MacOS X and Linux Metaphor
18 June 2003
Another gem from my Irish buddy Niall O Broin. Yet Another MacOS X / Linux Metaphor.
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18 June 2003
Another gem from my Irish buddy Niall O Broin. Yet Another MacOS X / Linux Metaphor.
18 June 2003
Daring Fireball pointed out a really neat Finder tip: Once you’ve initiated a drag-n-drop in MacOS X’s Finders, you switch applications in the middle of the drag. Very neat!
12 June 2003
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about Mac OS X is watching the emergence of tools that tie the GUI applications to the Unix interface. For example, StuffIt, Speed Download, and Interarchy all come with command-line interface (CLI) tools. In the case of Interarchy, for example, I can type the following in the Terminal and have Interarchy download the file in the background (putting it in my Downloads folder and post processing it for me):
04 June 2003
Well, I thought it was funny. The 3rd Annual Nigerian Email Conference…
04 June 2003
On June 2nd, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Mars Express space probe. The probe is now on its way towards the red planet, with rendezvous planned for December 24th. This is particularly exciting for us, as our company produces the equipment, known as the Intermediate Frequency & Modem System (IFMS) that communicates with the satellite from the ESA ground stations!
30 May 2003
Since this website also serves as a technology playground, I’ve recently integrated iTunes reporting. You can see both the currently playing track in my local iTunes, as well as a listing of the last 30 recently played tunes. Neat.
30 May 2003
Earlier this week on Monday, my Powerbook’s hard drive began making odd chirping sounds. By Wednesday the chirping had degraded to thumping, and on Wednesday night the disk died. Fortunately, due to an external mirror that I maintain, I was quickly up and running with almost no data loss.
28 May 2003
I’m looking for a MacOS X GUI utility to facilitate the launching of shell scripts. Ideally, I’d like to have something running in the menu bar, whose contents reflect a listing of the shell scripts (sh, bash, php, etc.) that I have stored in a particular folder. Selecting an item from the menu would switch to Terminal and execute the shell script in a new window.