Fink 0.25 released
Posted by jpb Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:03:56 GMT
Essentially, faster indexing, better cleanup, better dealing with build locks.
Read the details about it here.
Cool virtual desktop utility add-on
Posted by jpb Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:03:00 GMT
If you’re using VirtueDesktop to manage virtual desktops, there’s an add on for it called ShadowBook that will let you change desktops just by waving your hand over the left speaker of your MBP.
JumpCut
Posted by jpb Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:27:47 GMT
Utility of the day – JumpCut.
Jumpcut gives you access to a configurable number of recent items that have been on your clipboard. It does one thing, and does it well.
GPG Services Plugin
Posted by jpb Sun, 09 Jul 2006 18:12:00 GMT
The GPGServices service plugin adds to the global Services menu (in the Application menu) the facility to sign and verify plain text in any application that supports text services. The plugin also provides convenience facilities to import an ascii-armoured key from text in any application as well as return your default key, in ascii armoured format, and the key’s fingerprint.
Get it here.
Parallels Desktop
Posted by jpb Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:27:00 GMT
Parallels released the final version of Parallels Desktop for Mac. Now you can run Windows for testing sites with IE and keep it safely imprisoned in a virtual machine so it can’t hurt your files on your Mac. Only works on Intel Macs since it’s a virtual machine, not an emulator.
Index your Ruby files with Spotlight
Posted by jpb Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:00 GMT
There’s a plugin for Spotlight that will automagically index all your Ruby source code. Find it at Arcadian Visions.
SSHKeychain
Posted by jpb Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:57:00 GMT
SSHKeychain is a GUI replacement for ssh-agent. It’ll take care of locking and unlocking your ssh keys as you sleep your machine in addition to all the stuff you expect from ssh-agent. Will also let you create tunnels from the menu it adds to your menubar.
Visor hack
Posted by jpb Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:10:00 GMT
Visor provides a systemwide terminal window accessible via a hotkey, much like the consoles found in games such as Quake. Visor requires elements of Quartz only found in 10.4. Visor is compatible with 10.4 and higher only
Find it here.
Prettier interface to lsof
Posted by jpb Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:24:00 GMT
Check out sloth, it’ll show what programs have which files or sockets open on your system. Nice little OS X utility.
O'Reilly Dev Center article on running Rails on OS X Server
Posted by jpb Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:02:00 GMT
Quick howto on installing & running Rails applications on OS X Server. Read the details.
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