Simon's Space http://simon.job.id.au/ A mix of technology, Christianity and education. en simon@mathsclass.net Copyright 2011 2011-12-20T22:01:30+00:00 SimonsSpacehttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. Silent Monks Singing Halleluia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/qjldmGFW_9g/silent-monks-singing-halleluia http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/silent-monks-singing-halleluia#When:22:01:30Z Seen this before, but worth remembering every year. Audio / Video, 2011-12-20T22:01:30+00:00 Seen this before, but worth remembering every year.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/silent-monks-singing-halleluia#When:22:01:30Z SizeUp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/winJ5I6-77o/sizeup http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/sizeup#When:23:56:30Z With the launch of the Mac App Store and my recent purchase of an iPhone, I’ve been installing a number of apps recently. Some are worthy of sharing with other Mac/iPhone users. First up: SizeUp. Before purchasing SizeUp I was using this companies earlier free version called 2Up. 2Up allowed you, with a keyboard shortcut, to move a window to the left or right half of the screen (yes, I know Windows 7 allows you to do that with the mouse). With a 27” monitor and often a lot of things going on, I find that my screen real estate can become fairly messy. 2Up helped reduce the clutter. SizeUp does a better job. For one thing, you can partition the screen rather than 50-50. So, I have the right side 60% and the left side 40%. You can also move windows to one of the four quadrants, again using partitioning – I have the top as 40% and the bottom as 60%. With a couple of keystrokes I can move mail to one quarter, whatever I’m watching on QuickTime to another, Firefox to another and the document I’m working on to another. SizeUp is USD$13 (~ AUD$12.08) for Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) or later. There is a Demo version available. App Review, Apple, Computing, Software, 2011-07-09T23:56:30+00:00 With the launch of the Mac App Store and my recent purchase of an iPhone, I’ve been installing a number of apps recently. Some are worthy of sharing with other Mac/iPhone users.

SizeUp

First up: SizeUp.

Before purchasing SizeUp I was using this companies earlier free version called 2Up. 2Up allowed you, with a keyboard shortcut, to move a window to the left or right half of the screen (yes, I know Windows 7 allows you to do that with the mouse). With a 27” monitor and often a lot of things going on, I find that my screen real estate can become fairly messy. 2Up helped reduce the clutter.

SizeUp does a better job. For one thing, you can partition the screen rather than 50-50. So, I have the right side 60% and the left side 40%. You can also move windows to one of the four quadrants, again using partitioning – I have the top as 40% and the bottom as 60%.

With a couple of keystrokes I can move mail to one quarter, whatever I’m watching on QuickTime to another, Firefox to another and the document I’m working on to another.

SizeUp is USD$13 (~ AUD$12.08) for Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) or later. There is a Demo version available.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/sizeup#When:23:56:30Z Wendy Harmer: “I’ll never pay to send my kids to school” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/OBd4UbQ95mk/wendy-harmer-ill-never-pay-to-send-my-kids-to-school http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/wendy-harmer-ill-never-pay-to-send-my-kids-to-school#When:10:52:57Z Worth a read… Wendy Harmer: I’ll never pay to send my kids to school Education, 2011-01-30T10:52:57+00:00 Worth a read… Wendy Harmer: I’ll never pay to send my kids to school

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/wendy-harmer-ill-never-pay-to-send-my-kids-to-school#When:10:52:57Z HTML5 For Web Designers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/erA3FvXOPPE/html5-for-web-designers http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/html5-for-web-designers#When:01:12:16Z On holidays, and I just finished reading HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith.If you’re a web designer, even a hobbyist, this is a fantastic book which summarises what HTML5 means for designing on the web. For me, it has pulled together and clarified a lot of bits and pieces I had seen in other articles around the web. Review, Web Design, 2011-01-15T01:12:16+00:00 On holidays, and I just finished reading HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith.

If you’re a web designer, even a hobbyist, this is a fantastic book which summarises what HTML5 means for designing on the web. For me, it has pulled together and clarified a lot of bits and pieces I had seen in other articles around the web.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/html5-for-web-designers#When:01:12:16Z MathsClass turns 4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/6Akuz8gXkgI/mathsclass-turns-4 http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/mathsclass-turns-4#When:05:22:34Z My MathsClass blog turns four today. Education, Education - Mathematics, 2011-01-14T05:22:34+00:00 My MathsClass blog turns four today.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/mathsclass-turns-4#When:05:22:34Z Wallpaper for Christmas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/w_MNBcXJF_k/wallpaper-for-christmas http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/wallpaper-for-christmas#When:09:32:21Z A plug for a little site of mine: Wallpaper for Christmas. Web Life, 2010-12-23T09:32:21+00:00 A plug for a little site of mine: Wallpaper for Christmas.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/wallpaper-for-christmas#When:09:32:21Z My Blackberry is not working! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/0xBiFm4jBdE/my-blackberry-is-not-working http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/my-blackberry-is-not-working#When:00:09:42Z For tech heads… Ronnie Corbett has some problems with his fruit. [via tuaw] Audio / Video, Funny, Web Found, 2010-12-22T00:09:42+00:00 For tech heads… Ronnie Corbett has some problems with his fruit. [via tuaw]

