http://www.numbersix.net/ en Copyright 2012 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:40:20 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss drutil eject]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001437.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001437.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:40:20 +0100 #!/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 ]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001436.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001436.html Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:57:09 +0100 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.]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001435.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001435.html unix Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:03:11 +0100 osx daily]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001434.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001434.html mac Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:05:18 +0100 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. http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001433.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001433.html unix Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:29 +0100 here.]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001432.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001432.html rant Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:41:15 +0100 Google is an advertising company, first and foremost. Never forget that. http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001431.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001431.html rant Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:58:41 +0100 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.]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001430.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001430.html technology Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:55:11 +0100 This is like a real word version of this.]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001429.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001429.html art Mon, 23 May 2011 08:56:14 +0100 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. http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001428.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001428.html rant Wed, 18 May 2011 10:49:47 +0100 Fallor ergo sum (I err, therefore I am) - St Augustine. http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001427.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001427.html quote Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:17:40 +0100 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?]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001426.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001426.html rant Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:25:33 +0100 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.]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001425.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001425.html technology Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:45:23 +0100 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/.]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001423.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001423.html mac Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:35:05 +0100 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. http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001422.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001422.html quote Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:19:17 +0100