QuickLinks vom 28. Dezember bis zum 15. Januar

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 28. Dezember bis zum 15. Januar:

  • Bip – is an IRC proxy, which means it keeps connected to your preferred IRC servers, can store the logs for you, and even send them back to your IRC client(s) upon connection.
  • KNC – is Kerberised NetCat. It works in basically the same way as either netcat or stunnel except that it is Kerberised. You can use it to construct client/server applications while keeping the Kerberos libraries out of your programs address space quickly and easily.
  • glark – A replacement for (or supplement to) the grep family, glark offers: Perl compatible regular expressions, highlighting of matches, context around matches, complex expressions, and automatic exclusion of non-text files.
  • runiq – functions in a manner quite similar to GNU uniq, but runiq allows you to specify keys based on regular expressions in stead of field or the first N characters.
  • TrID – is an utility designed to identify file types from their binary signatures. While there are similar utilities with hard coded logic, TrID has no fixed rules. Instead, it's extensible and can be trained to recognize new formats in a fast and automatic way.
  • DropIt – A tiny, flexible, hard-working tool to automate sorting and filing data-files and folders.
  • droopy – is a mini Web server whose sole purpose is to let others upload files to your computer.
  • Markdown QuickTags – is a plugin for WordPress which replaces the HTML editor with a Markdown-enabled set of buttons and features.
  • DIY Star Wars Snowflakes – Paper-snowflakes going Star Wars
  • Melo – Very cool looking last.fm client for Mac OS X

QuickLinks vom 9. Dezember bis zum 24. Dezember

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 9. Dezember bis zum 24. Dezember:

  • Blat – is a Win32 command line utility that sends eMail using SMTP or post to usenet using NNTP.
  • TouchCursor – lets you use the home keys as cursor keys – in all Windows programs – keeping your fingers in the best position for fast typing.
  • guard – is a command line tool to easily handle events on file system modifications (FSEvent / Inotify / Polling support).
  • OnDir – is a program that automatically executes scripts as you traverse directories at a terminal.
  • PDFMiner – is a tool for extracting information from PDF documents. Unlike other PDF-related tools, it focuses entirely on getting and analyzing text data. PDFMiner allows one to obtain the exact location of text in a page, as well as other information such as fonts or lines. It includes a PDF converter that can transform PDF files into other text formats (such as HTML). It has an extensible PDF parser that can be used for other purposes than text analysis.
  • Trimage – is a cross-platform GUI and command-line interface to optimize image files, depending on the filetype (currently, PNG and JPG files are supported). It was inspired by imageoptim.
  • ImageOptim – optimizes images – so they take up less disk space and load faster – by finding best compression parameters and by removing unnecessary comments and color profiles. It handles PNG, JPEG and GIF animations.
  • Vim Tips – Very nice collection of vim tips
  • eSleeper – is a 21st century cat basket, an ideal resting location for any cat.
  • Attribute Changer – is a power user tool to change all kind of file and folder attributes, date, time and even NTFS compression.

QuickLinks vom 17. September bis zum 5. Oktober

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 17. September bis zum 5. Oktober:

  • threesome – is a Vim plugin for resolving conflicts during three-way merges. It's designed to be used as a merge tool for version control systems like Mercurial and Git.
  • efa – is a commandline client for the http://efa.vrr.de web interface. It can request itineraries for train/tram/bus connections throughout Germany, based on various parameters such as date/time, preferred train types and such. It is most useful inside the VRR, but works fine for the rest of Germany as well.
  • Format Factory – is a multifunctional media converter for Windows.
  • qlmarkdown – is a simple QuickLook generator for Markdown files.
  • LastHistory – allows you to analyze music listening histories from Last.fm through an interactive visualization and to explore your own past by combining the music you listened to with your own photos and calendar entries.
  • How to clean Apple products
  • Bookmarklets for text manipulation – Quickly create markdown links to current page with selected text.
  • Mass Deploying Time Machine in Mac OS X Lion – The tmutil command allows administrators to enable Time Machine, make snapshots, kick off backups, delete snapshots, perform restores, configure options within Time Machine and, with a little scripting, build a centralized dashboard, pulling in Time Machine statistics from clients.
  • boom – motherfucking text snippets on the command line.
  • HOWTO Use UTF-8 Throughout Your Web Stack – You write web apps. You understand the web is global, and want to support internationalization. You want UTF-8.

