Common Miscapitalizations — Shawn Blanc

Do you know that it’s supposed to be LaunchBar with a capital B, but Launchpad with a lowercase p? Me neither. Shawn Blanc put together a list of all the common miscapitilization1 that we encounter as nerds on the internet. More importantly, he made a TextExpander snippet group, so you never have to think about [...]

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All the tools I need

Between the iPhone, the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, and Hog Bay Software’s PlainText I have all the tools I need today. Who other than Patrick Rhone? Sure, we all use our iPhones for all sorts of things… but still we underestimate the little piece of glass and metal. I often advocate writing on an iPad, but [...]

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A Week Without Social Networks – Minimal Mac

Patrick Rhone on a week without Twitter, etc: I find I spend and share far too much of my time and words there with no clear intention of why I’m doing so. Are the things I’m saying really things others need to know? Is it helping them in any way? Is it helping me by [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-071

The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate rich text format file (.rtf), text file (.txt), or Word document (.doc) that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted dynamic link library (DLL) file. Even text files aren’t safe on Windows. That’s reassuring.

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Markdown, iOS, and Nebulous Notes

Markdown, iOS, and Nebulous Notes Markdown and iOS are my tools of choice for writing away from my desk. The only hangup is writing Markdown links with the iOS keyboard. Since the square brackets [ ] are used, and hidden away on the third level keyboard… It’s a bit of a hassle. Fortunately, at least [...]

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Instapaper’s (anti-)social network – Marco.org

I want you to really read this article, but specifically the quoted section below. Marco gets privacy. This is exactly how every only service should work, at least by default. Suppose you only knew my email address, but I had connected my Facebook account to my Instapaper account, so Instapaper knew my real name from [...]

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