Joachim's Log http://jf.omnis.ch/log What the future was, is now the past. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:05:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 SiteCapture v1.2.1 Released http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2010/07/sitecapture-v1-2-1-released.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2010/07/sitecapture-v1-2-1-released.html#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:16:52 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=397

I just released SiteCapture v1.2.1 which has following changes:

  • 64bit support on Intel Macs
  • Feature to reveal the destination folder in the Finder
  • Enhanced image quality for PDF thumbnails

SiteCapture now requires Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard.

Grab it at www.sitecapture.net.

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When creating PDFs, you can either create one page containing the whole web page or multiple pages, landscape or portrait.

Examples

Creating a single page PDF of www.google.com:

./WebKitTool www.google.com google.pdf

Creating a multipage PDF of www.engadget.com:

./WebKitTool -p http://www.engadget.com engadget.pdf

Creating a big PNG image of www.engadget.com:

./WebKitTool http://www.engadget.com engadget.png

Availability

The tool is 100% open source. The source code and the universal binary are hosted on GitHub. WebKitTool requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Enjoy!

]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2010/06/introducing-webkittool.html/feed 0 Introducing PDFKitTool http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2010/01/introducing-pdfkittool.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2010/01/introducing-pdfkittool.html#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:35:32 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=373 PDFKitTool is a simple command line interface to Apple’s PDF Kit framework.

With it, you can manipulate PDF documents. It can combine several documents into one or burst multipage documents into multiple single-paged documents.

Examples

Combining multiple documents and storing the result to disk:

./PDFKitTool load one.pdf load two.pdf cat output combined.pdf

Bursting a multipage document into multiple single-paged documents:

./PDFKitTool load multipage.pdf burst output bursted.pdf

Availability

The tool is 100% open source. The source code and the universal binary are hosted on GitHub. PDFKitTool requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. Enjoy!

]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2010/01/introducing-pdfkittool.html/feed 0 Size Comparison: new 27″ iMac vs old 24″ iMac http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/10/size-comparison-new-27-imac-vs-old-24-imac.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/10/size-comparison-new-27-imac-vs-old-24-imac.html#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:21:45 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=364 It’s intresting to see that the new 27″ iMac is nearly as tall as the old 24″ model.

iMac size comparison

]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/10/size-comparison-new-27-imac-vs-old-24-imac.html/feed 2 RedLaser Barcode Scanner http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/10/redlaser-barcode-scanner.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/10/redlaser-barcode-scanner.html#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:06:05 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=353 It’s just astonishing that the RedLaser app can recognize barcodes using every iPhone, even the old models (original iPhone and iPhone 3G) which have no autofocus camera and produce blurry images like this one:

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I’m surprised the app was accepted in the App Store – it obviously accesses the live video feed for which there is no public API available.

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I just released SiteCapture v1.2 and made it Freeware!

New features include:

  • Full-size captures now contain the full height of a page.
  • When multiple URLs only differ in their query string, the file names of the images won’t collide anymore.

Grab it at www.sitecapture.net.

]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/06/sitecapture-12-released.html/feed 0 Adobe AIR Pollutes the Keychain http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/03/adobe-air-pollutes-the-keychain.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/03/adobe-air-pollutes-the-keychain.html#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:35:30 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=300 Why does every Adobe AIR application need a separate Keychain? I don’t understand.

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]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/03/adobe-air-pollutes-the-keychain.html/feed 0 Android Detail Bashing, Part 1 http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/android-detail-bashing-part-1.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/android-detail-bashing-part-1.html#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:12:30 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=292 What happens when you connect the charger after the “Please connect charger” message appears? Nothing.

connectcharger

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bigstopwatch2update bigstopwatch2settings
]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/big-stopwatch.html/feed 0 Twidroid – The first Android app I like http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/twidroid-the-first-android-app-i-like.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/twidroid-the-first-android-app-i-like.html#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:50:56 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/twidroid-the-first-android-app-i-like.html Why? It has visible (discoverable) toolbar buttons and doesn’t use the Menu button:

twidroid

I hate the Menu button on Android phones, the hidden buttons are so not intuitive.

]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/twidroid-the-first-android-app-i-like.html/feed 0 iWork – On a Diet http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/iwork-on-a-diet.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/iwork-on-a-diet.html#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:44:43 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=260 img-0075.jpg ]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/02/iwork-on-a-diet.html/feed 0 Numbers ’09 – Convert to Header Row http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/01/numbers-09-convert-to-header-row.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/01/numbers-09-convert-to-header-row.html#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:50:31 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=255 One of my favorite new features of Numbers ’09 is the contextual menu item “Convert to Header Row”:

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]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2009/01/numbers-09-convert-to-header-row.html/feed 0 20 Minuten iPhone App, v2.00 http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2008/12/20-minuten-iphone-app-v200.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2008/12/20-minuten-iphone-app-v200.html#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:44:46 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=231 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 – extrem wichtig da sich ein iPhone kaum von anderen Mobiltelefonen unterscheidet – oder vielleicht doch? Das Startbild bleibt viel zu lange stehen – die iTunes- oder App Store- Applikationen schaffen das schneller.

Danach erscheint eine Willkommensmeldung zur neuen Version. Zu viele technische und englische Ausdrücke (Header, TabBar, Firmware, Bookmarks) die den normalen Benutzer verwirren werden. Die Applikation, die auf dem Startbild noch “20minuten iPhone App” genannt wurde, heisst jetzt übrigens “20min iApp”.

Hatte man eine ältere Version installiert und startet man Version 2.0 zum ersten Mal, so bleibt die Nachricht ewigs sichtbar. Man muss die Applikation nun beenden (Home-Taste drücken) und nochmals starten. Nur wenn man die neue Version frisch installiert erscheint nach einiger Zeit ein “Schliessen”-Knopf.

Hat man es endlich geschaft die App zu starten, gelangt man zum News-Bereich, wo sich neu ein “Download to go”-Knopf befindet. Die Symbole der unteren Leiste sind immer noch zu klein und unprofessionell gestaltet. Auch das seltsame Verhalten der Nachrichtenansicht hat sich nicht geändert: Wählt man einen Artikel aus einer Liste aus, so erscheint der komplette Artikel mit angehängter Liste aller Artikel die man schon vor der Auswahl gesehen hat. Interessanter wäre eine Liste thematisch verwandter Artikel.

Und hier noch einen kleinen Darstellungsfehler zum Schluss:

Fazit: Verbesserungsbedürftig!

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]]> http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2008/10/entgleist.html/feed 0 SiteCapture 1.1 Released http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2008/09/sitecapture-11-released.html http://jf.omnis.ch/log/archives/2008/09/sitecapture-11-released.html#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:37:59 +0000 joachim http://jf.omnis.ch/log/?p=210

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 and after registration data are removed automatically.

Grab it at www.sitecapture.net.

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