Category: Software

App Stop version .8 has just been released, it includes the following new features/enchancements: Fixed bug where CPU usage for applications running as root would display incorrectly, now applications running as root will display CPU usage as -1 Added ability to force update CPU usage Added ability to select all running applications Added ability to select all paused applications Rewrote the CPU refresh timer code, now allowing preference changes to be reflected immediatly without restarting App Stop Fixed human readable priority representation…

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I just came back a few days ago from vacationing in NH and immediately following vacation, going on a retreat in Massachusetts. Both were awesome! New Hampshire has to be one of the best places in the world its so rural and beautiful, if i get some motivation I’ll post some pics from my vacation. On another note, a bug has been found in App Stop that will cause it to crash… alot. I am currently working on fixing this bug, but work is taking most of my time so I haven’t had alot of time to look into it. Hopefully in next week I’ll be able to find time to fix it.

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App Stop V.6 is now available for download. This release includes the following features & bug-fixes: Fixed bug where stopped applications would prevent your computer from sleeping Support added for sleep/awake/shut-down operations Added preference panel Added hide application before stopping feature Added show application after continue feature Added ability to specify the icon size Added ability to set priority for applications Added authentication for lowering priority on applications Full source code is now available (To correctly view the project structure you must have Xcode 2.1) Enjoy!

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CSS Optimizer has been updated to version .9. This update includes a small set of improvements & additions: Improved recursive directory processing Improved compatibility with fie/directory names that contain periods Added support for parsing css information inside <style> tags Added -h option adding support for .html & .htm files In addition to those improvements I’ve written a Cocoa GUI for CSS Optimizer, which can be downloaded on the CSS Optimizer product page. The Cocoa GUI, named CSS Optimizer X, supports many Mac OS X features such as Drag n’ Drop, sheets, and drawers. The source code for CSS Optimizer is updated, I also posted the source code for Color Blender, and CSS Optimizer X. Enjoy!

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CSS Optimizer .8 is now available. This release finalizes the long-hand to short-hand converter which now supports all short-hand CSS properties. The command line argument parser is also improved and is much more flexible, I’ve also fixed some minor bugs and improved error checking/reporting. I also uploaded the updated source code. Enjoy!

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App Stop is a little application that allows you to pause an resume an application thus allowing other applications to use the CPU time previously occupied by that application. Right now its in its very early stages, and there is alot I am planning on adding to it, but its perfectly stable and works fine.

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After lots of hard work, I’ve finally finished CSS Optimizer V.7. Improvements in this version include: Recursive directory searching support. Specify a directory and use the -r option to optimize all the CSS files contained in the specified folder. Much better filesystem support. New -s & -n options. Better command line argument parser. Download it here. Read the readme that comes with the application for more information on how it works. All the source code is now available for download, if you compile it for windows or linux please send me the binary so i can post it on the product page. Recently, I came across Crockford.com. On his site he has an application called JSMin, which does the same thing as CSS Optimizer; just for javascript…

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I’ve released my first Cocoa application, Color Blender. I wrote it because I got frustrated when i couldn’t convert a hex value to a rgb value quickly and easily, this immensely slowed down my workflow when trying to pick out a color scheme for a new web-site. Hopefully you will find it useful too. On a side note, a new version of CSS Optimizer, (renamed from Web Optimizer) which will have recursive directory searching support, and much better underlying filesystem support, among other things; is almost complete.

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I’m almost done customizing the blog and creating this site (IE users beware, theres a few display glitches for you guys), over the next few days/weeks you’ll probably see alot of content added. I’ve been working on a small application I call ‘Web Optimizer’. Its a command line application that strips a CSS file of all uneeded characters. This reduces the file-size dramatically, 20%-60%, and also makes it very hard for someone to understand your CSS code. In addition to stripping uneeded chars from the file, the application also converts long-hand CSS properties to short-hand CSS properties. Full implementation of ‘the long-to-short’ isn’t complete, only ‘font:’ and ‘background:’ shorthand properties are supported…

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