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QuickLinks vom 30. August bis zum 16. September

der Dennis — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:18:22 +0000

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 23. Juli bis zum 2. August

der Dennis — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:34:29 +0000

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 4. März bis zum 23. März

der Dennis — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:17:43 +0000

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 4. März bis zum 23. März:

collectd – is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways, for example in RRD files.
CSVed – is an easy and powerful CSV file editor, you can manipulate any CSV file, separated with any separator.
Simple Desktops – is a collection of desktop wallpapers curated by Tom Watson designed to make your computer beautiful without distraction.
Continuous Integration – is a software development practice where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily – leading to multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. Many teams find that this approach leads to significantly reduced integration problems and allows a team to develop cohesive software more rapidly. This article is a quick overview of Continuous Integration summarizing the technique and its current usage.
Ultimate solution to weird UTF character encoding problem – Due to different formats of storing characters in the database, sometimes you may encounter problem with strange characters (like â€”) appearing in your WordPress posts. This can especially happen when moving the site to a different server, a process during which your database needs to be exported and imported.
Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation – Business literature is packed with advice about worker motivation—but sometimes managers are the problem, not the inspiration. Here are seven practices to fire up the troops. From Harvard Management Update.
smitten kitchen Recipe Index – Fearless cooking from a tiny kitchen in New York City with delicious photos…
Uniform – masks your standard form controls with custom themed controls. It works in sync with your real form elements to ensure accessibility and compatibility.
vi Complete Key Binding List – This is not intended as a tutorial. It is a reference on what every vi key binding does, followed by some useful vi tricks and tips. An expert will probably know most of these already, but an intermediate vi user will find valuable information, and even an expert may learn a thing or two.
Ephemera – will comfortably synchronize your ebook reader with Instapaper.com via USB. It works with the Amazon Kindle, Sony readers and pretty much any device capable of reading HTML, Mobipocket or EPUB files.

QuickLinks vom 10. Dezember bis zum 13. Dezember

der Dennis — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:00:18 +0000

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 10. Dezember bis zum 13. Dezember:

MagicPrefs – is a free menubar application for OSX which aims to improve the functionality and configuration options of the Apple Magic Mouse. It features the ability to bind a variable number of finger clicks and taps to functions like Middle Click , Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons , Spaces , Expose, Dashboard etc.
Sequenz – Take photos with your iSight and upload them
Balsamiq Mockups – Extremely slick tool for great looking mockups of GUIs…
iTunes Remote – is a simple web interface that allows you to control iTunes over the web.
vitunes – is a curses-based playlist manager and media player for *nix operating systems with vim-like keybinds.

QuickLinks vom 2. Juni bis zum 16. Juni

der Dennis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:07 +0000

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 2. Juni bis zum 16. Juni:

10.5: Repair Time Machine after logic board changes – What to do with your Backup when you MAC changed…
rsync-Backup der c’t unter Windows Vista –
Paperkey für das GnuPG Schlüssel-Backup –
The joy of electronic books – Scanning around 3000 books and making them available in a personal ebook library. Awesome!
ViEmu for Word and Outlook – is an innovative new product that provides vi/vim emulation for document processing in Microsoft Word, and for mail composing in Microsoft Outlook.
System Administrator Interview Cheat Sheet –
A quick history of software platforms: How we got here, and where we're going – Well worth the read…

QuickLinks vom 9. Juli bis zum 13. Juli

der Dennis — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:31:28 +0000

Meine del.icio.us-Links vom 9. Juli bis zum 13. Juli:

Beeswax – is an information management system inspired by Lotus Agenda. It aims to recreate Agenda’s flexibility and efficiency in a clutter-free, text-based (ncursesw) user interface with vi key bindings.
XML Google Maps – This plugin allows you to easily insert Google Map or Google Earth Plugin Maps into your blog.
PosteRazor – Der PosteRazor schneidet eine Rasterbild-datei in Stücke, die anschließend ausgedruckt und zu einem Poster zusammengefügt werden können.
The GPG Plugin for Address Book – The ABKey plugin enhances Address Book by allowing you to see which of your contacts have current, revoked and expired keys as well as providing more detailed information on request.
MacGDBp – Debugger for live, running PHP Applications
thisissand.com – Colorful falling sand. Quite meditative…
Cornerstone – Graphical Subversion Tool for Mac OS X. Single User License for $59…
Springy – Works as a archive browser. Can add and extract files on the fly. Shareware, $18.
SpongePedia – ist eine Enzyklopädie mit Informationen und weltweit umfangreichste Seite rund um die Serie SpongeBob Schwammkopf. WTF?
Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers – 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript including MooTools, jQuery and wordpress.
GimmeSomeTune – Amazing iTunes extension featuring lyrics, album art, last.fm, hotkeys and many more. Donationware.
SimplyNoise.com – free white noise straight from the internet
Viva Pinata – Putzeliges Strategiespiel auf der XBox 360 mit Papptierchen…

