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Replace Parallels ugly (Red Slash) Desktop icons

Recently I upgraded to Parallels version 4 then noticed that the icons were ugly! Other people were talking about it too. So I decided to re-create my own that were easy on the eyes. First I downloaded IconBuilder plugin for photoshop or fireworks. Then I grabbed some images to work with in Photoshop (new iMac and Windows 7 desktop) then tied them together all nice and peerdy. With icons on a Mac OS X you need 4 sizes (128×128 48×48 32×32 and 16×16). Then I flattened the layers into one layer.

  • Selected that layer and -> Filter -> IconFactory -> IconFactory.
  • Set them up and saved them as “Parallels.icns”.
  • Then went to Applications -> Parallels and right click or ctrl click -> Show Package Contents -> Contents -> Resources and re-named “Parallels.icns” to “~Parallels.icns”.
  • Then I copied my file over to that folder, ran a killall Finder and booya!
  • Way better Parallels Desktop and File icons.

I have zipped up a psd and the icns files so you can make your own or use mine. If you use mine, I take no responsibility for your actions or the file if you happen to mess your S*!T up. Always backup your stuff, and re-name the original file!

Download: parallels-desktop-icons.zip

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07. Oct, 2009
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Better alias for Ruby on Rails script/server and TextMate mate app

Just the other day I was browsing through some railscasts from Ryan Bates and noticed he was starting his server with “ss”. It made me pissed that I hadn’t thought of doing that before, I guess because I was so comfortable cd ~/Sites/appname and script/server. So I first wrote some aliases like Ryan’s “ss”, but then thought huh, this could be better… Google to the rescue and I found this code for script/server and then that inspired me to write this code for mate appname. Pretty quick to open and boot apps!

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03. Oct, 2009
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I’m taking a stand against IE 6 – cause it can go F*CK itself

After a long past few days fixing someone’s code for an un-named website to look good across all browsers, I decided I hate IE 6 more than ever. Even though I will still continue to support IE 6 in clients websites (for now), I’ve decided to f*cking phase them out permanently on my sites. It’s been way too long, people get your sh*t together and just upgrade. And for you that are in countries where you can’t upgrade for what ever reason beyond your desirable pleasure… I feel sorry for you.

I’m taking a stand now. If you wanna join in and make IE 6 users experience at viewing your site the opposite of enjoyable here’s how. Copy the code below and put it right under your <body> tag. Then just add the css from below as well. Then if a user using anything <= IE 6 they will get the message loud and clear.

<!--[if lte IE 6]><div>Common get it together!! You're using an out of date browser (released more than 7 years ago). To view this page properly, we recommend using a modern, standards-compliant browser - such as <a href="http://www.firefox.com">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/">Safari</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">Google Chrome</a>. All of which are 100% free.</div><![endif]-->

Now the CSS

.ie_notice {margin:5px 0;padding:10px;border:1px solid #dedeb9;background:#ffffd4;text-align:center;color:black;font-size:1.5em;}
.ie_notice strong, .ie_notice a{color:red;}

Of course you can style it anyway your heart desires, but the main point is your helping rid the world of the LAMEST BROWSER EVER. Common peeps it will be fun!

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23. Sep, 2009
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Modifying Textmate drawer font size

New builds of textmate come with the ability to change the font size! See @Allan’s comment below for details.

Download the intel based test build by option clicking the check now button in TextMate’s system preferences software update tab.

$ defaults write com.macromates.textmate OakProjectDrawerFontSize -int 15

If you are like me and hate how small the font’s are in Textmates drawer, don’t get mad get modificlisious. You must have Xcode installed. Don’t worry about messing around with Interface builder files for apps because when you save the nibs they save a backup. Here’s how to modify the font size in Textmates drawer:

  • Browse to the application and right click or ctrl click => show package content
  • Go Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ => open Project.nib
  • In the project window double click on the FileHierarchy icon
  • Now the FileHierarchy window should open so click on the drawer in the FileHierarchy window
  • Press Apple T or go Format => show fonts from the menu set
  • Now just select the font you want to use and the size
  • You should see the fonts change
  • Save and relaunch Textmate!
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26. Feb, 2008
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Pimp my text mate or other mac apps UI

Subtle Gradient has a post about pimping out your favorite mac os apps ui’s. Think I’ll be hitting up the hack for my Text Mate ui. I hate that the fonts and colors in the drawer don’t match my editing area and I also hate how small the fonts are. I have my fonts jacked up to 16 so that I don’t throw my back out every time I want to code from leaning into my computer screen!

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25. Feb, 2008
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