The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) http://www.tuaw.com The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) http://www.tuaw.com en-us Copyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/You're gonna have to face it ...http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/06/youre-gonna-have-to-face-it/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/06/youre-gonna-have-to-face-it/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/06/youre-gonna-have-to-face-it/#commentsFiled under: ,

Hello everyone! My name is Robert Palmer, and I'd like to first thank you in advance for letting me blog for you here at TUAW. I've been using a Mac since 1992, and have owned five Macs since. By day, I'm a web developer, specializing in clean, honest, standards-compliant XHTML and CSS. By night, I am asleep.

Here's me a dozen years ago, photographed with my high school girlfriend.*

Up until I started working for myself last November, I was the de-facto IT guy for a 15-workstation Mac network in a graphic design studio environment. I plan to cover plenty of ground for you at the crossroads of the design and Mac worlds.

Cheers to everyone, and be so kind as to leave your best "Addicted to Love," "Simply Irresistible," or "Looking for Clues" jokes in comments. That's right, get it all out of your system now.

*First commenter to correctly name the model pictured wins at the Internets. Hint: It was photographed in a classroom.
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]]>robert-palmertuaw-businesstuaw-new-bloggerRobert Palmer2008-05-06T14:30:00+00:00MarsEdit 2.1.3 helps keep drafts in WP and Bloggerhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/04/marsedit-2-1-3-helps-keep-drafts-in-wp-and-blogger/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/04/marsedit-2-1-3-helps-keep-drafts-in-wp-and-blogger/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/04/marsedit-2-1-3-helps-keep-drafts-in-wp-and-blogger/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Daniel Jalkut posts that TUAW's favorite blogging app, MarsEdit, has hit version 2.1.3. Mainly a bug fix update, the biggest change is that drafts in WordPress and Blogger are now better handled -- their "draft" status is apparently better preserved.

Additionally, a few markup elements, specifically "#tags#" and "#askurl#" have been tweaked to work better, and there is also improved handling of URLs in localhost-based blogs.

MarsEdit is available, as always, for $29.95 from Red Sweater, or free for a 30-day trial period.
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]]>bloggerdaniel-jalkutmarseditred-sweaterupdateversion-2.1.3wordpressMike Schramm2008-04-04T12:00:00+00:00Blanc interviews Gruberhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/19/blanc-interviews-gruber/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/19/blanc-interviews-gruber/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/19/blanc-interviews-gruber/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Shawn Blanc has wrapped up his series of great software reviews, and now dives into the scariest of waters: those of the major minds in Mac journalism. And he goes first after the biggest shark in the ocean (or at least the one with the sharpest teeth), everyone's favorite Daring Fireball, John Gruber.

The interview is first about interviews, and then goes on to cover Gruber's past (he worked with Bare Bones and Joyent before going on to write the blog full time). Gruber also gives out some great tips for writers, from things as practical as setting a goal the night before to guide your workday and always drinking coffee black, to ephemeral tips like how to become a better writer without actually writing anything (save about a dozen books' worth of message boards and blog posts).

Gruber also talks specifically about Daring Fireball, his favorite stuff on the site, and where he wants to take it, and how far. Definitely a great read -- as always, Shawn makes sure to hit on all the important notes and leave no stone unturned, and Gruber reveals lots of insight on what it's like to put his posts and the Linked List together every day.
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]]>bloggingdaring-fireballentertainmentinterviewjohn-grubermacshawn-blanctipsMike Schramm2008-02-19T15:00:00+00:00Shawn Blanc on MarsEdit 2.1http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/01/shawn-blanc-on-mars-edit-2-1/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/01/shawn-blanc-on-mars-edit-2-1/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/01/shawn-blanc-on-mars-edit-2-1/#commentsFiled under: ,

Even though we can't use a tool like MarsEdit to post here at TUAW, some of us are still big fans of the program and use it when creating content for our other, more personal sites. Like Ecto, another very good tool for this type of content creation, Mars Edit allows you to compose blog entries, complete with text, links, photos or whatever, on your own computer and once finished, post them directly to your blog.

