numbersix tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1 2012-05-10T14:20:10Z Movable Type 3.33 zsh - get rid of rm confirmation tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1.1441 2012-05-10T14:18:56Z 2012-05-10T14:20:10Z Lovely though zsh is, the confirmation after typing "rm *" is just wrong. It's not UNIX. This will get rid of the confirmation: setopt rmstarsilent Put it in your .zshrc today.... orlando Lovely though zsh is, the confirmation after typing "rm *" is just wrong. It's not UNIX. This will get rid of the confirmation: setopt rmstarsilent Put it in your .zshrc today. vesamenu.c32: Not a COM32R image tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1.1440 2012-04-05T11:40:25Z 2012-04-05T11:42:17Z When booting from USB this error came up. Found a simple (though maybe not ideal) solution here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-mint-84/trying-to-boot-linux-mint-9-from-usb-flash-drive-vesamenu-c32-not-a-com32r-image-829397/ Just type "help" on the BOOT prompt, and when you get the help menu, just hit enter. The system will now boot!... orlando http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-mint-84/trying-to-boot-linux-mint-9-from-usb-flash-drive-vesamenu-c32-not-a-com32r-image-829397/ Just type "help" on the BOOT prompt, and when you get the help menu, just hit enter. The system will now boot!]]> Mobile me email to iCloud on older OSX tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1.1439 2012-04-03T08:59:54Z 2012-04-03T09:01:58Z Old mobile me email accounts can easily be migrated to iCloud following Apple's instructions. However, on OSX this depends on having Lion installed to go smoothly. If you have an older version of OSX without iCloud you may get problems... orlando http://www.macstories.net/news/configure-an-icloud-email-account-on-snow-leopard/]]> Gorgeous wallpapers tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1.1438 2012-03-20T19:30:23Z 2012-03-20T19:30:57Z http://mantia.me/wallpaper/... orlando http://mantia.me/wallpaper/]]> Command line eject CD for the Mac tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1.1437 2012-01-04T19:40:20Z 2012-01-04T19:40:54Z drutil eject... orlando drutil eject]]> Turn Synaptics Touchpad off in Linux tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1436 2011-09-22T07:57:09Z 2011-09-22T08:00:40Z Battling with a terribly designed HP 4520s (oh for a Thinkpad), I had enough of hitting the stupid touchpad accidentally when typing. The following will turn the touchpad on and off accordingly. The script comes with no warranty, use at... orlando #!/bin/bash # # Turn that pesky touchpad on and off # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- id=`xinput list | grep TouchPad | awk '{print $6}' | sed 's/id=//'` if [ $1 = 'on' ]; then xinput set-prop $id "Device Enabled" 1 else xinput set-prop $id "Device Enabled" 0 fi ]]> terminator tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1435 2011-09-15T13:03:11Z 2011-09-15T13:08:04Z Recently discovered a new terminal emulator for Linux - terminator. After a bit of config: [global_config] focus = sloppy title_transmit_fg_color = "#FFFF00" title_transmit_bg_color = "#000000" title_inactive_fg_color = "#A8A3A3" title_inactive_bg_color = "#000000" and some getting used to the keyboard commands, I'm... orlando terminator. After a bit of config: [global_config] focus = sloppy title_transmit_fg_color = "#FFFF00" title_transmit_bg_color = "#000000" title_inactive_fg_color = "#A8A3A3" title_inactive_bg_color = "#000000" and some getting used to the keyboard commands, I'm really beginning to like it. I've tried window managers based on a similar tiling idea, but didn't like them. But this looks like it could become one of my main work tools.]]> Copy photos from iPhone to Mac tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1434 2011-07-23T12:05:18Z 2011-07-23T12:06:41Z Simple when you know how: - Plug your iPhone into your Mac - Launch Preview - From the File menu navigate down and select “Import from iPhone…” - Select “Import All” to get all the pictures, otherwise individually select pictures... orlando osx daily]]> apt-get remove man page tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1433 2011-07-22T15:59:29Z 2011-07-22T16:00:48Z This is great, from the apt-get man page: remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Erm, so it's not identical then. In fact, it's completely the opposite.... orlando This is great, from the apt-get man page: remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Erm, so it's not identical then. In fact, it's completely the opposite. disable ksurl tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1432 2011-07-17T09:41:15Z 2011-07-17T09:43:18Z Disable Google's ksurl from phoning home: Edit ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Keystone.Agent.plist with the Property List Editor and change checkInterval to 0. From here.... orlando here.]]> Google tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1431 2011-06-28T15:58:41Z 2011-06-28T15:59:22Z Google is an advertising company, first and foremost. Never forget that.... orlando Google is an advertising company, first and foremost. Never forget that. Programming fonts tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1430 2011-06-06T08:55:11Z 2011-06-06T08:59:22Z Bookmarking this article by Dan Benjamin on the top 10 fonts for programming. As discussed in their recent Talk Shop Podcast it may not be completely up to date, but it's a nice place to start.... orlando this article by Dan Benjamin on the top 10 fonts for programming. As discussed in their recent Talk Shop Podcast it may not be completely up to date, but it's a nice place to start.]]> Real Mordillo tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1429 2011-05-23T07:56:14Z 2011-05-23T07:57:23Z This is like a real word version of this.... orlando This is like a real word version of this.]]> ISP provided email tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1428 2011-05-18T09:49:47Z 2011-05-18T09:53:37Z PEOPLE! Please, please stop falling for the waste of time email services provided by ISPs. I guarentee that you will change ISP at some point in the next couple of years, do you really want the hassle of updating all... orlando PEOPLE! Please, please stop falling for the waste of time email services provided by ISPs. I guarentee that you will change ISP at some point in the next couple of years, do you really want the hassle of updating all your friends and family with a new email address? Or loosing contact because you forgot to update someone? Use Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo mail/whatever else, PLEASE! You may now go back to your business, thank you for your attention. Nice quote tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1427 2011-04-21T20:17:40Z 2011-04-21T20:19:37Z Fallor ergo sum (I err, therefore I am) - St Augustine.... orlando Fallor ergo sum (I err, therefore I am) - St Augustine.