ANSI Color In Mac OS X 10.4
By default when connecting over ssh to my Mac OS X 10.4 box (using bash shell), there’s no ANSI color. Sometimes it’s pretty handy to have. I keep forgetting how to turn it on. To add, put the...
View ArticleWWDC 2008 Predictions
And the a tradition continues. Here’s my predictions for WWDC 2008. Steve Jobs will announce the following: iPhone 3G Well duh. At this point if it’s not at least announced, Apple’s stock is going to...
View ArticleJared Lives
I didn’t even realize that this is still around. Back in the mid 90′s Jared was iconic for Mac users, distributed through the crazy folks at Freeverse. Apparently they kept it going for a decade....
View ArticleThe Next Generation Of Computing
I got my current laptop in Oct 2005, though the model was released in spring/summer of that year. My Mac mini is an 1st Gen (G4 1.4GHz) from Jan 2005. Needless to say my hardware at home is getting...
View ArticleCompiling RRDtool 1.3.x On Mac OS X
I’ve recently been trying to upgrade RRDtool to 1.3.x as I’ve previously been using 1.2.x. New in 1.3 is moving to Cairo graphics, which is pretty cool and provides much better anti-aliased text. MMAP...
View ArticleiPhone Apps On Your Desktop
Apple should let users purchase iPhone apps and run them on their desktop similar to Dashboard widgets. You should be able to purchase through iTunes just like users do already and then be able to run...
View ArticleVirtualBox 3.2 Beta Supports Mac OS X Guests
Interestingly one of the new features in Sun Oracle’s VirtualBox 3.2 Beta is: Experimental support for Mac OS X guests I’m curious how they implemented that so that they steer clear of Apple’s legal...
View ArticleMacBook Pro Sleeps When Lid Closes
The MacBook Pro still has a quirk that has always bothered me. It’s not a hardware issue, it’s a software issue. Power users with laptops know about “closed clamshell” or “closed display” mode. That’s...
View ArticleStable WiFi Connections With Mac OS X
I’ve been digging into Mac OS X’s sometimes unstable WiFi connections for a while now, and have come to the conclusion that the Broadcom drivers in Mac OS X 10.6+ are either too fussy or just buggy in...
View ArticleSpeed Up Terminal.app Loading
Terminal.app slow to load? Create a .hushlogin file in your home directory: touch ~/.hushlogin Wish I had known that earlier. One of my machines had this, so at one point I must have known about this...
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