Of course, we're not the only fans of MarsEdit using it to put up content around the internets. Shawn Blanc, writer, Mac guy, drummer, Tae-Qwon-Do blackbelt and enthusiastic Mars Edit user has posted a very in-depth review of the application at his site. Among the program's many virtues, Blanc praises it for having a "perfect preview" of draft content, that it functions very well as a text editor and the "blatant absence of a WYSIWYG feature" which makes him "extremely impressed with how well it serves the writer."

MarsEdit 2 may not be the right choice for your blogging needs, but if you've never considered it before, this review might just make you want to give it a try. It's $29.95 for a new license, and $9.95 for an upgrade from ME1.
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]]>bloggingectomars editMarsEditpublishingChris Ullrich2008-02-01T16:00:00+00:00MarsEdit 2.1 with saving drafts to serverhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/31/marsedit-2-1-with-saving-drafts-to-server/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/31/marsedit-2-1-with-saving-drafts-to-server/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/31/marsedit-2-1-with-saving-drafts-to-server/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Daniel Jalkut announced the release of MarsEdit 2.1, the great blogging client from Red Sweater Software. The big changes involve a nice search features that allows you to easily find drafts and recent posts, a new tag editor (and support for MT tags), a better preview function as well as my favorite: the ability to save drafts to the server. Needless to say there are also a variety of other tweaks and bugfixes, etc. If you're using MarsEdit you'll want to grab the update.

MarsEdit 2.1 is a free update to registered users and $29.95 to purchase. A demo is available.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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]]>bloggingMarsEditMat Lu2008-01-31T15:30:00+00:00Restoring your Mac from a Time Machine backuphttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/27/restoring-your-mac-from-a-time-machine-backup/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/27/restoring-your-mac-from-a-time-machine-backup/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/27/restoring-your-mac-from-a-time-machine-backup/#commentsFiled under: ,

Time Machine is probably the defining feature in Mac OS X Leopard. It provides a nice, clean interface for you to backup and restore your files; but did you know you can also restore your computer from the Time Machine backup?

When you insert the Leopard install disk and boot off of it you will be presented with a semi-Mac OS X desktop. In the menu bar, select Utilities and then "Restore System from Backup..." Select your backup drive, the date you want to backup from, and then click restore.

James Duncan Davidson has a full guide on his website describing how the process went. He mentions that while it restores all the files, the caches and databases are not restored. This means when you launch programs such as Mail the application will need to recreate the database, which may take some time.
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]]>LeopardrestoreTime MachineCory Bohon2008-01-27T21:00:00+00:00Grab your 2008 Keynote Bingo cards!http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/07/grab-your-2008-keynote-bingo-cards/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/07/grab-your-2008-keynote-bingo-cards/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/07/grab-your-2008-keynote-bingo-cards/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

With just over a week to go until the Steve Jobs January Riot Macworld Keynote and mockups of desired Apple products flying at us, Ars Technica's John Siracusa has posted his definitive Macworld Keynote Bingo card. Complete with that immortal Jobs-ian catch-phrase "Boom" and "a few squares for the phone weenies," it's everything you need for the keynote guessing-game.

Be sure to check out the rules and regulations to see what will tick off each square -- we'd hate for any keynote attendees to jump up and shout "Bingo!" only to find that their line isn't really valid. That would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?
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]]>boommacworld-keynotemacworld08stevenotetweet-thisNik Fletcher2008-01-07T11:30:00+00:00IconGrabber: easy icon extractionhttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/27/icongrabber-easy-icon-extraction/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/27/icongrabber-easy-icon-extraction/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/27/icongrabber-easy-icon-extraction/#commentsFiled under: ,



This one is a little bit of inside (blogging) baseball, but I know a lot of our readers blog themselves and so might find this tip handy. Ankur Kothari (whose Quicksilver customizations we've mentioned before) has cooked up an excellent little Quicksilver plugin called IconGrabber that does exactly what it sounds like. It allows you to easily create an image of an application icon at an arbitrary resolution in one of several popular image formats. Using a few simple terminal commands to change the defaults you can select the default image size and format. So, for instance, here at TUAW we post lots of icons at 125px wide in the jpeg format. With IconGrabber I can now create those images in one step as you see above, where I'm saving the Time Machine icon to my TUAW pictures folder. If you're not a Quicksilver fiend, Ankur also has a stand-alone application to do the same thing. In any case, if you regularly need to extract icons as images, IconGrabber is a godsend.

