OmniGraffle supports UNIX keyboard commands
Well, at least ctrl+a and ctrl+e. I haven’t tried anything else, but I was surprised to find out that these even work within OmniGraffle.
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Checking out a file in Perforce using Xcode’s 4 behaviors
Perforce published a knowledge base article on how to use Xcode’s built in behaviors to check out a file: Automatically checking out files for edit in Xcode 4.3 This is nifty and similar to an article I saw posted on stackoverflow by user Mark Thalman. Update I actually have AppleScripts that will do some of … Read more
Vector drawing programs
Matt Inman made a video where he discussed how he does his illustrations for his website: www.theoatmeal.com. If you haven’t seen any of this stuff, I would recommend that you only do it while you are home because his site is a big productivity killer. Anyway, it got me very interested in doing illustrations again, … Read more
Code review time
Right now, I’m reviewing code I copied into my own code branch (p4) and I’m finding that I’m doing something I thought I’d never do. I’m actually lining up functions and parameters into columns. I have to admit, it’s much easier to read code this way then when code is all smushed together. Now, I … Read more
CPUID for MacOS
This is a little old, but I wanted to share the link any for those looking for CPUID on the MacOS; download-maccpuid/
Using your iPad as a game controller
Firemint made an awesome racing game for the iPad, but that’s not all! With this game and an Apple TV, you can actually turn the iPad into a game controller and watch the gameplay on your HD TV! Ubber freaking cool! Guide to setting up airplay and party play for Real Racing 2
Steve Jobs quote
“[..] some mistakes will be made along on the way… that’s good, because at least some decisions are being made along the way and we’ll find the the mistakes and we’ll fix them” (WWDC 1997)
Converting ASCII to HEX and vice-versa
I created a Dashboard Widget to convert ASCII characters to HEX. The Widget uses Javascript code created by Derek Buitenhuis, whose code is featured on java2s.com Here is the Widget and Dashcode project available for download: ASCII to HEX Widget for Mac OS X ASCII to HEX Widget Dashcode Project
Starting the week off right
Wow… first my hard drive at home and now 2 of my RAID drives in my office died this morning… what a way to start the week 🙂
Starting the weekend right
I love watching my Mac slow down to a crawl… So, off to the Console.app to see what is going on: kernel disk1s1: I/O error. Awesome!