June 2007
7 posts
Safari Windows Release leads to better security... →
Apple just released two critical updates to web infrastructure in OSX—could it be that the recent Safari beta 3 release to Windows, and the resulting round of patching, has made OSX more secure in a matter of days?
JSON DB: a compressed JSON format →
Peter Michaux describes a hybrid between CSV and JSON that he calls JSON DB. Bottom line: transmit the property names once, as a sort of header row, followed by all the rows as simple arrays.
How I Backup My Powerbook
The following script syncs my laptop (Honshu) with an external drive (Kyoshu). The three commands implement a scheme where the important and downloaded media stuff is backed up forever, whereas the stuff on my Desktop is transient (deleted when I delete it). I should point out that I keep all 3rd-party applications in /Applications/3rd, and all downloaded or ripped media in ~/Desktop/torrents. ...
Creating a custom Finder icon
Man what a runaround. You know that you can change a file or folder’s icon in the Finder by copy-and-pasting the icon from another file or folder’s Info window (using the Edit menu’s copy and paste commands). But what if you want to build an icon from an existing png file? You need two free tools: the Icon Composer from Apple’s Developer Tools, and a 3rd-party app called...
digitarald's FancyUpload →
Another in the new (mandatory?) class of flash-powered file upload tools. This one has a nicer interface than the earlier SWFUpload. Looks like I’ll need to port it to MochiKit, though.
Hallon →
Hallon is a nifty OSX app for bookmarking arbitrary things on your Mac, such a iTunes tracks, Finder locations, and Address Book entries.
“In December 2005, a new Police Department computer program eliminated the...”
– Cara Buckley, in an NYTimes article about how police continue to make arrests under a law that was invalidated in 1992.
It’s always a good idea to provide a text input when the user selects ‘other’ in a drop down. See also combo box.