Dr Fragen in the operating room
  • Updating HumaneText.service

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    For the record [HumaneText.service][1] is a Mac OS X service that will convert back and forth between [Markdown][md] and XHTML. As newer versions of Aaron Swartz’s [html2text][2] script and John Gruber’s Markdown script become available updating this service is a simple matter. 1. Copy in the new script to the HumaneText.service package. 2. If updating…

  • SFTP over Bonjour

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    Beware extreme geekiness moment. I get to *maintain* my own LANs. It’s actually kinda fun in a real perverse way. I know I’m really behind it but I just discovered that I can use [Transmit][1], my favorite FTP app, to connect to my local network over Bonjour and send files to my other Mac. Woo…

  • S/MIME

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    Well, I finally got around to getting a free certificate and enabling Mail.app to be able to sign and encrypt email. [This article][1] was invaluable. **Key point:** If you get a certificate from [Thwate][] you must use [Firefox][], Safari doesn’t work. [1]: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/01/20/mail.html [thwate]: http://www.thwate.com [firefox]: http://www.firefox.com

  • Free Agent

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    [Matt’s][1] a [free agent][2]. The startup he was working for regrettably downsized and now Matt finds himself with much more free time than he wants. I’ve been working with Matt on an [open source project (Squib)][3] for quite a while now and he’s a good guy. If you find yourself with a position that he…

  • VoodooPad goodness

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    Thanks to [Gus Mueller][gm] for loads of help adapting a couple of his [Lua][] scripts to suit my needs. What we did was to enable the creation of a concatenated blog-style home page from [VoodooPad Pro][vpp]. The script polls the item meta data so VoodooPad Pro is required. One script marks the page as being…

  • Machiavellianism Part 2

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    I had a little IM chat session with a friend in Great Britain regarding the [moral high ground][1]. It seems that the *real* solution is for the United States to discontinue its meddling in the affairs of other nations, become isolationist, and simply hope that this is enough. If we get attacked again we’re supposed…