The below clip has been making the rounds the last few weeks. (I first saw it at Kottke.) Every year in Japan they have a competition to see who can make the thinnest plane shaving. The winner here was at 9 microns, which is…
Continue reading →Evernote Essentials 3.0
In case you’ve been under a rock, Evernote is evolving. They are growing as they acquire other apps and they are growing as they make Evernote better. Brett Kelly’s Evernote Essentials book is the bible for power Evernote users. The book is evolving right…
Continue reading →iPhone Valentine Box
My daughter made this tonight all by her herself. A chip off the ol’ block. View fullsize View fullsize
Continue reading →Use Hazel to Find Dates Inside Files
Timotheus over at macorios.com has a workflow for using Hazel to pull dates out PDFs. Basically, he uses the Contents field to look for strings of text matching common date formats. Clever. He is selling the rules for $4, which I can understand because…
Continue reading →About MacStories and Federico
I’m very stingy about what RSS feeds I follow. In order to get on that list, a site needs to be really great. It’s particularly hard for a site that has a lot of posts to remain in my RSS reader because I often…
Continue reading →MPU 124: Live at Macworld/iWorld
Mac Power Users 124, recorded live on the Macworld show floor is up. During this episode, we took questions from the live audience, got through some great feedback, and talked about some of our best finds from the Macworld show floor. Enjoy.
Listen & read notes →Nerdy Professionals: Bringing the iPad to Lawyers
I don’t talk about it much at MacSparky or on the Mac Power Users but over the last several years I’ve spent a lot of time talking to lawyers about the iPad. I spoke to the lawyers at the American Bar Association and even…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Harvest Time Tracking and Billing
I’d like to thank Harvest for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. Harvest is an online time tracking and invoicing solution that gets it all right. Using Harvest, you can work on client projects from anywhere by starting a timer effortlessly via Mac, iPhone, web browser.…
Continue reading →TE Snippets: Foreign Thanks
I’m starting a new series where I’m going to feature some of my favorite TextExpander snippets. If you don’t know about TextExpander, shame on you. It is a fantastic application that lets you quickly type long (and short) snippets of text with just a…
Continue reading →Obsession + Voice
I’ve sent so many non-geek friends to this famous Merlin Mann/John Gruber talk that I’ve finally made a TextExpander snippet for the link.
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