Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 18 Feb 2010
Setting up Octave and Gnuplot on OSX
Good instructions are here.
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MS-Windows Platform and Mac OS X Platform and Software and Tips & Tricks and Workflow Tobi on 27 Dec 2009
PDF OCR Batch-processing with ScanSnap
The ScanSnap S1500M (but also the S1500 as well as the earlier models S510 and S510M) comes with ABBYY FineReader for OCR support. This is great for creating searchable PDFs. Especially handy on a Mac with Spotlight. The problem is that in the default setup, each scan is OCRed right after the scan and depending [...]
Tips & Tricks and Transportation Tobi on 02 Jul 2009
Optimal Packing for Travel
On Imgriff.com I read about a truly interesting website, solely dedicated to the Optimality of packing lightly for travel: http://www.onebag.com
Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 19 Jun 2009
Installing iPhone SDK 2.x on PPC
This post is really just an edited summary of instructions found elsewhere. I used instructions from two sources (here incl. comments, and here), the first of which is slightly outdated and incomplete. Here’s the full story:
Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 30 Oct 2008
BOM-files – What do/did Mac OS X Package Installers Install?
The answer can be found in the so-called BOM-files, which stands for Bill Of Material. More information about bom files be found in the Apple Developed Connection (ADC) bom man page, or by typing man bom in the terminal.
These files are buried inside installer packages as well as in receipts of already installed programs. [...]
Software and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 17 Oct 2008
Remove Short Description for Feed Items in iGoogle
When I looked at my iGoogle page today I found a short description under each item. Unfortunately that made the paper longer than one screen so I couln’t view all my items w/o scrolling — very inconvenient. Even worse, there was no immediately clear way to restore the original layout. I tried to click on [...]
MS-Windows Platform and Mac OS X Platform and Telecommunications and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 10 Oct 2008
Export Outlook Mail PST-Files to the Mac
While there are multiple software solutions that cost money, I prefer the free alternatives. In this case it comes in the form of Mozilla Thunderbird, and to be more precise, the Windows version. Thunderbird’s import function imports your current Microsoft Outlook folders including attachments and all. It also has options for Outlook Express and other [...]