QuickLinks vom 30. August bis zum 16. September

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 30. August bis zum 16. September:

  • solo – is a very simple script (10 lines) that prevents a program from running more than one copy at a time. It is useful with cron to make sure that a job doesn't run before a previous one has finished
  • teamocil – is a tool used to automatically create sessions, windows and splits in tmux with Ruby and YAML. Like tmuxinator, but with splits, not just windows.
  • BoxCryptor – is a cryptographic virtual harddisk that encrypts all data on-the-fly using the AES-256 standard. Encrypted data is stored in an arbitrary directory of your choice, e.g. one that is synced to the cloud like your Dropbox folder.
  • ColorPicker Pro – is an easy to use color detection tool for developers and designers.
  • auto_torrent – Give it a list of stuff to look out for, set your bittorrent client’s ‘watch’ directory to match auto_torrent’s download directory, infringe copyright without lifting a finger.
  • Supervisor – is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.
  • Jump – type j in a terminal, and enter your query at the prompt: results will be updated live as you type. Switch between suggestions with up and down arrow, select with enter and boom you’re in the right directory. Basically, all the fancy web 2.0 autosuggest mojo right in your terminal.
  • Vigor – the popular Unix editor vi with the addition of the Vigor Assistant, has arrived.
  • Conque – is a Vim plugin which allows you to run interactive programs, such as bash on linux or powershell.exe on Windows, inside a Vim buffer. In other words it is a terminal emulator which uses a Vim buffer to display the program output.

QuickLinks vom 19. August bis zum 29. August

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 19. August bis zum 29. August:

  • obnam – is an easy, secure backup program. Backups can be stored on local hard disks, or online via the SSH SFTP protocol. The backup server, if used, does not require any special software, on top of SSH.
  • Greenshot – is a light-weight screenshot software tool for Windows
  • OfflineIMAP – operates on a REMOTE and a LOCAL repository and synchronizes emails between them, so that you can read the same mailbox from multiple computers. The REMOTE repository is some IMAP server, while LOCAL can be either a local Maildir or another IMAP server.
  • TeXnicle – is a LaTeX editor and project organiser for Mac OS X with a feature-rich interface to help you manage your LaTeX projects.
  • GAget – Google Analytics Widget for Mac OS X Dashboard
  • Bootstrap – is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites.
  • cinderella – is a fully managed development environment for open source hacking on Mac OSX. It's powered by homebrew and chef. You only need Xcode to get started.
  • awesome – awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is primarly targeted at power users, developers and any people dealing with every day computing tasks and who want to have fine-grained control on theirs graphical environment.

QuickLinks vom 3. August bis zum 16. August

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 3. August bis zum 16. August:

  • checksum – is a blisteringly fast, no-nonsense file hashing application for Windows that generates and verifies SHA1 and MD5 hashes
  • Web Developer Extension – adds various web developer tools to a browser. The extension is available for Firefox and Chrome, and will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
  • renameutils – are a set of programs designed to make renaming of files faster and less cumbersome.
  • Lion DiskMaker – is a small application programmed with AppleScript that you can use with Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7 to burn a DVD or build a bootable USB key from Mac OS X Lion’s Installation programm.
  • ipswDownloader – Simple app for downloading firmware for Apple iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch.
  • LiveReload – monitors changes in the file system. As soon as you save a file, it is preprocessed as needed, and the browser is refreshed.
  • LESS.app – extends CSS with variables, nested rules, operators and more. If you're still building websites without it, you're an idiot. This app makes it dead simple to use {Less} by automatically compiling *.less files into standard CSS.
  • Project Hamster – is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.
  • ControlPlane – Using a number of configurable evidence sources, rules and actions you can reconfigure your Mac based on what you are doing, where you are at or the time of day.  Set the office printer as your default printer while at work or start a set of apps once you’re home.
  • pow – is a zero-config Rack server for Mac OS X

QuickLinks vom 23. Juli bis zum 2. August

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 23. Juli bis zum 2. August:

  • ScreenSharingMenulet – connect to local and Back to My Mac hosts via Screen Sharing from the menu bar
  • Using the Rake Build Language
  • Message Header Analysis Tool – Extract a message header from a mail you want to investigate. Copy/Paste into the box above and click on "ANALYSE"
  • TotalTerminal – provides a persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key. Remember Quake Console?
  • pexpect – is a pure Python module that makes Python a better tool for controlling and automating other programs.
  • vimwiki – is a personal wiki for Vim. A number of linked text files that have their own syntax highlighting.
  • spiped – is a utility for creating symmetrically encrypted and authenticated pipes between socket addresses. This is similar to 'ssh -L' functionality, but does not use SSH and requires a pre-shared symmetric key.
  • A simple Ruby command-line application skeleton
  • Download Time Calculator – calculates the time needed for downloading a file with a specified connection speed and file size
  • SafariOmnibar – is a Safari SIMBL plugin aiming at mimicing the Chrome's smart location bar which combines location and search.

