Adventures in Egotism

Poor man’s Skitch, originally uploaded by TfUnQ.

You can approximate Skitch with the Quicksilver “Screen Capture” and “Upload to Flickr…” actions. Just capture part of the screen and choose the Run action. (More details in this Lifehacker article.) Then QS will capture the image and open it up to operate on. Then hit tab and type begin typing “Flickr” or “Upload” to get the upload action. If you want to tag it too, hit tab again and type them in. Then just hit return to send the picture up to Flickr.

I haven’t used Skitch yet, but this is what I understand it does. At least, that’s what I wanted it for. It’s in closed beta right now.

If you ever receive messages with file attachments called "noname", here’s what’s up.

There’s a problem in Gmail in parsing messages sent with Apple’s Mail.app.  It seems it’s mostly Apple’s fault.  But since Gmail still hasn’t solved it, you can work around it with this web utility.

Forgive me for venting again about a bad experience with a company policy. This times it’s software activation. Maybe if everyone complains, something will change.

I’m trying to do my research today in JMP by SAS. I used to use R (FLOSS software yay) but I have to use JMP in a research methods course I’m taking. It does look easier and should save me time.

…when it works. Right now I’m trying to get the program to open with the serial number I paid for. Here is my e-mail to their tech support (since their phone support is closed for the day).

Technical Support Form
Problem Description:

Subject: My activation is no longer working

Problem Description:

I purchased and activated JMP 7 on my laptop. I have used it several times over the last couple weeks. Today I opened it again, and it asks me to activate. In the field to enter the serial number is the serial number I entered before. I click to activate and it says that that number has already been used and tells me to call technical support.

I did, but it’s outside your business hours. I am very frustrated that I can’t get my work done because a) your company does not trust its users to pay and b) your activation system is buggy.