Ink well?
So I borrowed my friend's Uacom padh do a little teshmg. I'm Using A to write this post.Sv far , It's not doing SO weU.Some Of you owtthere May want toArgue that this lS a PEBKAC issue,but I know...
View ArticleSwapping MacBook hard drives, including Boot Camp partition
Sigh. I use Parallels and Boot Camp because I like having options. Unfortunately, wanting options means that my life is quite complicated. Today’s problem: swap out the failing hard drive in my MacBook...
View ArticleNew (to me) and not Useful: emacs therapist
Lifehacker comes through again with something fun. This time, it’s a software Easter Egg – emacs Therapist! To use the emacs Therapist (Mac OS X only), open Terminal, type emacs, hit return, hit...
View ArticleSaving money, writing in TeX
I’ve switched many of my writing tasks to TeX, and it’s time I talked about that decision. I wrote a paper for a class last term in TeX, and I think that was the official beginning. Well, I guess I’d...
View ArticleTeX tip: Storing files in multiple folders
See, here’s a TeX tip already. I have a somewhat strange filing system on my computer. It’s marked by a number of behaviors that don’t work smoothly with TeX – storing images in their own folder,...
View ArticleWhy not Time Machine?
A couple of commenters asked why I use the ChronoSync + SuperDuper! combination instead of just Time Machine. The main reason? Time Machine uses too many resources. It’s also slow. For awhile I avoided...
View ArticleWindows 7, or, Seeking Solace When Apple Makes Me Cry
Regular readers know I’ve had a rough time with Apple hardware lately. In fact, I forgot that I also had to have my 4th generation iPod replaced because the middle button stopped working. So, that...
View ArticleiPhone apps: Syphone
Updated 6/23/2010 As a commenter points out, Syphone doesn’t work with current or recent iPhone OS. Don’t waste your time. Updated 2/21/2009 Syphone is a Mac freeware application that allows you to...
View ArticleGet Upgraded SVN Working on a Mac OS X Server
Jeremy Whitlock has a great blog post about how to set up your OS X-based Subversion server. His post includes instructions for Apache configs, but not for svn+ssh. When you type...
View ArticleRuby on Rails on Snow Leopard
I finally tackled the (hopefully) last bit of my Snow Leopard upgrade today: getting Ruby (and Rails) ready to go. I’m working on an information visualization project and am using Ruby to write the...
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