Kodachi v0.5.1 is out! It’s good news for developers who want to write plug-ins or if you wish to change the look and feel of the application: A demo plug-in is now included. All it does is add a new direct word to Kodachi’s vocabulary: ‘Demo‘. Type it, select some action, and it will display a Growl-like notification confirming your [...]

Ever used GenPass? SuperGenPass? What do you mean, you do not know what I am talking about? Oh, you need to read on. Of course, I am referring to SuperGenPass, developed by Chris Zarate. This wonderful bookmarklet automatically generates strong passwords for you, based on the url of the web sites you are visiting. You only need to memorize your [...]

You can now anonymously sync. to the bleeding edge version of Kodachi’s source code at svn://nextbbs.com/kodachi If you do not feel like installing svn/compiling Kodachi but are still curious about its source code, you can browse it at http://www.nextbbs.com/trac/kodachi/ Note: if you sync. to the first check-in, you will get the version of Kodachi that is currently downloadable. If you [...]

Oh, man. Jack of all trades, master of…not many? This week, my frustration over not finding a QuickSilver-like tool for Windows, was at an all-time high. Do not get me wrong: Colibri and Launchy are fine tools. They just do not have this QuickSilver-like feel that I miss so much at work. Fortunately, I came upon Kodachi completely by chance [...]

The text below is what I originally typed in the comments form at http://lifeonrails.org/2007/8/30/netbeans-the-best-ruby-on-rails-ide -a very informative Rails blog!- but as I was about to click on ‘Add that puppy’ (-G-) I decided against it, not wanting to become a comment troll myself. So, it’s now here instead: Joe, As a JBuilder veteran, let me tell you that it saddens [...]

A couple months ago, I made a post about my new toy: OpensIFRr, which lets you easily create awesome Flash files that you can use to render just about any font in your web pages. I was pleased with the feedback it got but of course a lot of readers asked about the Windows version. Well, it’s here now! In [...]

I did not invent anything. Mike Davidson and his gang did. I even borrowed this logo from his blog. I just found -on the web, where else?- a fairly easy method to create sIFR Flash Files without the need for Adobe Flash Studio itself. Thus, here it is: a free, dead-simple tool to help you convert as many font files [...]