Export swf directly to a server using Forklift (osx)

Posted: February 6th, 2010 | No Comments »

You can not set the publishing path of your flash movie to a server, althought sometimes it can be very useful. I googled for solutions but without results. Then I just figured it out:

1) OPEN:
forklift-open-withOpen the swf (which you manually uploaded before) from the server with Forklift (right click on the file, select ‘edit with’, than choose the flash editor app from the application folder under ‘other’ if you don’t have it in the ‘open with’ list)

2) CHECK THE TEMP FOLDER:
After the swf was opened in the flash editor Forklift saves a copy of the file to a temporary folder and listens for changes. Every time the file is changed it will be uploaded. The temporary folder is located somewhere here:

your username/Library/Caches/com.binarynights.ForkLift/#8
(the folder with the highest number will be yours)

3) SET PUBLISH PATH:
Close swf, open actual fla. Press ‘publish settings’ under the file menu. Set the flash export location to the temporary directory you just find out under the ‘format’ tab.

4) EXPORT:
flash-export-settingsBy pressing cmd+enter you can preview your flash movie, but also automatically upload it to a given destination, plus you receive a growl message as the upload is done.

Great, isn’t it?

It possibly works also with cyberduck witch is free.


Search Skype chat history on OSX

Posted: November 28th, 2009 | No Comments »

There is an experimental feature in Skype (osx) that enables searching in your chat archives. For indexing type ‘/mac indexchats’ in any chat window, to launch the searchpanel type ‘/search’. Source and more details here.


Mail tabs

Posted: November 24th, 2009 | No Comments »

mailtabsWith the following application you can send all open tabs of front safari window. To get it work: 1) download the app and place anywhere, 2) drag this bookmarklet to your bookmark bar.

It will open Mail application with an outgoing email filled out with all the links you had in safari. It can be quite useful when you have a lot of safari window and tabs open and want to close some without loosing them, but bookmark all tabs would go too far… Or if you just want to send somebody all the links you researched ;)

It’s absolutely safe because the app is an applescript (you can open with applescript editor), the bookmarklet is a simple javascript with a call of the applescript app.

I use mailtabs trick on my alu macbook with snow leopard. I didn’t tested on other platforms. If you have any experiences please leave a comment.


Diy rocket toy

Posted: October 11th, 2009 | No Comments »


Ruler for 13″ Macbook

Posted: October 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

rulerIf you have to decide whether 6.3cm x 4.2cm is large enough or too small you might find the following simple tool handy: Ruler for 13″ Macbook.


wii-remote-for-macmini

Posted: June 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

wiimote appSimple and lightweight application to control old macminis with wii remote control (osx 10.4 and higher) based on darwiin framework. I create this app for my needs, i use it for several month and have fun. I share it for download without any warranty. If you also have an old g4 macmini it might be useful. Give it a try! Any questions are welcome.

Functions:

sync

  • [1]+[2] – sync with the mac

select

  • [left]/[right] – select application (frontrow, youtube, itheater)
  • [A] – launch selected application
  • [home] -launch frontrow
  • [1] – bring “wii-remote-for-macmini” to front

operate

  • [up]/[down]/[left]/[right] – navigate
  • [A] – select
  • [home] – back/quit
  • [B]+[1] – eject optical disk
  • [B]+[home] – put to sleep
  • [+]/[-] – volume up/down

Download
wiimote application
wii-remote-for-macmini.dmg (incl. a fullscreen youtube browser app – flash projector – 9.7MB)
(13.2MB, osx 10.4.11 or higher)


Type numbers on iphone without switching keyboard layout

Posted: May 19th, 2009 | No Comments »

type-numbers-on-iphoneI always wondered why are numbers and extra characters so difficult to reach on iphone. It’s a multitouch device but there is no temporary keyboard layout change option available like Shift and Alt keys on PCs.

I thought it had to give an option for this and so I tried several things out.

The solution was:

You hit the ‘123′ button but do not release the screen. Slide your finger over the character you want to type. Then release the screen and you have the original keyboard layout again.


‘Back to Top’ in iPhone’s Safari

Posted: May 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

iphone-back2topI was wondering why isn’t there a ‘back to top’ button in my iphone when I browse long webpages. There is really no button for it, but I figured out that if you tap the top of the screen you are back to top immediately.


Building robots (Birthday #7)

Posted: March 14th, 2009 | No Comments »

My son is 7 years old already. He is fascinated a lot about robots. We always have to ‘build’ different kind of robots. Sevaral month ago he found ‘zoozbeat’ sequencer app in my phone and made a song with it. It’s refrain says: You should build robots! His 7th birthday presents were the following:

1. Tamiya Remote-Control Robot Construction Set

(Lyrics and music composed and singed by Balázs)

2. Paper robot book

paperrobotbook

3. And a nice book


Add ‘play folder’ and ‘preview folder’ functionality to finder

Posted: March 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

play folder

With ‘play folder’ you can easily listen all mp3 files in the seleceted folder. Use the simple mp3 player: vox

With ‘preview folder’ you can send all images of a folder to the preview app and open them as fullscreen slideshow.

Simply just drag (and wait a bit while draging) the apps to the toolbar of finder.

Download playfolder.app and previewfolder.app