I am a big fan of the incredibly useful 1Password. The latest beta release (2.8.3.BETA-11) introduces a new keychain format that, among other things, allows 1Password to detect changes made to the file by other programs and reload the changes on the fly. I am using this now to keep my 1P data synchronized between my work and [...]
Entries from September 2008
Synchronizing 1Password data between two local accounts (howto)
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: 1password · howto · Mac · passwords · Tips & tricks
Fixing character encoding problems with iWeb pages – In trying iWeb, I noticed that accented characters were displayed incorrectly. It seems the problem is that my web server (over which I have no control) is setting the encoding to Latin1, whereas iWeb pages are encoded in UTF-8. The fix is simple: in .htaccess, specify the correct encoding (tags: howto iweb utf-8 macosx )
(0)
PocketModMac: MacOSX PocketMod Generator Via Print Dialog – A cool way of printing in PocketMod format from any MacOSX application (tags: pocketmod macosx tools productivity printing )
(0)
Big Nerd Ranch Weblog PagePacker makes pocket-sized books – Little gem of an app to put anything into PocketMod format. Despite the warnings in the page, the downloadable version is not expired, and it works fine in Leopard. (tags: pocketmod productivity macosx tools howto )
(0)
Call Me Fishmeal.: iPhone App Store: Let the Market Decide – Nice article about the Apple App Store, censorship of applications, and how Apple could solve most problems without resorting to censorship. (tags: apple interesting osx iphone appstore )
(0)
El Tramo » Building Fancy DMG Images on Mac OS X – How to build fancy disk images (with background images ,etc.) on Mac OS X, plus some ways to automate the process from the command line (tags: macosx dmg image howto reference )
(0)
Tim Dysinger Installing GIT on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – Instructions for building git from source, a link to the pre-built git installer package, and (most valuable for me) a list of interesting configuration settings for git. (tags: git howto tutorial macosx tips programming )
(0)
Complete the Cure: Watch Videos and Raise Money for Research to Cure Childhood Cancer – A simple way to contribute to childhood cancer research. Each video lasts ~30 seconds. (tags: none)
(0)
John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd – Really well done video. (tags: none)
(0)
Fabiola Aimée
September 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Two and a half months ago, on June 26th, 2008, my second daughter, Fabiola Aimée, was born! She was born healthy and weighing 3,160g. I am only now getting to post about her (I tweeted about her birth, although I was so tired I posted the wrong name), but it has been an amazing [...]