Category Archives: Utilities

Use the Evernote Clipper With Safari On iPad and iPhone

Posted on May 14, 2012 by mergy

Updated 05/15/12: Latest code for the bookmarklet in a text file. The original post was done in May of 2011 with the code at the time that seems to be generating problems for people. I have updated the code part … Continue reading →

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Posted in Apple, Educational Software, Internet, Software, Utilities | Tagged evernote clipper ios, evernote clipper ipad, evernote clipper iphone, evernote clipper ipod touch, evernote ios workaround, evernote safari ios | 41 Comments

Passing command-line options to OS X Apps with Platypus

Posted on April 11, 2012 by mergy

I love the Google Chrome Canary browser. For the last year, it has been my browser of choice on Mac, Windows and Linux after leaving the chaos and mess that has become Mozilla Firefox.
The only aspect that is bothersome for … Continue reading →

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Getting the QCN ONavi USB Sensor Going Under 64-Bit Windows

Posted on March 16, 2012 by mergy

I had a heck of a tough time getting the ONavi USB sensor operational and stable under Windows to work with the Quake Catcher Network project at Stanford. I tried numerous different hosts and operating systems, but wanted to get … Continue reading →

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Posted in Hardware, Lick-Wilmerding, Software, SysAdmin, Utilities, Windows | Tagged Onavi USB and Windows, QCN ONavi USB and Windows, Windows not recognizing ONavi USB | Leave a comment

Setup Mail Rules to Send “Out Of Office” Backscatter to The Trash (UPDATED)

Posted on February 25, 2012 by mergy

If you are on a number of maillist lists, you feel my pain. When you want to contribute to a listserv but are tired on receiving all the junk email associated with various people’s auto-responders for vacation or out of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Internet, Software, SysAdmin, Utilities | Tagged mail rule for autoresponders, mail rule for out of office delete | Leave a comment

Liberating Video From Flash or Silverlight via Quicktime Screen Recorder

Posted on February 4, 2012 by mergy

I had a recent situation where some video I need to deal with was locked into Silverlight, Flash or other website embed from the source. I am not advocating you duplicate restricted material with this method. You shouldn’t. This is … Continue reading →

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