IconGrabber is a free download for either the Quicksilver plugin or the stand-alone application. The instructions for customizing are in the announcement post and the comments below.
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]]>iconIconGrabbericonsQuicksilverMat Lu2007-11-27T08:00:00+00:00iWPhone: WordPress plugin renders for iPhonehttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/12/iwphone-wordpress-plugin-renders-for-iphone/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/12/iwphone-wordpress-plugin-renders-for-iphone/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/12/iwphone-wordpress-plugin-renders-for-iphone/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

I run my personal site using WordPress, and one reason I like using it so much is that (although this is hardly exclusive to WordPress as a content manager) is all the great plugins available for it. On another site I ran under WordPress, I loved using the WP-Print plugin-- it automatically creates a "printable" version of each page on your site. All of the printer compatibility, none of the actual work.

And now, someone's cooked up an iPhone version of that same plugin, where you simply install the WP plugin on your blog (for WordPress 2.2.1), and instantly you can see all your posts formatted specifically for the iPhone. Instead of creating a whole other, "mobile" version of your site, you can simply put in this plugin, and you can get a link that will reformat your content for the iPhone or iPod touch. Very excellent.

If you run a WordPress blog or site and were thinking about creating a version of it for the iPhone or iPod touch, your work is done. Download the iWPhone plugin from Content.Robot, install it, and you're set.

Thanks, Philapple!
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]]>browsercontent-robotformattingiphoneipod-touchiWPhonepluginwordpressMike Schramm2007-10-12T20:00:00+00:00MarsEdit 2.0http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/04/marsedit-2-0/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/04/marsedit-2-0/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/04/marsedit-2-0/#commentsFiled under: ,



I've been blogging for a little over seven years now (I am as shocked as you are, believe me. You would think after all this time I would be better at this!) and many things have changed. Used to be the only way you could write a post for your blog was in a browser window. You would fire up Blogger (or Diaryland, as the case may be) and plunk your entry into a very simple form (no categories, no trackbacks, no Markdown. It was a simpler time, my friends), hit a button and there it would be for all the world to see. That is as long as your browser didn't crash, which tends to happen at the most inopportune times.

Luckily, those dark days are over and we have fantastic apps like MarsEdit to compose our posts in. Oddly enough, MarsEdit 2 was just released by Red Sweater Software (wacky, huh?). Version 2.0 ushers in a completely revamped user interface that follows the UI trends of a mature OS X (the number of floating palettes are sharply down, and the use of drawers is non-existent). This version also brings integration with Flickr, which was one of my biggest requests (thanks, Daniel!). Printing has also been added, because sometimes your posts are so good they should be on paper.

MarsEdit 2 costs $29.95, though if you bought a copy on or after July 1, 2007 the upgrade is free, while it'll cost us long time MarEditers $9.95 to get the snazzy new features. MarsEdit 2 requires OS X 10.4 and there is a free 30 day trial available.
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]]>bloggingdiarylandmarseditred sweaterRedSweaterScott McNulty2007-09-04T12:30:00+00:00Retro MacOS Wordpress Themehttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/21/retro-macos-wordpress-theme/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/21/retro-macos-wordpress-theme/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/21/retro-macos-wordpress-theme/#commentsFiled under: , , ,



We don't usually cover Wordpress theme on TUAW, but I think we can make an exception for the Retro MacOS Wordpress Theme. Wordpress, in case you aren't familiar with it, is a very successful blogging engine which allows users to apply various themes to change the look of their blogs. Stuart Brown decided to try his hand at creating one, and he used System 6 as his inspiration. The result is a Wordpress theme that'll bring a smile to any Mac user's Finder (Ha! See what I did there?).

