TermKit | MetaFilter
may 2011 by blech
MetaFilter's commenters do a very good job of pointing out why TermKit, much as it's pretty, is actually a pretty bad idea.
unix
terminal
design
philosophy
critisism
from delicious
may 2011 by blech
TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes
september 2009 by blech
"an application in Snow Leopard cannot use a creator code attached to a document to bind that document to itself." Good coverage here of what happened and workarounds.
apple
macosx
unix
finder
hfs
10.6
development
via:@siracusa
september 2009 by blech
Make Ubuntu A Perfect File Server | Matthias Kretschmann
august 2008 by blech
I've already got Netatalk running on my funky Debian/Ubuntu hybrid home server but there are some useful tips here (usedot, avahi and custom icons, in particular).
linux
unix
ubuntu
afp
macosx
rendezvous
networking
via:ffg
august 2008 by blech
Leopard finally supporting ssh-agent at login
october 2007 by blech
When I finally upgrade, I should be able to junk SSHKeychain. Which is good, because it often takes a gig of VM for no apparent reason.
macosx
ssh
unix
security
october 2007 by blech
automatically reconnect to screen
october 2007 by blech
I'd need to change screen -RR (two capitals?) to -Ux, and also distinguish if I've got multiple screens (at home, anyway) but this could be handy.
unix
linux
shell
software
tips
october 2007 by blech
Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Technology - UNIX
july 2007 by blech
If Apple was serious about JavaScript, wouldn't there be an implementation of Scripting Bridge? (with apologies to Tom, who mentioned the idea on #2lmc) (and I really should check out Drosera)
apple
cocoa
scripting
framework
unix
javascript
july 2007 by blech
Unixjunkie Blog: User 99, Unknown
march 2007 by blech
actually more like "anyone" than "unknown", but worth knowing about. The third comment is interesting.
macosx
filesystem
permissions
unix
march 2007 by blech
use.perl.org - petdance's journal - Top 10 reasons to use ack
december 2006 by blech
ack is a grep enhancement for code, and one that I should really install everywhere and get into the hang of using, because it looks very useful
perl
unix
tools
development
grep
december 2006 by blech
Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server: How to mount a volume as read-only
october 2006 by blech
mount invocation for readonly hfs on Mac OS X. Very similar to what I use on Linux for my external firewire HDs (`mount -t hfsplus -r /dev/sda3 /mnt/epidermis/`)
macosx
unix
howto
october 2006 by blech
LinuxPowered.com - The right choice for online linux knowledge.
march 2006 by blech
I keep forgetting the find mtime syntax
unix
shell
find
mtime
march 2006 by blech
Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory
february 2006 by blech
How srm (secure rm) works, because I keep losing the URL
unix
tools
privacy
hardware
security
february 2006 by blech
Power Shell Usage: Bash Tips & Tricks
february 2006 by blech
Including fixing bash history from multiple shells, incremental searching, and so on. Old, but good.
cli
development
linux
osx
shell
unix
bash
february 2006 by blech
Matthew Thomas » My first 48 hours enduring Ubuntu 5.04
april 2005 by blech
Detailed, scathing, amusing and a wonderful last paragraph
unix
ubuntu
usability
april 2005 by blech
Xah: The Unix Pestilence: unix file name case sensitivity
june 2004 by blech
Case sensitivity is nothing but a pain.
unix
june 2004 by blech
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