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I’m trying to get back into blogging (and writing in general) at the moment, and I love PlainText on the iPad and iPhone for writing. It’s super-simple and lets you edit plain text files that’re stored in your Dropbox with a really clean, gorgeous interface.

Earlier today, I was thinking how nice it’d be to have a similar app on the Mac. Normally I edit plain text files in TextMate, but a monospaced programming font doesn’t feel right for prose.

I came across Byword earlier and it fits the bill perfectly. It was an instant purchase. It looks stunning, has a nice small set of functionality (i.e. does just what I want it to and no more), and just makes editing plain text more aesthetically pleasing.

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Essential tools: Mac OS X Screen Sharing, File Sharing, Remote Login (access through Sharing preferences), Transmission for Bittorrent downloading, PS3MediaServer or Medialink for UPnP media sharing, iTunes Library sharing for music, Front Row with alias folders, iStat for remote system monitoring, Temperature Monitor for more fine-grained control, InsomniaX for keeping laptops awake, Mac OS X Server or other tools for setting up a VPN.

Sebastiaan de With on creating a media server from an old Mac laptop.