Entries classified under tips


Unattended, Encrypted, Incremental Network Backups: Part 1
- Cool.
To links linux unix tips ... on Sat 08/13/05 at 04:18 AM
Mac OS X Things - Disable Dashboard
- I wanted to like it but...
To links osx tips mac ... on Mon 07/04/05 at 04:43 AM
The Apple Blog - Quicksilver Changes Everything
- Seriously.
Process of Forming a Company
- I guess it's okay to say out loud now that I'll need all the information like this I can get.. :)
To links startup tips business ... on Wed 05/11/05 at 07:00 PM

Turn HTML off completely in Mail.app

I hate HTML mail. Apple's Mail has a preference that allows you to turn on plain text emails for sending but there's nothing obvious that let's you specify that you always want to read mail using plain text. There's a hidden preference that can be set by dropping the following into a shell:

defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool TRUE

You should now get all mail as boring old readable plain text.

To weblog osx mac tips ... on Fri 05/06/05 at 11:50 AM

Mentat Wiki
- "... a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker."
How to patch drywall
- :)
To links tips home diy diversions ... on Wed 04/20/05 at 02:12 AM
How to enable Emacs Keybindings w/ Firefox (Linux, Mac, Windows)
- One down, two to go...
To links moz web tools tips ... on Wed 04/06/05 at 08:04 PM
Fedora Core 3 Installation Notes
- Instructions for getting a FC3 installed and up to snuff.
To links linux tips ... on Tue 11/23/04 at 06:10 PM
Emacs Keybindings for Firefox
- This is one of the last things I've been waiting for before switching from Safari. Now if only the scrollwheel worked a little nicer and I could get a decent proxy-configuration plugin...
To links moz tips web ... on Fri 11/19/04 at 02:55 PM
How do you whistle with your fingers in your mouth really loudly (or at all)?
- note: trying to learn this at work seems to annoy people.
To links diversions reference tips ... on Mon 10/25/04 at 09:49 PM
Ted's Macintosh Tips and Tricks
- Excellent repository of OS X configurations, tips, applications, etc.
To links osx tips ... on Wed 10/20/04 at 04:38 AM
CSS Negotiation and a Sanity Saving Shortcuts
- Some tips I haven't seen before for dealing with IE's broken CSS support. Using conditional comments for ie specific css, setting manual defaults, etc.
To links css html tips web ... on Sun 10/17/04 at 02:35 AM
Ten Commands Every Linux Developer Should Know
- ctags/etags, strace, fuser, ps, time, nm, strings, od/xxd, file, objdump
To links linux tips unix ... on Tue 10/05/04 at 06:46 PM
EmacsNewbie
- Super useful tips on diving into Emacs.
To links emacs tips tools unix ... on Tue 09/21/04 at 02:55 PM
Help the Googlebot
- Tips and techniques for helping Googlebot. If you are a symantic markup perfectionist, you probably already have most of these right.
To links coding html tips web ... on Sun 09/19/04 at 07:09 PM

Persistent NFS Automounting Under OS X 10.3 (Panther)

A simple UNIXish method of maintaining NFS automount points under Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).
To osx tips weblog ... on Mon 08/09/04 at 01:35 AM

Disable horizontal wrapping in various textmode tools

Notes on a bunch of different text based utilities.
To unix linux tips weblog ... on Mon 07/19/04 at 01:53 AM

Per Site User Stylesheets

Making User Stylesheets (CSS) a little more useful.
To css tips web weblog ... on Wed 07/14/04 at 05:12 AM

Redhat 9 to Fedora 2 Yum Upgrade

Notes on a Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 2 upgrade using yum. Pretty painless really.
To linux yum tips fedora weblog ... on Tue 07/13/04 at 01:04 AM

Emulating <ContentTypePriority> in Apache

Use <ForceType> to get fine grained control over content negotiation in Apache... Or don't..
To apache tips web coding weblog ... on Fri 06/25/04 at 04:10 AM

Gmail as Mailing List Aggregator

With the 100 GB mailbox size, filter support, and labels Gmail may make a really solid mailing list aggregator.
To tips web weblog ... on Fri 06/11/04 at 01:01 AM

True/False in Python < 2.3

A simple method of ensuring True/False works in all versions of python.
To coding python tips weblog ... on Sun 11/23/03 at 08:36 PM