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Dethe Elza • Sep 10, 2006 • 7 min read

Mac OS X Software Favorites Part One: Basics

Yesterday was my last day at my job for the past five years, and with it I left my Macbook Pro (it was a nice tool, but they own it). Coincidentally, I’m now setting up my new Macbook. Since I know several other people who are setting up new Macs, I thought I’d give my thoughts on some of the best software available. Since that’s a big topic, I’m going to break it up into several posts, starting with the basics: Application Launcher, Text Editor, Web Browser, Newsreader.  Read →

Dethe Elza • Aug 30, 2006 • 11 min read

Tab Dumping in Safari

The Problem

I first saw the term “tab dump” on Dori Smith’s blog, but I immediately recognized the concept. I keep Safari running all the time and with the help of Hao Li’s wonderful extension Saft I keep everything in tabs in one window. Among its many features, Saft will let you consolidate your windows into tabs of one window, and it can save the tabs you have open when you close (or crash) Safari, and re-open them automatically when you start Safari again. What it doesn’t do is give you a list of all the tabs you have open in text format, suitable for blog or email. I don’t currently put tag dumps on the blog because a) I’d feel guilty doing that without adding at least a short comment for each link, which would take too much time, and b) because this isn’t really a link blog, more a place for me to bash out example code and tutorials. At least, that’s how I think of it.  Read →

Dethe Elza • Aug 25, 2006 • 1 min read

Bar Camp Tomorrow

Tomorrow, from 6PM to Saturday at 6PM will be the Bar Camp Vancouver. I’ll be heading over there with my neighbor, former co-worker, and original member of Pluto, John Ounpuu, currently of Sutori fame. I’m planning on ducking out to sleep at home rather than camping there, but I’m sure it will be a great time. If there is time I may reprise my presentation on Python, OS X, and Kids from the Vancouver Python Workshop. If time is short I may still be able to demo Drawing Board. If time is really short I’ll still try to squeeze in a demo of the new hack I figured out last night (see next post). I’m also hoping to find some time to hack on turtle graphics for OS X, since I’m so close to having a working port of the standard library turtle graphics in PyObjC. But the main thing I’m excited about is meeting folks, it’s going to be a great crowd.  Read →