You can see the theme in action here.
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]]>bloggingsystem 6System6wordpressScott McNulty2007-08-21T07:00:00+00:00MacRadio opens beta for new designhttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/08/macradio-opens-beta-for-new-design/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/08/macradio-opens-beta-for-new-design/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/08/macradio-opens-beta-for-new-design/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

MacRadio, the home base for a few Mac-related podcasts, has announced they're going to facelife the entire site, and instead turn it into a hub for all sorts of Mac podcasts-- a "podcast portal for the Mac world," as they say. I sure thought that was the Podcasts tab in iTunes, but maybe that's just me.

Anyway, to kick off the redesign, they're offering a beta, in which you can give feedback and help them build the site the way you want it. There's a FAQ up on what's happening, if you're interested, and they mention that they're looking for people running all OSes and browsers. Oh, and apparently everyone who tests the beta gets a free t-shirt, as well as a chance to win more prizes. Pretty slick. Help MacRadio become better and win stuff!

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]]>betablogfreestuffmacradiopodcastportalpodcaststshirtMike Schramm2007-08-08T16:00:00+00:00Liveblogging Apple's Special Eventhttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/liveblogging-apples-special-event/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/liveblogging-apples-special-event/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/liveblogging-apples-special-event/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , , ,


Unfortunately, TUAW wasn't able to send any of us to San Francisco today (rumor is that McNulty cleaned out the petty cash to buy an iPhone for himself just so he could play NES), but we've got the next best thing-- like true Apple faithful, we're liveblogging the liveblogs. So stay tuned for updates, live from my apartment here in Chicago, on what's happening at the Apple campus in Cupertino.

If you want to see it straight from the source, we'll be watching Engadget, Mac Rumors, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Mac Observer, Stuff, and Macnews.de. I've also got a tab open refreshing the Apple Store, just in case it goes down-- as of this writing, it is open for business just went down at 12:50pm EST. Sure, you could watch all those sites yourself, but why not settle down on this post and let us do it for you? Think of it as one-stop shopping for all your liveblog news.

The event itself starts in about 10 minutes, and our liveblog kicks off right after the jump. Save the Mini!

Continue reading Liveblogging Apple's Special Event

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]]>appleeventimacliveliveblognewsstevejobsupdatesMike Schramm2007-08-07T12:48:00+00:00Daring Fireball feed goes freehttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/31/daring-fireball-feed-goes-free/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/31/daring-fireball-feed-goes-free/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/31/daring-fireball-feed-goes-free/#commentsFiled under: , ,

John Gruber's Daring Fireball is probably my favorite Mac blog out there (save for the ol' TUAW, of course)-- it was one of the first I started reading, and he consistently provides not only great insight on Apple products and policies (and journalists' treatment of them), but a strong, often funny voice in the community. We're big fans here at TUAW, and that's why we were so happy to hear that even more people will have a chance to read Gruber's work. Because as of today, he's releasing his full RSS feed, free to anyone.

Previously, he had a plan where you paid a membership fee (included when you bought a T-shirt from him) and then got access to the full RSS feed. A feed was available for free, but it was partial content only. Now, he says, confusion about which feed is which, and RSS readers without HTML authentication (most notably Google Reader, and the .Mac reader for iPhone that David loves so much-- what's up with these popular readers not providing a feature that supports the content producers that supply them?) have convinced him to try out a free full feed for a month. Additionally, the free feed will be supported from week to week by sponsors.

If you haven't signed on to DF's feed yet, now's your chance. And if, like us, you find it interesting and informative, might as well put a couple bucks in the bucket and pay for it anyway-- Gruber's definitely earning it.
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]]>daringfireballdotmacfeegooglereaderhtmlauthenticationjohngrubermembershiprssfeedrssreadertshirtMike Schramm2007-07-31T12:30:00+00:00Alleged OS X worm creator disappearshttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/19/alleged-os-x-worm-creator-disappears/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/19/alleged-os-x-worm-creator-disappears/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/19/alleged-os-x-worm-creator-disappears/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

I'm not sure if you've been following the story of "Infosec Sellout" (it's a tough one to follow), but apparently the anonymous Mac hacker has given up blogging about OS X security-- his blog has been deleted and renamed on Blogspot. Just recently, he made headlines by claiming that he'd developed a worm for OS X called "Rape.osx," that hit a known vulnerability in the OS X mDNSResponder, an open source Internet protocol used by Apple. But apparently Infosec Sellout didn't think Apple responded appropriately to his warning (and/or his site was hacked itself), and he's gone quiet.

