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A Simple Python Web Server

If you have Python installed, you can quickly serve up HTML files from any directory with:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer




  Thyme is a timer for OS X. It’s as simple as that.

Thyme is a timer for OS X. It’s as simple as that.




Chromium App Mode

You can run Chromium in ‘app mode’, with no URL bar, toolbars, &c.

chromium-browser --app=http://onethingwell.org

Handy as an ad hoc SSB.



  A simple application for OS X that takes a character delimited list, and removes duplicates.


I’d use sort -u and vimdiff to achieve the same end, but it’s nice to have a GUI sometimes.

Thanks, Luis

A simple application for OS X that takes a character delimited list, and removes duplicates.

I’d use sort -u and vimdiff to achieve the same end, but it’s nice to have a GUI sometimes.

Thanks, Luis






  Search and watch videos from YouTube on your Mac in a standalone player.


Cathodique uses Quicktime as opposed to Flash, so using it to binge on YouTube won’t kill your laptop battery or set the fans spinning. It goes fullscreen, too.

Search and watch videos from YouTube on your Mac in a standalone player.

Cathodique uses Quicktime as opposed to Flash, so using it to binge on YouTube won’t kill your laptop battery or set the fans spinning. It goes fullscreen, too.