Category Archives: Mac OS X

Adventures in Firefox – places.sqlite

Posted on 3/19/2009 by Ryan

I love Firefox. Don’t get me wrong here. It allows me to customize my browsing environment to exactly how I like it, has a ton of great extensions, and generally lets me feel like I have more ownership of my … Continue reading →

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gem update libxml-ruby on Leopard

Posted on 5/23/2008 by Ryan

So I’m updating my laptop to reflect the same environment as my servers – which means getting rid of macports. Part of the process was to update all the rubygems we’ve got installed. I tried to ‘gem up libxml-ruby’ and … Continue reading →

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Win an iMac? Yes please!

Posted on 9/14/2007 by Ryan

So my daughter Emma is 4 now, and her ruby iMac is on its last legs. It’s been up on blocks for a couple months now, and I just can’t seem to get it to boot off anything but the … Continue reading →

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Enforce your Breaks

Posted on 10/9/2006 by Ryan

AntiRSI is a program for Mac OS X that helps prevent RSI (repetitive strain injury) and other computer related stress. AntiRSI – TECH.inhelsinki.nl

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Untitled

Posted on 10/5/2006 by Ryan

To make it all happen in one shot, follow the same procedure (type “.”, type your message, tab, type “large type”) but then hit CTRL+ENTER and it will save the “large type” command. Then you get a new list, from … Continue reading →

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Kitten’s Project Blog

Posted on 12/4/2004 by Ryan

Kitten’s Project Blog has lots of nice WordPress plugins

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Radmind Wizardry

Posted on 10/27/2004 by Ryan

How to add support for new hardware to an existing base load These directions describe how to add support for new hardware into an existing base load

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cat a binary and screw up your terminal?

Posted on 8/26/2004 by Ryan

via unixtips.org When your term can’t display the correct char after you cat a binary file try the following command to reset it: echo CTRL-V ESC c

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Check this one out…

Posted on 8/2/2004 by Ryan

La Chose Interactive

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auxpropfunc error -1

Posted on 7/26/2004 by Ryan

After searching through my archives, I finally found this message from Joel Rennich of afp548.com fame. Since Googling for that error found pretty much nothing else on the net, I thought I’d throw it here so that someone else wondering … Continue reading →

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