Date Parsing and Arithmetic on macOS
I recently wrote a shell script that required both date parsing and date arithmetic. The pertinent bits for this post are that the script: Seemed simple enough. A little googling and some experimentation gave...
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Setting Up My New MacBook Pro
I just bought a new MacBook Pro to replace my mid-2010 MBP. This is my first retina laptop, and it’s beautiful. I’d been waffling for awhile, but I’m glad I took the plunge. I...
Fixing Wireless in Linux, and Why This Should Matter to Apple
In this post, I talked about my travails getting my son’s USB wireless adapter working in Linux. A few weeks later, it stopped working. Puzzling. I opened a terminal and ran: lsusb The computer...
Google snatches up Sparrow team to work on Gmail | Internet & Media – CNET News
Google snatches up Sparrow team to work on Gmail | Internet & Media – CNET News: “Leca says that the company will continue to make Sparrow available, and keep it up and running with...
Mac Bundle Season
I know of four Mac OS X software bundles on sale right now: MacUpdate ($49.99) Parallels Desktop 7 BusyCal ScreenFlow 3 Civilization V Jaksta Espionage 3 Speed Download 5 Attachment Tamer 3 KeyCue 6...
XVim — Vim in Xcode
XVim: I work as a freelance Objective-C developer (amongst other things), so I find myself butting heads with Xcode on a regular basis. Recent releases have integrated several separate applications that betrayed Mac OS’s...
If there’s any doubt that developers have moved to Mac OS X . . . .
A Kickstarter project that caused buzz amongst developers is Light Table, a development IDE that aims to fundamentally shift how we build software. As of right now, it has 5,726 backers (including me) and...
How Steve Ballmer Predicted the Downfall of Mac OS X
Back in the year 2000, Steve Ballmer danced, as they say, like a Monkey Boy, chanting, “Developers! Developers! Developers!” in an infinite loop. Sweating like an offensive tackle in August two-a-days, he hopped and...