http://www.volved.com random blip on the radar of eternity Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:07:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A handy command-line of text to mass rename files (in this case, change file extensions) that works in Linux and OSX: ls -d *.cbz | sed 's/\(.*\).cbz$/mv -v "&" "\1.cbr"/' | sh In this example, all .cbz files are renamed to .cbr (as I noticed some comic book archives I had were ... http://www.volved.com/2008/01/22/linuxosx-mass-file-renaming/ 3 pieces of software that I've never really seen mentioned anywhere that I simply can not live without: XnView Free image browser/organizer with every feature of ACDSee and Adobe Bridge and many more. Just look at the operating systems it runs on: Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD ... http://www.volved.com/2007/07/07/extremely-useful-free-windows-software/ I just noticed today that CNN.com have rolled out a new layout. I quite like the simplified look. It definitely feels as if it brings the news to the forfront whilst maintaining compartmentalization. Looking at the brief stats it seems a lot lighter too. Oh and it has some smooth carousel ... http://www.volved.com/2007/06/30/new-cnncom-layout/ Funny article which I totally agree with: 10 Reasons Modern Keyboards are Shit Keyboards really need to be updated. I know Dvorak tried but it was barely scratching the service. I'm sure there are enough wonderful touch-sensitive technologies out there that I shouldn't have to move my hands around furriously to ... http://www.volved.com/2006/12/02/modern-keyboards-not-so-good/ Article worth a read: The Interface of a Cheeseburger http://www.volved.com/2006/11/29/cheeseburgers/ UPDATE: It appears, at least in iTunes 7.0.2 that isntead of creating some big, cumbersome playlist with lots of "is not" entries as mentioned in the first link below, you can simple do "Playlist, is, Music" or "Playlist, is, TV Shows" - yay! iTunes has some awesome features, but some odd ... http://www.volved.com/2006/11/29/itunes-playlists/ This looks fairly impressive. At times it appears as though they're using Flash or Flex, but at others it's hard to tell. In any case, it should be fun to see. I'm particularly impressed with the couple of different printing options mentioned, and the smooth integration of timezones. I'm not ... http://www.volved.com/2006/10/22/scrybe-organiser/ I do believe this cellphone concept with full surface touchscreen looks /awesome/: [via engadget mobile] http://www.volved.com/2006/10/08/cellphone-concept/ I just wanted to take a moment to commend some of the lesser known films that have slipped through the cracks lately. Firstly, the finest film I have seen in quite some time. Do not mistake my brevity for a lack of opinion, this had some of the greatest acting, finest ... http://www.volved.com/2006/10/05/fine-films/ Here a couple of recent UI concepts I've been impressed with. Imagery and Timeline. Go play with them! http://www.volved.com/2006/07/04/some-snappy-applications/