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Visor

Paul Westbrook | 31 July, 2006 23:09

There are times that I need to quickly do something in a shell.  Often I will just switch to Terminal and then open an new window.

Visor is a plugin for SIMBL, made by the same people who make Quicksilver, that displays a shell with a key combination.  This window appears over all other windows, and can easily be dismissed when not needed.

[via The Apple Blog]

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High-Speed Network access on Caltrain

Paul Westbrook | 31 July, 2006 22:16

Caltrain has finished a proof of concept of wireless internet access along a stretch of tracks in the San Francisco Bay area. Soon riders will be able to access the Internet at broadband speeds while on the train.  It looks like this network is using WiMAX (802.16).  I am not sure if this system will require WiMAX cards in laptops or if 802.11 access points will be installed in the train cars.

Now it will not be as easy for me to get away from work.
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NetNewsWire sharing ports

Paul Westbrook | 31 July, 2006 03:04

I just set my wife up with a copy of NetNewsWire.  When I was looking at the preferences, I noticed that NetNewsWire has a feature where the list of the feeds that are subscribed can be shared over Bonjour. This is a pretty neat feature, especially if you are in a location like a conference where there would be a lot of people with a similar interest.

In order to get this to work, the port use for the incoming connections needs to be opened up in the firewall.  Port number 30874 needs to be opened to allow this traffic. 

Note to Apple:  There should be a way for an application developer to add a rule to the built-in firewall.  When an application is configured, it should call an API for it to request a port be opened.  This would cause the system to present an authentication dialog, where the user could allow or deny the port to be opened.

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