by David | 2017-06-07 | meta
In Kansas, we have some pronunciations that are particular to the area (which I hesitate to call mispronunciations, since I live here now). Here is a list, which I cannot presume is exhaustive, though it exhausted me. Arkansas (as in both Arkansas City and Arkansas...
by David | 2017-05-01 | meta
Get your sha1 signature/hash of a file with shasum: $ shasum ./somefile.ext You can find documents/files/stuff using the find command: $ find . -name "*.txt" Find out which ports are being used by system processes using netstat: $ netstat -an | grep 8080 You can get a...
by David | 2017-04-28 | meta
(This revised post was initially posted on 2013-07-30.) A co-worker showed me that (on the Mac) you can move the destination of screenshots (e.g. ⇧+⌘+4) from the desktop to another location. I am going to touch on a number of things all at once in pursuit of doing...
by David | 2017-04-25 | development, meta, productivity, technology, usability
There is a lot to love and hate about the new MacBook Pros. I just got one from my employer. It’s so much speedier than my previous machine. I love that I can log in with my fingerprint, because I have a complex password for logging into my computer. Quite...
by David | 2016-02-12 | meta
A while back I read up on intermittent fasting and juicing around the same time. I came up with a culmination of the two. Before we go to far, I want to give a sense of the success that I have had. I have used this diet before to lose about 40 lbs in 2 months. A...
by David | 2016-01-14 | meta
Open Whisper Systems created Signal (Private Messenger) to make encrypted communication simple. It is available on iOS and Android. And they are working on a Desktop/Web version. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF [@EFF]) recommends it and has offered some guides...
