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Fonts and NX
For several years, I’ve been using a combination of Screen and NX as a detachable research environment. Since I started working on Jython and using Mercurial, I’ve been able to do more work on the Mac...
View ArticleICeCoffEE 1.5b5 released
ICeCoffEE 1.5b5 is out. The only remaining known bug I plan to fix before 1.5 final relates to disabling localized services. This version includes bug fixes and compatibility updates (particularly for...
View ArticleNCIDpop 0.9.15 released
Last year I worked on NCIDpop, a network caller ID client originally written by Alexei Kosut. I recently spent a day or so doing some further hacking on NCIDpop to fix problems I and others had...
View ArticleNCIDpop 0.9.16 released
NCIDpop is a client for the NCID (Network Caller ID) server. See previous posts for more information on my work with NCIDpop. New in this version: Optional Growl notification support. Formats phone...
View ArticlePester 1.1b8 released
Get it. Pester 1.1 has been a long time coming. It’s been my own personal battle with the second-system effect. 1.1b8 is a big step towards finishing, though. -rw-r--r-- 1 nriley users 295049 Oct 14...
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Apple II to Mac: Copying physical disks
As you may have noted if you follow me on Twitter or Flickr, I’ve recently been trying to preserve my and my family’s Apple II life from binders and boxes full of 5.25ʺ and 3.5ʺ disks. There’s a...
View ArticleOS X dictation alternatives
I dictate to my computer a lot. It helps me write faster and saves my hands for other pursuits. In the last few years, dictation, both of the local and network-hosted variety, has improved to the point...
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Creating a minimal dictation surface with Word 2013
As I discussed in my previous post, I do my serious dictation in a Windows 7 virtual machine. Having recently upgraded my dictation setup and transferred it to a new Mac, I figured it'd be a good thing...
View ArticleCreating a dictation buffer
As I mentioned in a post last month, I recently upgraded my Windows dictation setup to Dragon NaturallySpeaking (DNS) 12 and Word 2013. This upgrade broke the Emacs dictation interface (vr-mode) I had...
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soundsource: a few examples
A few weeks ago, I added links to some of my smaller OS X projects to my software page. One of these projects is a command line version of Rogue Amoeba’s now-discontinued SoundSource. This tool, which...
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Dictation buffer updates
It’s been a little over a year since I started using Dragon Medical in Windows as a dictation buffer for my Mac. Please see my previous few posts on the subject for some background. Since then, I’ve...
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SGI screen fonts converted for OS X
The first Unix machines I sat at on a daily basis were the SGI Indys in the Berry Patch. IRIX’s proportional system font was Adobe Helvetica Oblique, which was nice; but its monospaced font was unique...
View ArticleA list of macOS, tvOS and iOS bugs I encountered while helping my family over...
These are just functionality/correctness bugs. If I covered UI bugs, I’d miss my flight home. macOS 10.13 High Sierra The installer nukes user accounts that have been around for years to replace them...
View ArticlemacOS 10.14 Mojave status
macOS 10.14 Mojave is scheduled to be released on September 24. Status for my apps/command-line tools: Pester: Works, but natural-language date parsing doesn’t, as with every new macOS release until I...
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