Marc Abramowitz

Mac

OS X Lion: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps

I just upgraded my work laptop to Lion recently. After the reversed scrolling behavior, the next big annoyance was that when I launch apps they open with all of the documents that were open when I quit them. This was...

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Memeo backup = slow

I replaced a defective Seagate GoFlex portable hard drive a few days ago and the new one that Seagate sent me had Memeo backup software on it. I decided to give it a whirl. I got it configured, but judging from how long it...

GtDMacProductivity

Append to nvALT journal – Alfred.app extension for nvALT

I whipped up a quick little extension for Alfred that lets me very quickly jot down time-stamped text. The hope is that if I make it ridiculously easy to log what I'm doing and when, then maybe I can have better records of what...

LinuxProgrammingUbuntu

Making it easy to try DTrace4Linux

DTrace4Linux is an attempt (from UK developer Paul Fox, also known for his CRiSP editor) to bring the power of DTrace to Linux. It's a kernel module (No kernel recompilation required! Yay!) and userland tools. I did a bit of...

Mac

OmniFocus extension for PopClip

I just hacked together an OmniFocus extension for PopClip The extension creates a new task with the selected task in the OmniFocus quick entry window. Just a tiny bit of AppleScript. Installation Unpack...

GtDMacProductivityPython

PyOmniFocus

A while back, I mentioned here and here that OmniFocus maintains some kind of cache of your data in a SQLite database. I just hacked together a quick little prototype Python module for reading OmniFocus data:...

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