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/my-blackberry-is-not-working#When:00:09:42Z O Holy Night http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/TDOegGNo6Nc/o-holy-night http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/o-holy-night#When:23:50:54Z Back in 2006, the TV show Studio 60 starred this wonderful version of O Holy Night. Audio / Video, Music, Web Found, 2010-12-21T23:50:54+00:00 Back in 2006, the TV show Studio 60 starred this wonderful version of O Holy Night.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/o-holy-night#When:23:50:54Z What’s Next for Delicious? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/9foTL93VOc0/whats-next-for-delicious http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/whats-next-for-delicious#When:02:45:32Z I can’t believe that Yahoo! can’t find a fit for Delicious with it’s collection of the best sites on the web all thoroughly tagged. Web Life, 2010-12-18T02:45:32+00:00 I can’t believe that Yahoo! can’t find a fit for Delicious with it’s collection of the best sites on the web all thoroughly tagged.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/whats-next-for-delicious#When:02:45:32Z The digital story of the nativity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/j3taPNPPgYY/the-digital-story-of-the-nativity http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/the-digital-story-of-the-nativity#When:11:16:23Z How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity. Web Found, 2010-12-15T11:16:23+00:00 How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/the-digital-story-of-the-nativity#When:11:16:23Z Zeitgeist 2010: How the world searched http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/Pq04yrFSUZM/zeitgeist-2010-how-the-world-searched http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/zeitgeist-2010-how-the-world-searched#When:10:32:57Z “Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010.” Web News, 2010-12-13T10:32:57+00:00 “Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010.”

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/zeitgeist-2010-how-the-world-searched#When:10:32:57Z Food Court Hallelujah http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/mD27bAUqdcA/food-court-hallelujah http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/food-court-hallelujah#When:08:07:41Z Another one of those flash mobs – this time singing Hallelujah. Web Found, 2010-11-25T08:07:41+00:00 Another one of those flash mobs – this time singing Hallelujah.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/food-court-hallelujah#When:08:07:41Z Facebook Messages http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/E5lBqsZCrcE/facebook-messages http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/facebook-messages#When:05:47:38Z Facebook is going to have a go at unified inbox, combining all your communications… Facebook’s New Messaging System Web Life, 2010-11-16T05:47:38+00:00 Facebook is going to have a go at unified inbox, combining all your communications… Facebook’s New Messaging System

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/facebook-messages#When:05:47:38Z Google adds Instant Previews http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/DRUVS-KHyPY/google-adds-instant-previews http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/google-adds-instant-previews#When:20:22:01Z Google has added (well, is adding, you have to opt-in at the moment) Instant Previews to it’s search results – a screenshot of the page listed. The feature that might make it useful is that they highlight on the image the sections of the page that are relevant to your search. Web Life, 2010-11-09T20:22:01+00:00 Google has added (well, is adding, you have to opt-in at the moment) Instant Previews to it’s search results – a screenshot of the page listed. The feature that might make it useful is that they highlight on the image the sections of the page that are relevant to your search.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/google-adds-instant-previews#When:20:22:01Z Bokeh Wallpaper http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/kAp4UtGtN0k/bokeh-wallpaper http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/bokeh-wallpaper#When:23:54:06Z Wolfgang of Bartelme Design releases another great desktop wallpaper, includes an iPad version and a PSD so you can customise. Computing, Web Found, 2010-11-06T23:54:06+00:00 Wolfgang of Bartelme Design releases another great desktop wallpaper, includes an iPad version and a PSD so you can customise.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/bokeh-wallpaper#When:23:54:06Z Mint Nametag for EE 2.x http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/QIc7YvfZl_w/mint-nametag-for-ee-2 http://simon.job.id.au/articles/comments/mint-nametag-for-ee-2#When:04:59:20Z An extension for ExpressionEngine (v2.x) which sets a cookie storing the username of logged in members. This cookie can be used by the Mint pepper Secret Crush to show the pages viewed by logged in users.Download Mint Nametag (v2.0 for EE 2.x) Installation ExpressionEngine:   Download the zip file above and uncompress.   Upload the directory “mint_nametag” and it’s contents to the /system/expressionengine/third_party/ folder.   In the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, go to Add-Ons → Extensions, enable the extension and change the Cookie Name Suffix under Settings if necessary.  The actual Cookie Name will be prefixed by “exp_”. Mint:   In the Preferences for Mint, for the Secret Crush Pepper under Custom Cookies specify the Cookie Name (with prefix “exp_”) used in Step 3 above (see also image below). Settings In the ExpressionEngine Extensions Manager, the only setting for this extension is the Cookie Name Suffix.  The default suffix is “mint_nametag”. The actual cookie that will be created will have the added prefix “exp_”. The Cookie Name is also entered into the Mint Preferences for the Secret Crush Pepper in the field “Custom Cookies”.  If using the default suffix, you would enter “exp_mint_nametag”. See Also EE Forum Thread Devot:ee History   v2.0 Rewrote for EE 2.x from the EE 1.x version: ExpressionEngine, 2010-11-02T04:59:20+00:00 An extension for ExpressionEngine (v2.x) which sets a cookie storing the username of logged in members. This cookie can be used by the Mint pepper Secret Crush to show the pages viewed by logged in users.

