jemnotesversion 2 / featuring apps or see all/search

Dec 3
Flow looks like a nice tool for transferring files between computers. I probably won’t use it because scp does the trick most of the time, but good to know about (and remember).
Oct 22
When you install xcode, you get FileMerge, which you can open from the terminal with opendiff. It’s a great graphical way of comparing two files—for when diff isn’t quite enough.
Mar 30
A brilliant way of creating a ‘Site Specific Browser’ so that your dock contains a particular web app / site as a separate process. Makes a web app feel even more like it belongs as a fully-fledged app.
Aug 25
Great setup guide for openvpn. Goes well with Tunnelblick.
Aug 16
Infinite labs: excellent little applications for mac, including PlugSuit and Afloat.
Aug 11
From this blog, it seems that to convert from a pdf to an eps the following is required.
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -sDEVICE=epswrite -sOutputFile=new.eps old.pdf
There’s also an installer for ipe at the same blog.
Jul 29
Woah, typing s/search/repl/ in a Skype conversation actually performs a replacement for both parties on your last message (only). You can also remove the last message with s///. It turns out you can also do the same by right clicking.