tips
february 2008 by bsag
Box.net desktop for Macs (sorta)
november 2007 by bsag
Very useful way to access Box.net for quick posting of files for others to pick up.
imported
macosx
storage
online
tips
november 2007 by bsag
Improving Academic Presentation Style | 43 Folders
october 2007 by bsag
Good tips on academic presentations.
imported
academia
presentations
tips
october 2007 by bsag
Stupid Apple Remote Tricks | Macinstruct
march 2007 by bsag
Some nice tips for using the Apple Remote. I didn't know that you could pair remotes with particular machines.
imported
apple
remote
hardware
tips
march 2007 by bsag
Photojojo » How to Turn a Photo into a Mailable Mosaic
november 2006 by bsag
An excellent creative idea for sending photographs to friends and family.
imported
photography
craft
howto
tips
november 2006 by bsag
SANS - Internet Storm Center: Alternatives to captchas for foiling spammers
november 2006 by bsag
Some ingenious ideas for foiling spammers, but not disadvantaging partially-sighted users.
imported
tips
antispam
blogging
web-design
november 2006 by bsag
iPod Diagnostic Mode
march 2006 by bsag
How to debug a broken iPod
imported
mac
apple
ipod
tips
repair
march 2006 by bsag
Stopdesign | Secure wireless email on Mac OS X
march 2006 by bsag
A comprehensive article on fortifying your email when connecting wirelessly [via fuddland]
imported
macosx
mail
tips
security
march 2006 by bsag
macosxhints - Print documents in booklet form
march 2006 by bsag
Using xpdf and LaTeX LaTeX to print documents in booklet form.
imported
macosx
tips
software
printing
march 2006 by bsag
Camino : Support : Hidden Preferences
february 2006 by bsag
Useful list of hidden preferences for Camino to set in the user file.
imported
macosx
apple
browser
tips
software
february 2006 by bsag
Keep headphone wires from getting tangled - Lifehacker
february 2006 by bsag
Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the downloads, web sites and shortcuts that save time. Don't live to geek; geek to live.
imported
lifehacker
tips
hifi
february 2006 by bsag
Kevin Marsh | Creating Mobile or Lite Versions of Rails Apps
january 2006 by bsag
Lovely how routes makes this so simple
ruby
rails
tips
mobile
magnolia
january 2006 by bsag
ONLamp.com: Keeping Your Life in Subversion
december 2005 by bsag
Fascinating update to Joey's earlier article on keeping his life in CVS. This might just be an excellent idea.
unix
tips
hacks
svn
magnolia
december 2005 by bsag
macosxhints - Use a Gmail account for basic file backups
december 2004 by bsag
An intriguing idea
gmail
macosx
tips
magnolia
december 2004 by bsag
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