QuickLinks vom 27. Mai bis zum 28. Mai

der Dennis — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:30:07 +0000

Meine del.icio.us-Links vom 27. Mai bis zum 28. Mai:

Vim Introduction and Tutorial –
Javascript Super Mario Kart –
iTunesVolume – An iTunes controller for mouse.
Tune Instructor – ist eine Software, die immer wieder anfallende Arbeitsabläufe in Deiner Mediathek von iTunes autonom bewältigt.
osx-trash – manipulates the Mac OS X trash from the command line, just like the Finder does.
The Archived-At Message Header Field – This memo defines a new email header field, Archived-At:, to provide a direct link to the archived form of an individual email message.

QuickLinks vom 8. März

der Dennis — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:30:02 +0000

Meine del.icio.us-Links vom 8. März:

ScreenFlow – is a complete workflow for creating screencasts: powerful enough to capture your desktop, video camera, microphone & computer audio at the same time. Shareware, 79,99 €
ViMate – vi plugin for TextMate
Strands – is a screensaver that shows a weave of glowing, flexing lines.
Secrets – is a Mac OS X prefpane that enables many hidden and undocumented features.
del.ishli.st – a del.icio.us wishlist. Great idea!
FlickrBooth – is a simple little plugin for Apple’s Photo Booth that enables direct upload to flickr
Gawker – is an application for Mac OS X that creates time-lapse movies using a webcam
Learn F-Script in 20 Minutes – …and Have Fun Playing with Core Image
tmux- is a terminal multiplexer, it enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal

QuickLinks vom 25. Januar bis zum 28. Januar

der Dennis — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:30:24 +0000

Meine del.icio.us-Links vom 25. Januar bis zum 28. Januar:

Anki – is a program designed to help you remember facts (such as words and phrases in a foreign language) as easily, quickly and efficiently as possible. To do this, it tracks how well you remember each fact, and uses that information to optimally schedule revie
EyeSight – captures pictures periodically from 10 seconds to 999 days. Use it as webcam, watch rooms or whatever you like to do…
globalSAN iSCSI Initiator for OS X –
Theme Test Drive – allows you to safely test drive any theme on your blog as administrator, while visitors still use the default one.
Porticus – is a Cocoa GUI for the MacPorts package manager.
tooble – Browse, Search, and Download YouTube Video directly to your iPod
par, the Paragraph Formatter – is an extremely well-written and intelligent paragraph formatter that almost no one knows about. It makes it easy to write enviably well-formatted plain text e-mails and is also helpful with source code.
Interface design and the iPhone – Edward Tufte on the iPhone Interface Design
items to build an apple store – If you want to re-model your home in the style of an Apple store, here are links to the suppliers of the actual items they use.
Why ZFS Matters to Mac Users –
Mac OS X Leopard native Wireshark without X11 – Native Builds for Intel and PPC with included GTK+. Yay!

QuickLinks vom 4. Januar bis zum 17. Januar

der Dennis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:30:45 +0000

Meine del.icio.us-Links vom 4. Januar bis zum 17. Januar:

fseventer – Observes filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight
FlickrBooth – is a simple little plugin for Apple’s Photo Booth. Just install, follow the setup instructions, and snap away!
Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi? – Great explanation of some vi features
opsi – provides a tool for remotely installing operating systems and deploying software. While it is based on a Linux server its primary targets are Windows work stations.
relaxtones – 10 entspannte Klingeltöne im MP3-Format kostenlos. Schick.
MediaLink – Media Sharing between Mac and Playstation 3. Shareware, 20,00 $.
shimmer – works by cryptographically changing a set of ports. 16 ports change every minute frustrating an attacker, but a legimitate user with access to a shared secret can determine the real port, avoid blacklisting, and get a connection.
Finder Sidebar Separators – Nice looking Seperators for the 10.5 Finder Sidebar
Showcase – This is a plugin for the application launcher Quicksilver, adding a new interface. The special thing about this interface is that it heavily uses the new CoreAnimation technologies introduced with Leopard… Very nice looking.
Chyrp – Tumblelog-engine, to be hosted on your own server
Unknown Device Identifier – enables you to identify the yellow question mark labeled Unknown Devices in Device Manager. And reports you a detailed summary for the manufacturer name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown devices.
How to win photography competitions – Seven Tips on how to win a photo contest. These are also good hints on improving your photography if you do not plan to join a contest…