It’s been far to long since my last update, but there are several things which keep me really busy.
My work at Anfema GmbH is still a lot of fun, but the projects are big and will take some time to be released to the public. There are many new things for me and buying a new suit and ties was one of the easiest and I still have to get used to wearing them.
On the other side I’m still trying to study at UoAS Augsburg. I’ll also hold four workshops this semester, so you might actually find something new here pretty soon.
So long.
He was a role model for me and many people I know and his ideas shaped the roots for my current area of expertise and helped creating the tools I use every single day.
I’m not good at this so I’ll leave it here with a quote from Bill Gates.
The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.
You might also check WIRED and interestingly The Onion and you should listen to the speech Jobs gave in 2005 at Stanford University
Update:
You should read the touch eulogy by Mona Simpson about her brother.
So long.
Great hint from OS X Daily. Just put this into your Terminal and AirDrop starts working on LAN and all Macs with Mac OS 10.7
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1
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The best manager for passwords, software keys, secure notes and accounts is now available exclusively in the Mac App Store. I use it since I discovered it and I never regret paying for it. The fact, that I have to buy it again is softened by upcoming 4.0 release (which would have been an payed upgrade anyway) and the currently reduced price at the Mac App Store. Go and get it, it’s worth every cent.
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This is yet another post which needs an explanation before I can start. German Bloggers like to throw “Stöckchen” (sticks) at other writers. This isn’t offensive, but an invitation to write about a specific topic or question. I haven’t heard about this in English blogs before, but I think that “throwing a bone” would be a quite matching expression.
So Klaus threw me a bone: Tell about an application for Linux you like.
This is quite a touch challenge for me. I never used Linux as a desktop OS, but all my servers are running Linux and there are many command line tools which started to grow on me. Klaus suggested that the bone is about desktop applications, so don’t tell anyone I’m writing about my favorite command line tool.
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Apples latest iteration of it’s famous desktop OS seems to have a really deep relationship to the linen texture introduced with the current generation of iOS.
Personally, I like it the same way I liked the good old brushed metal look in earlier versions: It doesn’t bother me.
Since others some people don’t agree with me and Lucy asked me if there is a way to change or remove that texture I started digging. The first place I started looking was the Dock.app as the Dock handled Expose and Dashboard in previous versions. It turned out I was right, Dock.app also handles Mission Control and contains the tile image I was looking for.
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Before you start reading:
- This post is about the German hosting service Uberspace, so I’ll continue in German.
- Das hier ist keine Werbung, ich bekomme kein Geld oder sonstige Vorteile dafür.
Möglicherweise fällt dieser Post sehr technisch aus.
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Matt Gemmell explains the steps to make this setup really useful. I’ve used it on my Mac Pro for about seven months and it works like a charm.
ln -s is a really useful feature of Unix and therefore Mac OS X. Reminder: If you work in Terminal.app, be sure you understand what’s happening. There might be no undo.
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A solution for poor text rendering in TextMate or OS X in general when it comes to light on dark text.
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