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Adam Merrifield

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I am a theme developer, a coder and internet personality.

what i am

I am the owner and operator of seyDoggy Systems, a small theme, code and design outfit based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. We primarily develop web based technologies but have begun to dabble in the desktop realm.

what i do

I code like a fool. I design like a fool. I am happiest when I can split my time between the two (though I tire of Photoshop faster then I do Sublime Text 2 or Terminal), and somehow I have managed to etch out a living doing so.

JavaScript Design Patterns by Addy Osmani

“Design patterns can be traced back to the early work of a civil engineer named Christopher Alexander. He would often write publications about his experience in solving design issues and how they related to buildings and towns. One day, it occurred to Alexander that when used time and time again, certain design constructs lead to a desired optimal effect.” –via Essential JavaScript Design Patterns For Beginners.

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GoPro HD Helmet HERO

“GoPro’s HD Helmet HERO is the world’s highest performance wearable 1080p HD video and still photo camera. Professional quality 1080p / 960p / 720p HD resolutions record at 30 and 60 frames per second 60 fps in 720p. Record up to 2.5 hours on a single charge and up to 9 hours total on a 32GB SD card not included.” — via GoPro.

@ehMac was using this camera on Saturday for some of his coverage of the Waterloo Apple Store Opening. I was very impressed with the results. I want.

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StudioPress Introduces a Marketplace

“We are very pleased to announce the launch of the StudioPress Marketplace – where developers from around the community can sell their work.It’s no secret that the Genesis Framework is used by a lot of people – we have 39 child themes, 54,000 customers and our records indicate that Genesis is used on more than 300,000 sites.” – via Introducing the StudioPress Marketplace.

 

Cool.

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Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

“Built right into OS X Lion, Lion Recovery lets you repair disks or reinstall OS X Lion without the need for a physical disc.

The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lets you create Lion Recovery on an external drive that has all of the same capabilities as the built-in Lion Recovery: reinstall Lion, repair the disk using Disk Utility, restore from a Time Machine backup, or browse the web with Safari.” — via Lion Recovery Disk Assistant.

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Enabling Quicksilver proxies and application menus | The Celsius1414 Journal

## In Quicksilver ##

To start, you’ll likely need to have “Enable Advanced Features” turned on in the latest-greatest version of Quicksilver.

First, to enable proxies in QS preferences… Under Catalog > Quicksilver, turn on “Proxy Objects”, “Internal Commands”, and “Internal Objects”.

To access menu items (and enable the Show Menu Items action), go under Plug-ins > All Plug Ins and scroll down to turn on “User Interface Access (+)”.

## In System Preferences ##

Then go under your Mac’s System Preferences, to Universal Access, and turn on “Enable access for assistive devices” at the bottom.

via Enabling Quicksilver proxies and application menus | The Celsius1414 Journal.

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enormego/EGOTextMateFullScreen – GitHub

“A TextMate Plugin that adds native full screen app support for Mac OS X Lion users.” — via enormego/EGOTextMateFullScreen – GitHub.

Yes indeed, full screen is nice.

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GitX L

“GitX is a git GUI made for Mac OS X. It currently features a history viewer much like gitk and a commit GUI like git gui. But then in silky smooth OS X style!” — via GitX L

Started using GitX L, the most active branch of GitX, to augment my Terminal/TextMate/Git workflow.

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