Robert McMillian of the IDG news service has has contact with Infosec Sellout in the past, and heard from the hacker in an email that "it was a great experiment to see how the industry could handle some honesty, which they can't. They are quick to attack the credibility of others in order to hide their own flaws." From that comment, it sounds like Infosec thinks Apple is somehow claiming to be impenetrable, but as other security analysts say, that's far from true. Still another story is that Infosec's identity was close to being found out, and he quit because of that. Apparently Infosec says that the identity discovery was a factor, but not because he didn't want to be found out, just because he didn't want his employer to be approached by "crybabies."

Strange story indeed. Unfortunately Infosec still hasn't revealed the hack, and says he won't reveal it to Apple until testing is completed.
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]]>bonjourinfosecselloutmdnsresponderos xOsXrape.osxrobertmcmillianvulnerabilitywormMike Schramm2007-07-19T09:00:00+00:00Leave Fake Steve Jobs fakehttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/18/leave-fake-steve-jobs-fake/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/18/leave-fake-steve-jobs-fake/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/18/leave-fake-steve-jobs-fake/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

The other day, I posted a little summary of the latest attempts to discover the identity of anonyblogger Fake Steve Jobs. At the time, I thought finding FSJ's identity out would be a good time, a fun mystery to solve. Many of you (most of you, I'd say) disagreed, saying that it didn't matter who FSJ was-- as long as he wrote strong, insightful (and often hilarious) pieces about what Apple was up to, you were willing to let him have his anonymity. And after hearing your good points, I have to tell you (because this doesn't happen very often): I changed my mind, and decided to agree with those who wanted FSJ to stay FSJ.

Then, today, FSJ decided to post this, his first thoughts on people trying to discover his identity. With FSJ, you can never tell when he's joking, but he makes it pretty clear that he's had an experience he doesn't want to have. And the finger is pointed directly at Valleywag, who respond as you'd expect them to, calling the post a set of "rambling accusations."

So here's what we're going to do at TUAW. We've heard your opinions. We've talked it over as a staff, and we've agreed: FSJ is much more fun as FSJ himself, not some writer pretending to be him. And so we're pledging, to you, not to write any more speculation, ever, about FSJ's identity. You're exactly right-- it's much more fun having him anonymous, for both him and us. He's a great insight on Apple's comings and goings, and if he doesn't want us to know who he is, we don't want to either. Here at TUAW, we're going to leave Fake Steve Jobs fake.
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]]>anonymousapplefakestevejobsfsjidentityopiniontuawvalleywagMike Schramm2007-07-18T22:15:00+00:00endo: powerful RSS reader updates for Safari 3 betahttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/28/endo-powerful-rss-reader-updates-for-safari-3-beta/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/28/endo-powerful-rss-reader-updates-for-safari-3-beta/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/28/endo-powerful-rss-reader-updates-for-safari-3-beta/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Since Adriaan Tijsseling makes one of the Mac's best blogging clients, it only makes sense that he also has a slick RSS newsreader called endo that we honestly don't stay on top of as much as we should.With features like a custom Growl-like alert window which allows you to read snippets of feed items before actually bringing endo to the front, a powerful subscription manager, and a feature-packed download manager with options for adding media to iTunes and even BitTorrent controls, endo brings some clever stuff to the table with a unique UI. Upon opening endo for the first time, a short setup process allows you to enter users names and URLs to track activity and comments at sites like your Flickr account and a personal blog. The headline list on the left features favicons for your individual feeds to help you pick out items from different sites easier, as well as color labels for subscriptions and even a customizable summary + tag display below each headline. To summarize: if you want features and power - endo is a great choice.

