Leopard Spaces Tip: Moving Windows
by jpreardon on November 30, 2007
Recently, I discovered that one can hold a window while switching Spaces in Leopard. The window can then be dropped onto any other space. This, of course, isn’t the only way to move a window to another space. But, I (…)
Location Based Google Maps
by jpreardon on November 28, 2007
Google Mobile Maps can detect your current location, even if you don’t have a GPS phone. Rather than explain it here, I’ll let the video below do the talking. This is excellent, hopefully an iPhone version is forthcoming. via Bits
Anti Theft Bike Tire?
by jpreardon on November 27, 2007
I can’t decide if Hello Kitty bike tires are the ultimate in cycling kitsch or an excellent preventative measure against wheel theft. After all, is the common bike thief going to want to get caught riding around town on white-walled (…)
Get Befuddled
by jpreardon on November 25, 2007
Need to kill a bit of time? Check out befuddlr. It rearranges flickr photos so that you can try to put them back in order as fast as possible. There’s even a bookmarklet you can use to befuddle any photo (…)
Installing MySQL on Leopard
by jpreardon on November 24, 2007
Dan Benjamin at Hivelogic has some excellent guides for setting up all sorts of things on a Mac that relate to Rails development. His guide to installing MySQL on OSX is no exception. It takes you through the steps of (…)
AJAX drag and drop on Rails
by jpreardon on November 24, 2007
Fallen Rogue has a succinct tutorial on implementing drag & drop lists on Rails. It also touches on implementing acts_as_list. This tutorial and the referenced sample application was good way to get drag & drop lists working quickly in my (…)
Create New Files with Quicksilver
by jpreardon on November 24, 2007
Lifehacker demonstrates how to set up Quicksilver so that one can easily create new files–of any type. This is especially useful for anyone who has template files that they use on a regular basis.
GMail IMAP, Apple Mail and iPhone
by jpreardon on November 21, 2007
GMail’s IMAP support has made a lot of people happy. I’m one of those happy people. I’m even happier now that I’ve configured Apple Mail and my iPhone by following this How-to on Proper Gmail IMAP. This short guide picks (…)
Credit Where Credit is Due, or Not
by jpreardon on November 19, 2007
Chances are, you or someone you know has been touched by some form of identity theft. According to this article in the New York Times, about one third of reported identity theft cases involve new account fraud. This is when (…)
Art vs. Artist
by jpreardon on November 19, 2007
Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART Artist’s Comments: An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself. A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure (…)