http://www.numbersix.net/ en Copyright 2012 Thu, 10 May 2012 15:18:56 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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. http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001441.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001441.html Thu, 10 May 2012 15:18:56 +0100 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!]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001440.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001440.html Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:40:25 +0100 http://www.macstories.net/news/configure-an-icloud-email-account-on-snow-leopard/]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001439.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001439.html Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:59:54 +0100 http://mantia.me/wallpaper/]]> http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001438.html http://www.numbersix.net/mt-archives/001438.html art Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:30:23 +0100 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