Update: Yojimbo 1.1. Bare Bones Software's information collector adds one-click opening of bookmark items, the ability to create new items via AppleScript, and the option to decide on-the-fly whether to create a bookmark or a web archive when dragging a web address to the Drop Dock. [MacInTouch]

Things everyone in IT should know… by an IT hitman. Not strictly security-related, but most of us are either part of IT, were in IT, or are very, very closely tied to IT. The new ITtoolbox blog Confessions of an IT Hitman looks pretty good, and he kicked off last month with the “Technologist Manifesto…,… Continue reading Things everyone in IT should know… by an IT hitman

Five reasons why you should have more than one web site. One of the things that we come across when we build web sites for customers is their desire to appear in search results — at the top. The root goal is to increase the number of prospects and being at the top does make… Continue reading Five reasons why you should have more than one web site

Odd Lots. Chuck Waggoner pointed out that the Foxit Reader (see my entry for February 23, 2006) has a “typerwriter” mode that allows you to fill in forms distributed as PDF files. You open the PDF, select Tools|Typewriter, and type. You can save the PDF out with the added text, or simply print it. Very… Continue reading Odd Lots

The benefits of competition. Competition means users enjoy innovation and lower prices. Take broadband Internet access, for example. Cable and telephone companies are slugging it out, and their customers are the beneficiaries. Oh, wait. It turns out the price of DSL high-speed Internet connections in the US actually rose last year. (And, according the the… Continue reading The benefits of competition

2 ways to make RSS readers smarter. There's two significant features I've been wishing for in my beloved newsreader, NetNewsWire, and the emergence of this cool little ListMixer app will suffice as the prodding needed to toss them out to Brent and the boys upstairs. 1. Per-feed expirations I'd love a little drop-down menu on… Continue reading 2 ways to make RSS readers smarter

Using Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X at the Apple Developer Connection. The Apple Developer Connection has a nice Ruby on Rails tutorial called Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X. As the title suggests, it is aimed at getting OS X users off the ground with Rails. The Apple… Continue reading Using Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X at the Apple Developer Connection

List of what's coming up in Rails 1.1. Today someone on the Rails mailing list asked, innocently enough, “Is there by any chance some document available summarizing all the (major) beautiful new stuff in Rails 1.1?” As is to be expected, he received instructions on how to do a diff between the 1.0 release tag… Continue reading List of what's coming up in Rails 1.1

02/28 Trinity 3.1 [DistroWatch.com: Distributions]

Dr. Contextlove or: “How I stopped worrying and learned to love iCal”�. A favorite topic of GTD‘ers is the contexts that we each choose to identify the times, tools, or locations by which a given task can or must be undertaken. This is a highly personalized decision, and I’ve learned a lot from seeing how… Continue reading Dr. Contextlove or: “How I stopped worrying and learned to love iCal”