I bring all this up again because endo was yet another app that is affected by the Safari 3 beta, which includes a new version of the WebKit rendering engine than many Mac OS X apps, including endo, use to display web content. Fortunately, Adriaan has produced an update that accounts for this fix, which you should be able to grab by starting up endo or heading over to kula software and downloading a fresh copy.

Another perk of endo is that, even though it's one of the most powerful and feature-packed RSS readers on the market, it only costs $17.95 for a license. Adriaan even offers a bundle deal that includes both endo + ecto for a savings of $10 at a mere total cost of $26.95 - those are some good deals for blogging + newsreading software.
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]]>betabloggingblogsectoendonewsnews readerNewsReaderrsssafariDavid Chartier2007-06-28T14:00:00+00:00MarsEdit 1.2 lands with Growl, Picasa and Vox supporthttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/05/marsedit-1-2-lands-with-growl-picasa-and-vox-support/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/05/marsedit-1-2-lands-with-growl-picasa-and-vox-support/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/05/marsedit-1-2-lands-with-growl-picasa-and-vox-support/#commentsFiled under: , ,



Making good on his word after purchasing MarsEdit from Brent Simmons, Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software has quickly taken up development of the blogging client. Today Daniel released MarsEdit 1.2, a minor update that brings some great features like Growl support (when publishing, refreshing or uploading images and files) and Picasa upload support for Blogger.com images, as well as support for blogging to Vox, the community-focused blogging system from Six Aparts, makers of Live Journal and TypePad.

For anyone who needs the power of Mac OS X while blogging, MarsEdit is a great great choice that offers a wealth of other features for a mere $24.95. A demo is of course also available from Red Sweater Software.
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]]>bloggerbloggingbrent simmonsBrentSimmonsdaniel jalkutDanielJalkutgrowlmars editMarsEditpicasavoxDavid Chartier2007-06-05T11:00:00+00:00FlickrMate bundle for TextMatehttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/15/flickrmate-bundle-for-textmate/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/15/flickrmate-bundle-for-textmate/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/15/flickrmate-bundle-for-textmate/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Brett Terpstra at the Circle Six Design blog just can't seem to stop making cool stuff, especially when it comes to bundles for TextMate. You might know his work from other plug-ins and bundles such as his WordPress theming bundle we mentioned, as well as his most excellent AutoTag bundle for blogging to WordPress blogs.

Not content to work merely with words, Brett has created a FlickrMate bundle that offers an impressive suite of options for interacting with Flickr and embedding images in any HTML or Markdown document you're working on.



You can search the text and tags of just your photos, or across the entirety of Flickr. An 'upload and embed' command is also available for uploading a new image up to Flickr and either linking or embedding it in the document you're working on. You can also browse your own Flickr account with a simple viewer that organizes your photos by sets.

Basically: Brett made one of - if not the - coolest Flickr blogging plug-ins, which just happens to work with the powerful and flexible TextMate, and all he asks for any of his creations is a donation. If you find his hard work useful, I definitely recommend you show him some PayPal love.
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]]>bloggingbrett terpstraBrettTerpstracircle six designCircleSixDesignflickrflickrmateimagesphotostextmateDavid Chartier2007-05-15T13:00:00+00:00iTheme: OS X WordPress Themehttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/16/itheme-os-x-wordpress-theme/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/16/itheme-os-x-wordpress-theme/http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/16/itheme-os-x-wordpress-theme/#commentsFiled under: , , ,



I know a lot of other Mac users join me in being fond of the WordPress blogging platform. Well N.Design Studio has released a cool WordPress theme called iTheme that takes its visual cues from OS X, right down to the green zoom buttons, which collapse and expand your sidebar widgets. The widgets can also be re-arranged by dragging the title bar. I installed iTheme on one of my personal sites, and it works as advertised.

iTheme has been released under the Creative Commons Attribution license and is a free download from N.Studio Design.

[Via Digg]
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]]>iThemeWordpressMat Lu2007-04-16T09:00:00+00:00