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Architectural models of London (and other) landmarks.

Simple shell utility to convert html to pdf using the webkit rendering engine, and qt.

wkpdf is a command line tool for rendering HTML to PDF using WebKit and RubyCocoa on Mac OS X.

An enhanced pinboard bookmarklet for the persnickety

A command-line utility to control Bluetooth on Mac OS X.

Finding the ad-agency-heavy board of advisers a little off-putting.

Via jamesholloway.

Proxy Power is the uniquely convenient -- but seldom discussed -- ability of a modern person to participate in activism... helping to change or improve the world... by the simple expedience of joining some group that is vigorously pursuing that part of your personal agenda. In other words, you add both your membership dues and the political impact of your membership, in order to get behind people who are striving to save the world for you.

A beginning, not an end.

Investing too heavily in someone else’s proprietary system for too long rarely ends gracefully, but when it bites us, we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

Via monospaced.

bash script to install major Firefox versions on Mac OS X

Doof. Bit hidden away.

Turn Disk Utility's Debug menu on, mount the recovery partition, run firmware password tool from the recovery image. Useful when display is fried, sorting via VNC.

Tea killed screen.

I honestly believe Mozilla is committed to freedom and privacy on the web. Google is committed to making money and knowing everything I do. Firefox greets me with a page explaining my rights as a user of open source software. Chrome greets me with… sigh… Chrome greets me with a fucking advertisement for a Chromebook.

Possibly the world's only cardboard office furniture manufacturer, but still.

Via jamesholloway.

Anyone who thinks social media is a valid replacement for an RSS-reader, leave the room now.

[A] command-line tool that will help you automate your paperless workflow from your scanner to your e-filing cabinet. Paperless analyzes your scanned documents and processes them through a set of user defined rules. These rules determine how and where to file the document.

[A] tool for organizing and renaming your movies, tv shows or anime, and music well as downloading subtitles and artwork.

For government services, we believe the costs of developing and maintaining apps will very rarely justify their benefits, especially if the underlying service design is sub-optimal.

Departments should focus on improving the quality of the core web service.