Posting from TextMate

So this is a general test of blogging using a new app I'm trialing. TextMate seems to be a really powerful text editing tool that can be used for pretty much anything. It has loads of plug-ins or Bundles, which allow you to perform several tasks.

I'm not really into HTML, and I'm looking for something to replace my dreamweaver on the PC (without buying dreamweaver for the mac). I'm looking at coda too, but again an understanding of html would be good. I'm not too bad on the simple link things, but complex formatting and tables is never something I've done.

If anyone has some ideas on books or sites I can visit for getting good html advice let me know.

Noooooo!

I was listening to Alex Lindsay on MacBreak last night, re-telling the story of when he cracked open his MacBook Pro to change the hard drive and didn't see two of the screws - the small crack he heard was some welding spots coming away and he now has an expensive apple door stop. Imagine my horror when I open my feed this morning and see this photo!! The article explains how to install a RAID in a MacBook Pro.

Also came across this nifty little gadget - oh how I wish I worked in a modern office. The desk I work at is so old it doesn't have cable management slots, because when it was first bought people used typewriters and drawing boards.

I finally had a chuckle at this post describing why you should go freelance

Life Laundry

Well the life laundry session has gone very well. We have a completely clear roof space, ready to fill with crap again! Everyone in the house mucked in, so we managed to get finished over the weekend - we thought it might take longer.

It has given is a sense of productivity, even though its really just an exercise in damage control. I feel that we have a really good clean slate (literally) to build on, and hopefully with a little maintenance we can keep it tidy

Menu bar

So whats in your menu bar??

Strange thing - yesterday Mark & I had a long chat about the menu bar and how we'd seen things in Merlin's menu bar that we liked the idea of. The full date time was one and I hunted down this instruction set to perform that - which I really like, a quick glance up to the top right to check the date.

And behold this mornings feed shows a 43Folders article on whats in Merlin's menu. I've heard about skitch and was keen to give it a try, but its still in private beta - hope to get that when its released to the masses.

[What's in my menubar? at 43Folders]

Paper based or Electronic?

Its a question that everyone that looked at GTD will have asked. Do I use paper and pen of do I store things electronically?

Fear not the answer is here!! Why not hack a moleskine to be a hard-drive case!

[Building a moleskine hard-drive cover via 43Folders]