May 2012
6 posts
How to add keyboard shortcuts of OS X
My brain breaks if I don’t have Ctrl+w mapped to “delete last word” (I’m a poor typist, so I use it all the time). Here’s how to add your own custom keyboard shortcuts in OS X:
https://gist.github.com/2713796
April 2012
4 posts
March 2012
2 posts
October 2011
12 posts
Only £3 to have our groceries delivered to our flat? Best money I ever spent.
Sucks to cut the top of your mouth on a potato chip, because you *know* there’s going to be salt in that wound.
Congrats via twitter as well. I think I’ve covered my technological bases now “@caitbrinck: Current status: engaged!”
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters http://t.co/amVcURTO
via @owocki: *clearly* you don’t appreciate how great group dating is in low-earth orbit … it’s safer, less gravity, more fun
Well made and spooky as hell: Internet Story on Vimeo http://t.co/PASjIesd (via @davidjcarp)
Protip: don’t code in a folding chair.
Tip: if you need to delete all of your imported photos off an iPad, use the Image Capture app. You can’t do it from iPad or iTunes.
Hulu doesn’t work here in England. Thank goodness for “ssh -D” and inexpensive, virtualized servers.
I had a distaste for computers in the 90s & Steve Jobs’ genius turned this cynic into a true believer. Thanks Steve for your vision & work
Protip: Don’t attempt to assemble Ikea furniture with a leatherman.
I still find myself marveling at the beauty & quality of my products, even months after purchase. #RIPSteveJobs
July 2011
2 posts
… and it didn’t so much sync the de-duped contacts with Google contacts, as advertised.
UK Visas: acquired!
May 2011
5 posts
I’m pretty damn excited that the iPad version of WIRED is free for all print subscribers. Next up - digital only subscription.
Poor Darren … http://t.co/Ot26CEF
.@mghaught @TheAmazingRando @ryanstenhouse - Thanks!
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine #rapture
Hail on the steps to the dojo4 bunker. Oh, in addition to marble-sized hail, we also have thunder now #boulder http://t.co/OUXmt5a
April 2011
9 posts
Mario propaganda: http://t.co/XHzDqVA (via @peterc)
Holy moly, Piranha was an amazing movie. Incredibly hilarious on so many levels … ok, maybe just one level, but it worked.
It’s amazing to me how many todos pile up over the course of the week and how long it takes me to dig myself out on Saturdays.
OH, regarding friendship being more important than jobs : “Bros before Co.s”
“Hey man you made a rhyme! Yes it is. For I am a rap god, from beyond the moon!”
In other words, inside desks suck.
Wait, what? The ‘signature line’ on personal checks isn’t a line - it’s the words ‘Authorized signature’ in tiny font: http://t.co/u8ZOPjb
Just found out Simply Noise has an iPhone app. Downloaded immediately. Super happy with it.
How to restore your Dashboard from Time Machine
Lost your dashboard configuration for some reason? Don’t fret, it’s easy to restore using a Time Machine backup.
1. Disable Dashboard: ‘defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; killall Dock’
2. Restore /Users/[you]/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dashboard.plist from Time Machine
3. Restart Dashboard: ‘defaults write com.apple.dashboard...
February 2011
4 posts
OH: there r 10000 people w the same idea, 1000 people thinking they should do it, 100 people actually capable & 10 actually doing” @digidigo
RT @danmayer: congrats to @tmm1 on joining the @github team, very cool. I expect that means github will be getting even better, faster, …
“For Egypt protests, Google has enabled feature to post to Twitter with just a voice connection” http://t.co/mV1sHFT
Looking through some inherited code & wondering why one would build a fake “table” using DIVs/CSS instead of styling a real table. Ideas?
January 2011
13 posts
Is Mobile Affecting When We Read? « Read It Later Blog http://instapaper.com/zMbgxsm1a
So bittersweet. Our team just got 4th place out of 125 quiz teams at Geek Bowl … 1 place away from cash prizes.
.@danmayer @erinashmiller Huge congrats to both of you! Very happy to hear about your engagement & looking forward to your wedding!
Seeing if Tumblr will actually post to Twitter
And if so, how long it takes. Please ignore.
I wish I could browse by “Album Artist” instead of “Artist” on my iPhone. Looking for pretty much any hip-hop artist fails most epicly.