blog.scrufus.com

Just got married

JR Ignacio — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:21:01 +0000

Visitor Stats 2009

JR Ignacio — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:53 +0000

Although I don’t think anyone really goes to this site, the stats sure look interesting.

Browsers

Firefox (40.86%)
Safari (20.84%)
Internet Explorer (18.00%)

Operating Systems

Windows (51.31%)
Macintosh (26.61%)
iPhone (13.17%)

Browsers and OS

Firefox / Windows (26.32%)
Internet Explorer / Windows (18.00%)
Safari / Macintosh (13.29%)
Safari / iPhone (13.13%)
Firefox / Macintosh (12.17%)

Flash

Enabled (83.00%)
Disabled (17.00%)

The iPad

JR Ignacio — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:00:02 +0000

Apple just announced its tablet device, the iPad.

I want one.

Moving things around

JR Ignacio — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:24:27 +0000

I’ve finally moved my main blog from scruf.us to blog.scrufus.com. Previous entries from scrufus.net have also been imported into this one. After a month or two, I’ll probably drop the redirects from scruf.us to blog.scrufus.com so I can start using scruf.us for my little web ideas and experiments.

I’ve also gotten myself a Linode box to play around with since I’ve decided to wean away from using just PHP. Right now, I’ve set up nginx as the main web server since it seems to be the best one to use for my purposes. The setup should let me easily play interchangeably with PHP, Python (Django) and Ruby (Rails).

I’m hoping to document here the things I learn from all the playing around since I intend to have this blog focus more on my thoughts about software, development and technology. Personal and non-techie posts for the most part would go to my tumblog if you’re into that sort of thing. Finally, follow me on Twitter if you like.

Hello scrufus.com

JR Ignacio — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:19:52 +0000

Finally, got to register scrufus.com after waiting year after year (since 2004) for the previous owner not to renew it since it was never really used. However, I’m still undecided on what to do with it. I might move this blog to blog.scrufus.com and just use this domain (scruf.us) for a personal url shortening service or to host other web apps. We’ll see.

The Magic Mouse

JR Ignacio — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:36:35 +0000

After a couple of weeks of using the Magic Mouse, it’s safe to say that I like it a lot. It took some getting used to since the form factor is a lot different from most of the mice I’ve used. But, once I got comfortable with holding it, it became a joy to use. It glides really well and tracking is consistent across different surfaces I use it on. The scrolling experience is the killer feature for me. Momentum scrolling works really well when going through long lines of code or navigating through Photoshop files or the Finder. It even lets you scroll sideways through a very long url if you’re trying to just modify part of it while testing something. Unlike other users, I’m not bothered by the right click probably due to the fact that it seems to be the same action when using an index-finger-controlled trackball. I’m also not missing the middle click since being a keyboard person, my left hand is usually on the keyboard, ready to press a key for opening a new tab or launching Exposé. It’s probably the best mouse I’ve had since the Logitech VX Nano.

(Another plus I think for me is it somehow helps in making me keep a better posture. It is quite difficult to use when in the full-on slouching position.)

Quicksilver to LaunchBar

JR Ignacio — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:00:07 +0000

After upgrading to Snow Leopard, I’ve decided to look for an alternative for Quicksilver since it really started being flaky and unstable (even with the latest builds). Upon reading articles on The Setup, I’ve found that people either use Quicksilver or LaunchBar as application launchers. And so I decided to try LaunchBar for at least a week to see if it would fit my workflow.

First thing I liked is how responsive LaunchBar is and that it doesn’t consume too much screen real estate. Another plus is the drag and drop functionality which saves me time when I want to open files in a specific application or move them to another folder. It’s also a joy how accessible and discoverable all the other actions are (which were probably present in Quicksilver but I never got to use). Customizing searching and indexing seems to be a bit more straightforward. Also, I’m starting to warm up having access to recent clipboard history which really helps a lot when moving code around. LaunchBar has pretty much been helping me make certain things I do very often a lot faster (like send files to BetterZip for zipping with a password, move files to the Dropbox Public folder, find files in a specific folder). So after about three weeks, I decided to fork the € 24.00 (well € 19.20 since I got a 20% discount code) and I’m really happy about the purchase.

JungleDisk goes 3.0

JR Ignacio — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:51:19 +0000

JungleDisk comes out with a new pricing structure and updates their software to 3.0. Everything now looks very Rackspace, which recently became their parent company.

Following are some notable parts of the release:

JungleDisk drives can now act as a native disk as opposed to WebDAV
Backup Vaults (stores filesystem metadata, specially beneficial for Mac users)
Folder sync (this I have to try and see if it works as well as Dropbox)
A new web interface

I’ve tried it on a Windows machine and it seems to be a lot more fluid compared to before. Haven’t really been using it for backup as I’ve been relying more on Backblaze, Time Machine plus occasional Super Duper cloning.

One thing that hasn’t changed though is it seems they still process payments only via Amazon Payments.

Flash Player 10.1 Pre-release

JR Ignacio — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:43:09 +0000

A pre-release version of Flash Player 10.1 is now available. Hopefully it does lower CPU usage on Macs as mentioned. I guess I’ll just install it then see how things go.

(via TUAW)

Email won’t just die

JR Ignacio — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:59:13 +0000

Right now there are lots of ways to share stuff with people on the computer. There’s IM, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, plus online services like Dropbox, MobileMe, TinyGrab, etc. However, I still think email is the easiest and simplest way to send someone something to be viewed using a computer.