Monthly Archives: January 2012

Solarized wallpaper

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I’ve been a fan of the Solarized colour scheme since the beginning.

It is a palette meant for people who stare at text all day and is configured for use in a variety of text editors and terminals.

I like it so much, I even played with using the Solarized Dark background as my desktop background colour.

Alas, even for me, it was a bit too simple. So I adapted my previous wallpaper, and colourized the default grey linen wallpaper from OSX Lion to match the Solarized Dark base colour.

Defaultdesktop solarized

The texture is subtle, and yet it isn’t 100% bland. It also doesn’t conflict with displaying the information I usually keep on my desktop provided by Nerdtool.

Once again, I am providing the wallpaper to anyone who wants it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

New Year, New Software

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I’m starting the New Year with new software.

I am trying to journal once again, and started using Day One (available in the Mac App Store and in the iTunes App Store).

So far I am really enjoying it. It is one of those quintessential get out of your way applications that lets you focus on the task at hand, in this case, writing journal/diary entries.

I’m also making the switch to BBEdit from TextMate. I really, really like TextMate, and yes I know version 2 is finally starting to see the light of day, but I want something that is updated and improved on a more regular basis.

One last piece of software I got, which was a holiday gift for myself, is Tags from CASEapps. This is the year I am going to switch to a tags-based filing system, and that application makes it easy. It actually does a lot more than I need, so I expect I won’t hit any limits soon.

There are a bunch more tools that I have added to my collection lately, but those three are the big ones I wanted to share.

P.S. Sorry for no links, but I have faith in your ability to find them yourself! :)