http://geek.pittcrew.org/categories/applications/ Recent content in Applications on PittGeek Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2014/09/powershell-mode-for-zed/ Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2014/09/powershell-mode-for-zed/ There’s a new crop of programmer’s text editors out there written with JavaScript and Web browser technology, and they’ve been getting a lot of buzz. I’ve been playing around a bit with several of them, and I’m intrigued by Zed. Zed steps a bit outside the traditional box and tries to bring a simplified approach to code editing with minimalist UI and reduced command complexity. It also features an excellent remote editing mode, and it feels like it takes cross-platform compatibility more to heart than some of the other options. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2013/10/replacing-the-textmate-2-icon/ Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2013/10/replacing-the-textmate-2-icon/ The application icon for Textmate 2 is a bright, pink flower. Maybe they just want to avoid confusion with the commercial version during the alpha phase, but it does look a little unprofessional next to the other icons in dock. Fortunately, it’s an easy fix. Here’s how to do it: Download and extract the 1.5 version of TextMate. Ctrl-Click the application and select Show Package Contents. Browse to the Contents > Resources folder and copy the TextMate. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2013/10/open-source-textmate/ Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2013/10/open-source-textmate/ How did I manage to miss this for so long? TextMate, the Mac text editor that set the standard by which all modern programmer’s editors are judged, is now Open Source. TextMate 2.0 is still in alpha status, but the first alpha build was released over 21 months ago, so it’s probably pretty stable by now. You can download the binary, or access the source on GitHub. The latest builds require at least OS X 10. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2007/10/u3-version-of-password-safe/ Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:19:30 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2007/10/u3-version-of-password-safe/ I recently purchased a U3-enabled flash drive. I’ve been using Password Safe (originally from Bruce Schneier’s Counterpane Labs, now a SourceForge project) for some time now to store my passwords, and it seemed like a perfect application to have on a flash drive. I was shocked when I discovered that they wanted $9.95 for the U3 version of a free utility! Well, the U3 Developer Kit is available for a free registration and Password Safe is Open Source, so I decided to see if I could build my own U3 version. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2006/04/google-releases-calendar/ Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:55:46 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2006/04/google-releases-calendar/ This past week, Google released the new Google Calendar service. I’ve really become a big fan of Gmail, and it looks like this may be another service that I’ll be getting a bit of use out of. My wife has been trying to get me to keep better track of our various family events and appointments, but I find the process a bit cumbersome. She puts together a calendar on paper, which I then have to take to work and transcribe into my Outlook calendar. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2006/01/opera-browser-is-now-free/ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:41:02 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2006/01/opera-browser-is-now-free/ The Opera browser is now totally free. Opera started out as one of the few commercial competitors to Microsoft and Netscape’s free browsers. They later came out with an ad-supported version that you could use for free if you didn’t want to pay extra to get rid of the ads, and now they have finally eliminated the ads and made it entirely free. This has apparently been out there for a while, but it doesn’t seem to have gotten much hype. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2005/12/internet-explorer-inside-a-firefox-tab/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:44:12 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2005/12/internet-explorer-inside-a-firefox-tab/ Via Scott Hanselman, you can now display a web page with Internet Explorer directly inside a Firefox tab. The extension is called IE Tab, and it provides similar functionality to the older IE View except that it embeds Internet Explorer inside Firefox instead of opening a separate IE window. Once installed, you can right-click a page in Firefox and switch to IE mode without switching tabs. You can also right-click a link and open the link in a new IE tab. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2005/09/google-talk-tips/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:35:35 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2005/09/google-talk-tips/ Philipp Lenssen posted some tips for Google Talk. Be sure to read the comments, too, for additional tips discovered by readers. My favorite tip is adding emphasis in messages using the *bold* and _italic_ convention that has been commonly used in plain-text e-mail and Usenet posts for years. I’ve never been one to use a lot of formatting in IM’s, so this is perfect for me. Simple, clean, gets the job done. http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2005/09/google-talk-is-here/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:37:31 +0000 http://geek.pittcrew.org/posts/2005/09/google-talk-is-here/ I’m a little behind the times in blogging about this, but I needed to actually have a blog first. Rumors have been flying for a while that Google was planning to release its own IM service, and now Google Talk is here. It is based on the Jabber XMPP protocol, but it isn’t yet linked into the Jabber server network. You won’t find any fancy features in the minimalist client program, but that can sometimes be a good thing as it seems to use far fewer system resources than most other clients.