SteamSHIFT

I recently wanted to create an application to allow uploads to a website, in the simplest possible way; so I made a little BASH script which used cURL to post the files to the server. Then with a little Platypus (mixed up with CocoaDialog) magic, I ended up with a droplet style application. If you’re a scripter, and want some application magic then do check it out.

SteamSHIFT out.

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So, Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software has taken over development of MarsEdit (in my opinion the best Blog editing software for the Mac). He’s pretty keen to get cracking on making it even better, so I put in my 2 pence worth - a feature request for TextMate integration …

Turns out, there are 2 ways of accomplishing this; 1. set TextMate as the external editor for MarsEdit, then just create (or click to edit your post) and hit command-J (File -> Edit with TextMate); 2. Install the ‘Edit in TextMate…’ bundle, which will allow you to edit any text from any Cocoa application in TextMate.

Woohoo! How easy is that?!

SteamSHIFT out.

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It was certainly an experience! And not one that I have any desire to repeat …

I decided that it would be a good idea to upgrade my web and email server to OS X Server 10.4. Partly because I was struggling to get spam filtering working as well as I wanted, and partly because I wanted to upgrade to PHP 5.1.4 and the excellent packages for PHP produced by Marc Liyanage no longer support 10.3. Also, I figured that by 10.4.6, the OS is stable enough for a production environment. It also helped that I was able to procure a cheap copy via ebay!

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My (fairly new) MacBook Pro had developed some rather tedious behaviours such as sometimes not going to sleep when the lid is shut or not waking up when asked to. Also wireless networking performance had been rubbish…

So, figuring they were hardware problems (a friend had many hardware problems with his first revision MBP), I backed up the whole machine, ready to go off to Apple for repair … I thought I’d also reinstall the OS whilst I was at it.

Hey Presto, sleep problems solved. Wireless networking problems solved. Bonus. I’m just going to have to be very careful about what software I put on in the future … I’m guessing it was a 3rd party app, that wouldn’t shut down properly or something.

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I finally tried out the Firebug extension for Firefox; man it’s good. Almost enough to make me switch to FF full time. As a web developer, it’s simply indispensable once you’ve started using it …

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

Combined with the GrApple (Eos Pro) theme, Firebug is making a good case for me to switch … if it wasn’t for the very un-mac behaviours like not using the keychain.

So, for now I’ll keep playing the dual browser game; Safari still rocks (apart from being a bit of a resource hog).

SteamSHIFT out.

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