After about a week with this new TV exclusively on Boxee, I miss the grand polish and simplicity of Apple TV. The YouTube Leanback app on Boxee was driving me absolutely nuts and the flakiness/inconsistency of the other apps made me want to throw …
Mashable Howto: Get the Most Out of Google Maps
Jennifer Van Grove from the high-powered social media site Mashable wrote a great, comprehensive article about Google Maps and how to take advantage of its various features beyond simple address searches.
Excerpt:
Google Maps has become the standard mapping utility for everything from getting directions and finding nearby food options to viewing the surface of the moon. Are you getting the most out of your Google Maps experience? Keep reading to get some helpful hints on how to maximize (or minimize) all your mapping desires.Â
TextMate: Extending the HTML Hyperlink Helper
Macromates‘ great text editing application, TextMate, contains powerful Ruby-based scripts to allow for simple language scope editing. The HTML bundle, in particular, contains many ready-made HTML snippets which can be inserted into your web development workflow with a simple TAB-trigger or key combination. For example, if I type img then hit the ⇥ (tab) key then TextMate will expand that into an actual XHTML image tag with selectable attributes. In fact, if you have text copied into the clipboard, then TextMate will automatically use that as the image’s src path. I’ve modified a few of these snippets myself, in order to have certain items fully comply with the XHTML 1.0 Transitional DOCTYPE. This is one of the greatest strengths of TextMate, because any snippet or command can be customized from within the application’s Bundle Editor. For now I’ll explain how to extend the functionality of the HTML version of Hyperlink Helper (Wrap Word / Selection as Link) command.