I was driving home the other night checking my voicemail and came across a new option. Expert mode. So I pressed 8 to check it out.
All of a sudden, instead of using sentences, the automated voiceover used words to describe options. “To listen to your messages, please press 1″ turned into “Messages, 1″. “To […]

I’ve always loved Os X’s large type feature that allowed you to reference text from across the room.

What I’ve always wanted was the simple ability to make ANY text I wanted large like that. I was hoping for a nice item in the contextual menu to let yo do this, but theres nothing. Using Quicksilver, […]

While I may have my shows auto importing into iTunes perfectly, my iPod still sits idle all night while this is happening. Grabbing my iPod on the way out leaves me without a sync, and without last nights shows.
I was getting sick of this scenario, so I tossed an applescript that will sync my […]

Transpodder monitors all of your tv shows and puts them on your iPod automatically. With no effort or interaction. Bittorrent + RSS + iPod!
Transpodder is a combination of simple tools and simple technologies. It uses FFMPEG to transcode your content and podcasting to get it onto your iPod. With the right setup, all of this […]

Fonts. I don’t use them. Barely. I’m a programmer, so my fonts usually consist of courier, arial, and monaco. But every now and then I want a cool font. I’ve never like having to mouse through hundreds of fonts looking for that perfect font. Whichever word I’m trying to stylize usually renders as not being […]

Well life hacks seem to be all the rage these days. Even if its just another word for actually being efficient, its nice to see people are making a conscience effort to be more productive. Being the robot I am in the way I do things in my life, I thought I’d share a few.
Paper […]

Being the web developer that I am, I can format copy with xhtml better (and faster ) than I can with Microsoft Word. That’s how much I know the application.
But I DO know styles and I’m used to formatting with them. I’m a Don’t Repeat Yourself kind of guy. So for the first time […]

I’ve officially made the switch to TextMate after years of using SubEthaEdit as my text editor. TextMate just has too many features that make my day better. Snippets, tabs, macros, and just enough auto-completion to not get in my way.
I took a moment this morning to play with Automator to whip up a little Automator […]

Recently my life has become a To Do and Time Management nightmare. Being the dedicated procrastinator and professional scatterbrain that I am, it’s caught up to me. So I’ve decided to get a little organized.
It started with my newest purchase. I picked up a Moleskine on Friday and am really excited to use it. I […]