Download

Mint Nametag (v2.0 for EE 2.x)

Installation

ExpressionEngine:

     
  1. Download the zip file above and uncompress.
    2.  
  2. Upload the directory “mint_nametag” and it’s contents to the /system/expressionengine/third_party/ folder.
    3.  
  3. In the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, go to Add-Ons → Extensions, enable the extension and change the Cookie Name Suffix under Settings if necessary.  The actual Cookie Name will be prefixed by “exp_”.

Mint:

     
  • In the Preferences for Mint, for the Secret Crush Pepper under Custom Cookies specify the Cookie Name (with prefix “exp_”) used in Step 3 above (see also image below).

Secret Crush Pepper preferences

Settings

In the ExpressionEngine Extensions Manager, the only setting for this extension is the Cookie Name Suffix.  The default suffix is “mint_nametag”.

The actual cookie that will be created will have the added prefix “exp_”.

The Cookie Name is also entered into the Mint Preferences for the Secret Crush Pepper in the field “Custom Cookies”.  If using the default suffix, you would enter “exp_mint_nametag”.

See Also

EE Forum Thread

Devot:ee

History

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/articles/comments/mint-nametag-for-ee-2#When:04:59:20Z Online TV spat means fewer free shows on web http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/u8sBN5tbTMo/online-tv-spat-means-fewer-free-shows-on-web http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/online-tv-spat-means-fewer-free-shows-on-web#When:01:47:31Z Whilst Australia has only recently seen TV shows easily accessible on the web for free, it looks like the US will be reducing the availability: after a few years of experimenting with free, ad-supported viewing, broadcasters believe they can make more money from cable TV providers if they hold back some programming online. The Australian TV, 2010-10-25T01:47:31+00:00 Whilst Australia has only recently seen TV shows easily accessible on the web for free, it looks like the US will be reducing the availability:

after a few years of experimenting with free, ad-supported viewing, broadcasters believe they can make more money from cable TV providers if they hold back some programming online. The Australian

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/online-tv-spat-means-fewer-free-shows-on-web#When:01:47:31Z About.Me http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/6s2C2QYU98M/about-me http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/about-me#When:10:31:01Z I got my about.me page today. It’s a simple service that provides a “splash page” which pulls together some of your online presences. Web Life, 2010-10-22T10:31:01+00:00 I got my about.me page today. It’s a simple service that provides a “splash page” which pulls together some of your online presences.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/elsewhere/comments/about-me#When:10:31:01Z Blogs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/EDrPC9WMTqA/blogs http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/blogs#When:04:42:14Z Writing on your blog seems like a good idea when you’re sitting here behind your computer…… yet, it just seems incredibly geeky when someone in real life talks to you about it. Blogging, This Site, 2010-10-10T04:42:14+00:00 Writing on your blog seems like a good idea when you’re sitting here behind your computer…

… yet, it just seems incredibly geeky when someone in real life talks to you about it.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/blogs#When:04:42:14Z Channel 7 forget about HD http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSpace/~3/pB-5uBAAOo8/channel-7-forget-about-hd http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/channel-7-forget-about-hd#When:02:03:27Z The recent launch of two new free-to-air TV channels in Australia (7mate and GEM) has meant that the main Channel 7 and 9 programming is no longer simulcast in HD.7mate and GEM are HD only channels, with distinct programming. Channel 9 have noted that GEM will simulcast key sporting events that should be broadcast in HD. But, what doesn’t make sense to me is that Channel 7 is not broadcasting the Bathurst 1000 on the HD 7mate channel. Instead, you can watch Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Knight Rider. TV, 2010-10-09T02:03:27+00:00 The recent launch of two new free-to-air TV channels in Australia (7mate and GEM) has meant that the main Channel 7 and 9 programming is no longer simulcast in HD.

7mate and GEM are HD only channels, with distinct programming. Channel 9 have noted that GEM will simulcast key sporting events that should be broadcast in HD. But, what doesn’t make sense to me is that Channel 7 is not broadcasting the Bathurst 1000 on the HD 7mate channel. Instead, you can watch Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Knight Rider.

]]> http://simon.job.id.au/blog/comments/channel-7-forget-about-hd#When:02:03:27Z