From the monthly archives: November 2008

OS X: Spaces + Fluid = Awesome

By On November 29, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ve tried so many times to use Spaces, and I keep failing. As useful as it *should* be, it just never was. And I’ve finally realized why. Most of what I do is in a web browser. And spaces just wasn’t made for that. I want Gmail to always be in space 3. Facebook on [...]

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Switching from SVN to git

By On November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been using SVN for several years now, so I’ve been partial to it, and reluctant to switch to another form of source control. I’m very comfortable with it, and I’ve got dozens of scripts to augment it and help me deal with it’s shortcomings, as well as a few blog posts.

Easier to [...]

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I Like the Genius feature of iTunes

By On November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment

There’s a lot of people who don’t seem to like the genius feature of iTunes. In fact, quite a few seem to hate it.

The complaints vary. I’m still confused by this complaint by my friend David. He wants iTunes to recognize band names after he’s changed them. If a band [...]

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Erlang Records Cheatsheet

By On November 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I hate looking stuff up. I just like having this type of thing 1 click away, in a nice summary. This post is mostly for me.

Define a record:

-record( rule, {ruleid, site, rule, original} ).

You can define a record in the shell using rd:

99> rd(rule, {ruleid, site, rule, original} ).
rule

[...]

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Erlang: Installing Leex

By On November 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Leex is an erlang version of Lex, a Lexical Analyzer Generator written by Robert Virding. Robert (and several others in #erlang on freenode) were incredibly helpful and considerate in helping me understand these tools.

Leex is a tokenizer. It breaks the pieces of your file or text into tokens. You can then use a [...]

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4 GB of RAM for Mac Laptop is only $61….

By On November 7, 2008 · 1 Comment

OK, so I haven’t bought new RAM in years, but still, $61 for 4GB of ram?

Unreal.

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Ask a Question Bookmarklet

By On November 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I snuck a feature into Answerbag… the ask a question bookmarklet. Anytime you’re on a page, and you want to ask a question about it, using the bookmarklet will automatically fill in the URL for you.

How does it work, you ask? Simple. Drag the link below into your bookmark toolbar. Click on it, ask [...]

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