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Archive for February, 2010
The Readability Bookmarklet
18, Feb 2010Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading. Follow the steps below to install Readability in your Web browser. First click after page loaded. Tip: don’t use TypeKit fonts… the implementation is still slow & buggy in WebKit.
- In: Productivity
Introducing FocusApp
17, Feb 2010We all know, multitasking is evil and slows us down. But it’s not so easy to just focus on one thing, sometimes you wanna be reminded. What better place could be there than the always-visible MenuBar? Let’s introduce FocusApp! Yes, thats all. Enter some text you wanna be reminded of. It’s there as long as [...]
- In: Mac OS X|Productivity
The little things
13, Feb 2010Those little things make the difference between a good OS and a great OS.
- In: Mac OS X
Backup Server with rsnapshot
4, Feb 2010rsnapshot is the TimeMachine for servers. Get it via macports. Next, configure /opt/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf. Change snapshot_root to a directory you like (probably within /Users/xxx/Backups/) Uncomment cmd_ssh Set the Backup Interval to interval manual 20 (use tabs!) Last, configure the server address. You want root for that, so be sure that public key auth is working on [...]
- In: Useful Bits
