Unread Gmail on your OSX Desktop
1) Install GeekTool
2) Run this script....1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
#!/bin/bash USERNAME="[email protected]" PASSWORD="password" EMAIL=`curl -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD --silent "https://mail.google.com ...
What am I talking about
I use a fair amount of "text speak" here is a quick translation:
AFAIK = As Far As I Know AKA = Also Known As ASAP = As Soon As Possible BTW = By The Way ETA = Estimated Time of Arrival FAQ = Frequently Asked Question FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt FYI = For Your Information ...
Secret Keys for the Cloud
I've had an idea, whether it's a good one or not is yet to be seen; one of the big issues to cloud application and servers is encryption key management, there is a simple chicken n egg issue, if the secret key is on the server/application then ...
linickx on github
For your social coding pleasure, linickx code is now in github!Yesterday I completed the subversion mirror of my WordPress projects - phpbb_recent_topics , root cookie and linickx lifestream - now this isn't a migration, it is a mirror! For the time being I'm happy using the subversion tools provided by ...
Undelete
I've just used this little gem to recover files off a memory card... awesome!
PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the ...
GTD in your Shell
For the last few months I've felt better at managing my actions and tasks thanks to Steve Losh's T. T is a simple python script that allows you to manage a simple task list from your shell prompt.
I use my shell all the time to ping stuff ...
Beefy Miracle
I really hope that the next version of fedora gets called "Beefy Miracle"
You can vote for your favourite name at https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/relnamef16 but I can't see how anything can beat the beef!
Speed Test March 2011
Lowing VirtualBox priorities
One of the things I'd really like is process priorities for virtual box. In the forum I posted a couple of shell commands that I regularly type... which gets a bit tedious, following a recent article on lifehacker reviewing mac text expanding I've been prompted to automate a ...