Archive for November, 2010

A Weird Old Trick To See What’s In OS X Folders

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This preference allows you to “peek” inside folders when you press space over a folder in Finder during Quick Look. It’s actually quite useful when you try it.
Turn it on:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1

Turn it off:
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 0


How To Kill Sync Services Agent in Office 2011

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If you’re having trouble installing the Office 2011 official install over the beta it could be because you can’t kill Sync Services Agent. It restarts itself constantly. This should kill it permanently and allow you to overwrite it.


$ cd /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app/Contents/MacOS
$ mv SyncServicesAgent SyncServicesAgent.hold
$ killall SyncServicesAgent


A Memorial Song For My Neighbor’s Niece

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Heartache.jpegMy neighbor’s niece, Brittany Vega, was run down in a Long Island crosswalk last week. Her friends got together to write and sing her a song called Heartache and they’re selling it on iTunes and Amazon to help the family out with expenses during this trying time. You can pick it up on iTunes or Amazon and it’s quite beautiful.


Ommwriter Dana II Is a Very Cool Writing Tool

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Introducing OmmWriter D?na from herraizsoto&co on Vimeo.

I’ve been hunting for a writing tool that won’t distract me from the task(s) at hand and I think I may have found something that will work. It’s called OmmWriter Dana II and it essentially creates a blank slate to write. There are no distractions – all of the Growl announcements are turned off automatically at start-up and turned on when you’re done – and the app includes a nice, lilting musical score.

The app “costs” $4.11 but you can give them as much as you see fit, which is pretty hippy dippy but fine by me. Give it a try and see if you can keep your “wild monkey” caged as you write.


Hanging In Jerusalem With Start-Ups By the Pool

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Clearly my life is totally badass. As you can see, I’m a very careful listener. Thanks, yaelbeer</a> and <a HREF="http://twitter.com/inbalhotel">inbalhotel as well as @mayerreich.

More photos here…