tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1 2012-01-04T19:40:54Z Movable Type 3.33 tag:www.numbersix.net,2012://1.1437 2012-01-04T19:40:20Z 2012-01-04T19:40:54Z

drutil eject...

orlando drutil eject]]> 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 ]]> 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.]]> 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]]> 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. 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.]]> 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. 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.]]> 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.]]> 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. 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. tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1426 2011-04-19T08:25:33Z 2011-04-19T09:19:52Z

"Thank you. Your request has been received. Please note that it may take up to 10 business days to honor your unsubscribe request." How, in this day and age, can it possibly take more than 5 seconds to complete the...

orlando Thank you. Your request has been received. Please note that it may take up to 10 business days to honor your unsubscribe request." How, in this day and age, can it possibly take more than 5 seconds to complete the process of removing oneself from an automated email news letter? 10 days?? What on earth is happening in those 10 days? Someone is physically walking to another city with a scrap of paper in their grubby hands containing the unsubscribe instructions?]]> tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1425 2011-02-21T19:45:23Z 2011-02-21T19:49:44Z

Superb short documentary on IBM by Errol Morris : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhDaAmn5Uw&feature=youtube_gdata_player. Very inspirational. Also, if you like that, you must check out his film on Robert McNamara - The Fog of War....

orlando http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhDaAmn5Uw&feature=youtube_gdata_player. Very inspirational. Also, if you like that, you must check out his film on Robert McNamara - The Fog of War.]]> tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1423 2011-02-16T10:35:05Z 2011-02-16T10:38:29Z

Finally fixed this annoying problem. Thanks to this tip I now see all the calendars within the Google calendar I subscribe to. The trick is this apparently hidden URL: http://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect. Thanks http://gigaom.com/....

orlando this tip I now see all the calendars within the Google calendar I subscribe to. The trick is this apparently hidden URL: http://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect. Thanks http://gigaom.com/.]]> tag:www.numbersix.net,2011://1.1422 2011-02-15T09:19:17Z 2011-02-15T09:20:03Z

Britain is crap at being entrepreneurial because (a) it's a risk averse country, and (b) the stigma of failure is so high that if you fail you're considered to be a loser. Entrepreneurism is a word that has been stolen...

orlando Britain is crap at being entrepreneurial because (a) it's a risk averse country, and (b) the stigma of failure is so high that if you fail you're considered to be a loser. Entrepreneurism is a word that has been stolen by people who don't understand it. The truth is that people who are entrepreneurial take risks, and risk is something that is un-British, and if you're successful with it they'll hate you for it.