Category Archives: Software

Numbers ’09 – Convert to Header Row

Posted on January 31, 2009 by joachim

One of my favorite new features of Numbers ’09 is the contextual menu item “Convert to Header Row”:

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20 Minuten iPhone App, v2.00

Posted on December 10, 2008 by joachim

Vor kurzem hab ich die Version 2.00 (2.0 würde reichen, es handelt sich ja nicht um einen Kaufpreis) installiert. Als erstes erscheint wie bei der Vorgängerversion das Startbild wo ich informiert werde, dass die 20 Minuten iPhone App geladen wird … Continue reading →

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SiteCapture 1.1 Released

Posted on September 22, 2008 by joachim

I just released SiteCapture v1.1 with following enhancements: Added the ability to specify a delay for pages which have a build animation (like many Flash-based sites). The Automator Action will no be listed under the category “Internet”. White spaces before … Continue reading →

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Browse Songs on iPhone 2.1 Software

Posted on September 10, 2008 by joachim

Notice how the “Browse Songs” list just got much more usable: v2.0 v2.1

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Bad User Interfaces, part 1

Posted on August 11, 2008 by joachim

How is a mere mortal supposed to know what a “sync endpoint” is?

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Teaser of kooaba visual search client on iPhone

Posted on June 13, 2008 by joachim

At work, we started working on the native iPhone client for our mobile search engine two weeks ago, and since we had a working version just after one week of development using the iPhone SDK, we felt comfortable releasing a … Continue reading →

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Make /opt invisible

Posted on April 24, 2008 by joachim

Say you installed MacPorts on Mac OS X Leopard (client) and now there is a new folder called “opt” in the root level of the startup disk. To make it invisible in the Finder (but not in Terminal), enter the … Continue reading →

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Apple TV 2.0, first impressions

Posted on February 13, 2008 by joachim

I just updated my Apple TV with v2.0 of the software and I must say I’m rather pleased! Here are my top new features: The “Sources” switch is gone! If an iTunes source is online, all synced and remote contents … Continue reading →

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Copying Tables from Safari to Numbers

Posted on December 20, 2007 by joachim

Recently I wanted to copy parts of an HTML table from Safari to Numbers. Instead of getting an approximate copy where the HTML cells match the ones in Numbers, I got a list of all table cells in one column. … Continue reading →

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iPod touch Software 1.1.2

Posted on November 10, 2007 by joachim

So I updated my iPod touch to v1.1.2 yesterday. Altough the only announced new features are “Bug fixes”, there are at least two new features. First, the battery status is displayed in the iTunes source list (when the iPod is … Continue reading →

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