QuickLinks vom 3. Mai bis zum 25. Mai

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 3. Mai bis zum 25. Mai:

  • Sosumi – is a simple way to find your iPhone using your Mac.
  • NirCmd – is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.
  • GeoNamesTagger – is a Mac OS X docklet to easily update image EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata with location specific information.
  • Oolite – is a space sim game, inspired by Elite, powered by Objective-C and OpenGL, and designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up, modify and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be changed by using simple, free graphics packages and text editors.
  • DTerm – provides a context-sensitive command line that makes it fast and easy to run commands on the files you're working with and then use the results of those commands.
  • Using p4merge with Git – Although it is correct that git doesn't come with a nice merge tool, it is quite happy to use any merge tool that you have on hand. And since Perforce's merge tool is available free, you can use p4merge with git.
  • Rubular – is a Ruby-based regular expression editor. It's a handy way to test regular expressions as you write them.
  • 5 Best Dropbox WordPress Plugins – Nice list, Dropbox Sync looks especially nice for a backup of all images.
  • Vagrant – is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox, Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments.
  • Blueprint – is DevStructure's workhorse tool that looks inside popular package managers, finds changes you made to configuration files, and archives software you built from source to generate Puppet, Chef, or shell code. Everything blueprint sees is stored in Git to be diffed and pushed. It runs on Debian and RPM based distros with Python 2.6.

QuickLinks vom 21. März bis zum 3. April

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 21. März bis zum 3. April:

  • Boxer – plays all the MS-DOS games of your misspent youth, right here on your Mac.
  • Vim Recipes – is a free cookbook for Vim, the popular text editor. It does not replace Vim's excellent built-in documentation, but complements it by focussing on tasks rather than commands.
  • WinSplit Revolution – is a small utility which allows you to easily organize your open windows by tiling, resizing and positioning them to make the best use of your desktop real estate
  • flashbake – A seamless source control solution combines the convenience of automated back up with the power of source version control.
  • ScraperWiki – is a platform for writing and scheduling screen scrapers, and for storing the data they generate
  • The Motherfucking Manifesto For Programming, Motherfuckers – We are tired of XP, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, Software Craftsmanship (aka XP-Lite) and anything else getting in the way of…Programming, Motherfucker.
  • How to use iWeb to build a killer frontpage for your Facebook Fan Page.
  • PHP-RegExp-Tutorial – Ausführliche, deutschsprachige Informationen zum Aufbau und zur Verwendung von Regulären Ausdrücken in PHP.
  • CLCL – Is a clipboard caching utility for Windows. Works with text and files.
  • git-friendly – is a collection of shell scripts for automating basic git workflows that you probably find yourself typing over and over again.

QuickLinks vom 8. Februar bis zum 18. Februar

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 8. Februar bis zum 18. Februar:

  • Tweet Nest – A browsable, searchable and easily customizable archive and backup for your tweets
  • git mail – Why to store your mail in git
  • ttyload – is a little *NIX utility… to give a color-coded graph of load averages over time.
  • Backup Loupe – is an extension for TimeMachine on OS X
  • SoyWiki – turns Vim into a powerful, lean, and fast wiki. It’s got all the protein of a more conventional wiki, but less saturated fat and no cholesterol.
  • Git Immersion – is a guided tour that walks through the fundamentals of Git, inspired by the premise that to know a thing is to do it.
  • ClipCube – is a tiny clipboard history tool under development for Windows: it sits in the system tray, recording copied text for later use.
  • How to write vim plugins with python – You only need very little knowledge of VimL to be able to write plugins, if you know Python (or Ruby).
  • DiskWave – is a free disk usage utility. It helps you determine where most of your hard drive space is consumed. DiskWave was previously known as WhichSize.
  • SABnzbd – makes Usenet as simple and streamlined as possible by automating everything we can. All you have to do is add an .nzb. SABnzbd takes over from there, where it will be automatically downloaded, verified, repaired, extracted and filed away with zero human interaction.