Just realized that unix fortune goodness is available on Mac OS X quite simply by typing: fink install fortune-mod (Fink can be obtained here). And of course, it can all be combined with growl goodness to produce this: Quite neat, eh? Well it’s quite simple, all you need is growlnotify, and to write a simple [...]
Bought this wireless mouse about a month ago and I’ve found it to be really good. What I really appreciate is that due to clefts on the sides of the mouse, a deep one on the left for the thumb and a shallower one on the right for the fourth finger, the mouse fits amazingly [...]
It seems strange that with the country so widely divided up on the reservations issue, the entire elected Indian Parliament should pass the reservations bill with near unanimity. Doesn’t quite strike me as the democratic move – oh wait, but it is. Democracy is also about getting votes at the expense of the people if [...]
This is a heartwarming adventure film about a team of Antarctic explorers who are forced to leave behind their eight dogs at their base as they flee the cold winter. The trainer refuses to give up on them even after months have passed and eventually finds a way to go back to look for them [...]
One of the best new features in Vim 7 is built-in spell-check (although plugins for spellcheck have been available earlier). With spell-check, I can now use Vim exclusively for editing text formatted files – latex, blog entries and the like – in addition to code. Here’s a quick look at the various spell checking features. [...]
This is one of the most scientific and logical history books I’ve ever read. Jared Diamond states his problem – “Why did people on different continents develop differently?” The whole book is a structured and logical answer to this question. The course of history has been that people from Europe settled in large parts of [...]
So it is finally here. No surprises, so I guess the excitement from my part is muted. At 13.3 inches and 1280×1024 pixels, Core Duo processor, integrated iSight, Apple remote, Front row, and DVI output with extending display capabilities, it sure beats the hell out of the iBook it replaces. The only sad part – [...]
“To me, vi is Zen. To use vi is to practice zen. Every command is a koan. Profound to the user, unintelligible to the uninitiated. You discover truth every time you use it.” –reddy@lion.austin.com [via] By the way, vim 7 is out. Mac version here.
What should life be? Who should you love? What should you eat? Should you study? Where should you work? How should you dress? What passion should drive you? Living a good life is about having freedom. Freedom to make these choices, and more. And the absence of freedom is absence of these choices. Or any [...]
I’m looking out for a business-class PDA-phone to buy for my dad, so I came across this while reading up a review of the Dopod 838: As Windows Mobile does not support the closing of applications, all the programs opened continue to run in the background when a new application is activated. For this reason, [...]
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