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xType

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:00:06 +0000

A typing shortcut expansion¹ utility for OS X.

It doesn’t quite match the mighty TextExpander feature for feature, but the essentials are there. Definitely worth checking out (it’s free) if you aren’t already wedded to one of its rivals.

Mac App Store

Apologies for the ungainly phrase—I can’t think of a snappy way to describe these things. ↩

movgrab

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000

movgrab:

movgrab is a downloader for all those pesky sites that insist you use a big fat browser that runs flash in order to see their content. It’s a command-line app written in straight C.

Latte is a Mac OS X application that uses such Web engines as...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:05 +0000

Latte is a Mac OS X application that uses such Web engines as CodeCogs and Google Chart to typeset formulas written in LaTeX. Formulas can be dragged to other applications (e.g. Keynote, Pages) and, in the case of PDF formulas, scaled to an arbitrary size. Both the LaTeX input and the rendered output can be saved onto your local disk, making it easy to build a library of formulas.

Bookle is a simple EPUB reader for OS X. I can’t imagine...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:05 +0000

Bookle is a simple EPUB reader for OS X.

I can’t imagine reading a novel on a computer, but it looks like a great way to store and read documentation, how-to guides and technical texts.

Mac App Store

multicd

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:12:09 +0000

multicd:

multicd.sh is a shell script designed to build a multiboot CD image containing many different Linux distributions and/or utilities.

Barnowl

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:40 +0000

Barnowl:

BarnOwl is a curses-based IM client forked from the ktools owl project. BarnOwl currently supports Zephyr, AIM, Jabber, IRC, and Twitter and aims to be easily extensible and customizable through a Perl plugin interface.

FileShuttle makes it easy to upload files to your server via FTP...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:05 +0000

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

FileShuttle makes it easy to upload files to your server via FTP or SFTP. You can drop files on the Dock icon, have FileShuttle upload screenshots automatically, and upload the contents of your clipboard with a command key combo.

Mac App Store

Jason is a JSON viewer & editor for Mac OS X. It can open...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000

Jason is a JSON viewer & editor for Mac OS X. It can open local documents as well as download JSON data via HTTP and, in case of invalid data, an error message is presented and the line containing the error is highlighted.

easystroke

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:54:13 +0000

easystroke:

Easystroke is a gesture-recognition application for X11. Gestures or strokes are movements that you make with you mouse (or your pen, finger etc.) while holding down a specific mouse button. Easystroke will execute certain actions if it recognizes the stroke; currently easystroke can emulate key presses, execute shell commands, hold down modifiers and emulate a scroll wheel.

YOUURLS

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:05 +0000

YOUURLS:

YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service. You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API.

Complete with fancy stats reporting, and an API.

tmsu

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:06 +0000

tmsu:

tmsu is an application that allows you to organise your files by associating them with tags.

This works in an interesting way: you tag your files at the command line, then work with them via a virtual filesystem, in which each tag appears as directory.

mitmproxy

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:08 +0000

mitmproxy:

mitmproxy is an SSL-capable man-in-the-middle HTTP proxy. It provides a console interface that allows traffic flows to be inspected and edited on the fly. mitmdump is the command-line version of mitmproxy, with the same functionality but without the frills. Think tcpdump for HTTP.

Tmuxinator

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:21:01 +0000

Tmuxinator:

A utility that helps you set up and manage complex tmux sessions.

inunico.de

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000

inunico.de:

Quickly search for a unicode characters by entering its name (or something close to it).

xtract

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:42:58 +0000

xtract:

Designed for file manager integration, Xtract decompresses and extracts archives, and can also list archive contents. By default, an archive is extracted into a subfolder of the same name.

Xtract also works on the command line—use the -n flag to suppress the GUI.

Launch Center

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Launch apps and trigger actions from a quick, easy to use app! Call a friend, start an email, send a text, post to Twitter, turn on a flashlight — get to where you’re going faster than ever before.

I’ve been using Launch Center as a simple launcher and scheduler, but with a bit of tinkering and some tricks with app URLs the app becomes a genuinely powerful utility.

See Dave Caolo’s trio of Launch Centre posts for more details:

App Store

Squeezeit

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Squeezeit:

A command line tool for minifying Javascript and CSS, written in Python.

Via HN.

Hence

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:48:06 +0000

Hence:

As of coreutils version 8.15, the date command supports hence, as in:

date -d ‘2 years hence’

Not earth-shattering news, perhaps, but as a huge fan of both the word hence and the software package coreutils, this makes me unreasonably happy!

Via Pixelbeat.

Isolator

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:02:53 +0000

Isolator:

Isolator is a small menu bar application that helps you concentrate. When you’re working on a document, and don’t want to be distracted, turn on Isolator. It will cover up your desktop and all the icons on it, as well as the windows of all your other applications, so you can concentrate on the task in hand.

privoxy

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:20:52 +0000

privoxy:

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes.

I can’t believe I haven’t posted about privoxy before: I’ve used it for years to block ads (among other things) for all the computers and devices on my network at home, and on my netbook when out and about. It’s stable, reliable, and whitelisting sites with decent, unobtrusive adverts is easily done.

One Thing Well

xType

movgrab

Latte is a Mac OS X application that uses such Web engines as...

Bookle is a simple EPUB reader for OS X. I can’t imagine...

multicd

Barnowl

FileShuttle makes it easy to upload files to your server via FTP...

Jason is a JSON viewer & editor for Mac OS X. It can open...

easystroke

YOUURLS

tmsu

mitmproxy

Tmuxinator

inunico.de

See also

xtract

Launch Center

Squeezeit

Hence

Isolator

privoxy