UPDATE: A few folks have written (see the comments for the kind contributors) to indicate the path has changed:

file:///Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Feedly/feedly/safari.htm

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This post will demonstrate how to make a Fluid app for Feedly (for Safari) and includes a handy application that will make getting Feedly and keeping up with Feedly updates much easier for the average Mac user. Everything has been tested on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but it all should work on OS X 10.5 (Leopard) (I did not deliberately build anything 64-bit only).

What is Feedly?

If you are not familiar with Feedly, it is a clever bit of HTML, Javascript and graphic design that turns your Google Reader & Twitter browsing activities into more of a magazine-reading experience. Their site does a great job explaining and presenting the experience, so head there first if you aren't familiar with it. If you agree that makes those two services much easier on the eyes, read on to make it easier on the workflow.

Agile Solutions' 1Password utility is a great way to generate & store secure passwords, notes, license keys and more. They even have an iPhone/iPod Touch app which makes it very easy to have access to your passwords from almost anywhere.

If you do not have an iPhone or an iPod Touch you can still access your secure seekrits on other systems via a new feature in their latest release (version 3) called iPasswordAnywhere. In a recent blog post, David Chartier — Chief Media Producer at Agile Solutions — explains how to use Dropbox to take advantage of this feature which will allow you to keep your data in sync across multiple systems (i.e. anywhere you have Dropbox installed). Dropbox syncs your encrypted 1Password database/keychain files to your linked systems and you end up accessing the contents via a fairly clever local web page (1Password.html which is located on your home system in your ~/Library/Application Support/1Password/1Password.agilekeychain directory).

While I absolutely love Dropbox, my 1Password keychain database is over 2 MB and I do not want to eat up even that little of my free space there (I do not yet have a paid account with them). I also do not necessarily need the data stored locally on each system I might be using. Despite the fact that I haven an iPhone and make regular use of the 1Password Touch app for it, I thought it would be useful to synchronize the 1PasswordAnywhere data to a web host where I could access from any host, not just ones with Dropbox on it, and also access it when I forget my iPhone or it runs out of juice.

So, if you use 1Password but do not use Dropbox, do not have an iPhone and have the ability to rsync files to a web host under your control, then read on to see what I've cooked up.

Great little script here for using the MetaMark URL shortening service in conjunction with Quicksilver.

Some enhancements...

For FireFox users, replace the Safari-laden AppleScript lines with:

applescript = '''tell application "Firefox"
	set ff to properties of front window as list
	get item 3 of ff
end tell'''

For those who also cannot partake of system beeps for notification upon shortening completion here's a Growl replacement for the end beeping:

popen('growlnotify -n "surl" -m "URL Shortened\n' + url + ' :: ' + shortURL + '"') ;

(that requires installing the growlnotify support - which you probably did if you're a Growl user - and having "/usr/local/bin in the appropriate path (you can just pre-pend that onto the growlnotify command just to be sure.

HardMac posted news about beta software that enables write-access to NTFS partitions on your Mac. It requires signing up for beta access and requires a form to be filled out, but it doesn't seem to require *valid* entries in the fields. No word on Leopard compatibility, comes with an un-installer and the pkg requires a restart.

I'll try to test it against some NTFS partitions later tonight.

Good write-up on the new Leopard built-in firewall.

Investigating the Leopard Firewall | securosis.com: ""

The Graebel truck pictured in the post was one of two necessary to haul all our stuff from PA to WA. It took the four lads from ~9am - ~6pm to haul everything into the house into the (mostly) correct designated rooms. Most everything survived and not much was missing (so far). There are a *ton* of boxes and the house in (what feels like chaos). However, getting our "stuff" has helped the place feel even more like home.

Tonight that feeling should be even more complete since the rest of the fam makes their way here today (*finally*)! You can track both legs of their trip via those two flightstats.com links. (Theres a great flight tracker OS X Dashboard Widget you can use as well - Southwest Airlines flights 2203 and 1251).

Now, we just have to unpack everything and settle in (and have a few more yard sales).

Scott over @ TUAW does something I should have done – point out some of the new security features in Leopard. Check out the full post and Apple's large feature-set listing to get a hint at what's coming our way.

Secure Your Mac: What's new in Leopard security? - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): "Apple has a whole section detailing the new security features in Leopard on their huge list of 300+ features to be found in the new OS. The highlights from the security list are:

Tagging downloaded Apps: This feature seems to be what Microsoft was trying to do with Vista. The first time you launch a downloaded app Leopard will ask you if you really want to run this app and display from whence this app came (so if you see it was downloaded for a wacky URL you can cancel launching it).
Application specific firewall: You can set the firewall to allow or refuse connections per app.
Library Randomization: Places system libraries in randomly assigned memory addresses."

(Via TUAW.)

You can pre-order your copy of Leopard from Amazon from here:

We (Mary & I) just watched they 2007 WWDC Keynote in (almost) it's entirety and I felt compelled to jot a few notes down (via Safari 3 on OS X Tiger).

1. New desktop: first, what's wrong with a blue background? second, i hope there's a way to turn off the fancy Dock effects; last, the menu bar enhancements (though grainy in the video) seem decent
2. Stacks: meh
3. New Finder: meh (though CoverFlow is growing on me every time I see it)
4. Spaces: gimme VirtueDesktops back
5. BootCamp: the fast switch mode is very cool (need to look past they keynote for that info, tho)
6. CoreAnimation: rocks!
7. Quick Look: it's growing on me
8. Network sharing: scary (from a security point-of-view)
9. Time Machine: yeah, yeah
10. Safari: best thing to happen to Windows and will be glad to see it gobble up market share
11. iPhone: lots of folks poo-pooed it today, but I think it's the most intelligent way to develop apps for the mobile, connected platform. it's *way* better than using some huge development environment to compile code that has to be "sync'd" and will enable far more interesting mobile apps than one might think. I just hope there's a way to have some local storage.

UPDATE:

I apparently forgot the WebClip/Dashboard feature. To that I give a firm "meh."

Apple released a public beta of their browser - Safari - for Mac & Windows today. Go grab it @ http://www.apple.com/safari and experience browsing as it should be.

Hey, Macs can run Windows and Windows programs (via many different methods). It's only fair that PC folks can run some Mac apps.

Now for the testing. Let's see if I can do things like sync my .Mac bookmarks...

UPDATE...

Meh. Looks like it truly is a beta. Slow start (on Windows). No proxy support (on Windows). No .Mac sync (on Windows).