When I changed hosts for my blog, it also meant that I could no longer just SMB the files around. I had to find an actual SFTP/SCP-client for my Macbook. A quick Google search turned up Cyberduck and Fugu. I arbitrarily chose Fugu. (Turns out this was the right decision. Dustin convinced me to try Cyberduck; version 2.6.1 crashed three times in a row while I was trying to type in the hostname. But I digress…)

Fugu is pretty slick, but it would only open files for editing using one of the preset editors, none of which I had. I decided to see if I could change the list of available editors to include TextEdit, since I was only editing basic CSS.

Turns out you can. Here’s how.

1. Right click on the Fugu application and choose “Show Package Contents”

2. Navigate to Contents, Resources, ODBEditors.plist

3. Open the ODBEditors.plist file in TextEdit. Scroll to the bottom of the file and either create a new entry or modify one of the existing entries. I modified the emacs entry, since I don’t plan on ever using it. This is what it should look like:

4. Save the file and you’re good. Load up Fugu, click Fugu, Preferences. In the preference pane, click the Files icon. In the External Text Editor, choose the name of the editor you just created. In my case, TextEdit.

Viola! You can now command-J to edit files with your chosen editor from Fugu.

At what point is enough, enough? At what point do you overstep the bounds of good taste by gadgetizing just one too many items? I believe I have found that point. Behold!

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Yes, this is a stereo dock for your iPod and a bath tissue holder, all in one convenient package. I knew something was lacking about my, ah… experience, now I know what it was.

The site move is complete. Let me know if you see any weirdness.

In the next week or so we’ll be moving my site from the server currently located in our pantry (don’t ask) to our TextDrive account, which is where Dustin’s site is being hosted. With the change I’ll be moving from DasBlog to Typo, so the look of the site will be revamped as well. Overall it’ll be nice to move to a more stable hosting environment, plus it’ll be a nice bonus to be able to reclaim my pantry floor for, I don’t know, food. :)

Ok, I think it’s painfully obvious at this point that I’m just terrible about updating. However, rather than just giving up, I randomly try to redeem myself by posting intermittent updates. Today is no different. So lets see, my last post was in May… what’s been going on since May?

Well, I finally broke down and bought a Macbook. (Who am I kidding, I barely lasted a few days past the announcement). It has a few quirks (like the infamous moo), but overall it’s fabulous. I thought I’d miss the extra 2″ of screen, since I downsized from a 15″ Powerbook, but, as they say, size isn’t everything. ;) My favorite new features are the bright, glossy screen, the new trackpad with two-finger right click and two-finger scrolling, and the magsafe connector.

At the beginning of June we went up to Dallas for A-Kon, the huge three day anime convention. We had a great time. On Sunday we spent most of the day searching for treasure because Scrollquest had a free mini-hunt just for the con. Dustin and I spent several hours looking around Dealy plaza (the final resting place of the treasure), but we were apparently not observant enough. Luckily for our pride, no one found it and eventually the Scrollquest guys went out, picked it up, and did a random drawing of the people left. We had headed for home by then, so we missed out. The treasure was a little statuette worth $5k, so it was definitely worth all the effort, plus it’s kind of fun to figure out the clues and search for hidden treasure.

It’s hard to believe, but our one year wedding anniversary is next month. To celebrate, we’ve booked a cruise. We’re going to visit Jamaica, Grand Caymen, and Cozumel, Mexico. It’ll be our first trip to the Caribbean, so we’re super excited. So far we don’t have many plans, except Dustin wants to swim/snorkel with the stingrays while we’re in the Caymens. It seems to me that they are called STINGrays for a reason, but Dustin doesn’t see it as a problem.

Finally, NI is looking for an experienced IT Programmer/Analyst. Austin is a great place to live, and NI is a great company, so if you’re interested, drop me an email (jessie at jessiemihalik dot com) and/or send me your resume. However, if I don’t already know you… well your resume will have to be pretty damn good for me to pass it on, since I don’t want to look like an idiot for recommending someone incompetent. Anyone still looking to escape Rolla, now’s your chance.