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Somehow the following message I got from OSX after running the updater didn’t manage to ease my mind:

I didn’t experience any problems… sure… but I felt the adrenaline rise!

Recently I installed iTerm and I must say that I’m very pleased with it’s performance. However after the latest update my arrow keys stopped working when using VI.
Lucky me, the fix wasn’t to hard, I added ‘TERM=linux’ to my /etc/bashrc file… et voila!

previously I wrote about using named pipes to avoid temporary files when working from the CLI. The odd thing is that the following command seems to work on bash/linux but responds with an error message (curl: (23) Failed writing body) on bash/OSX
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The most annoying ‘feature’ of my OSX system used to be the speed of the cursor when moved using the arrow keys. Not anymore… OSX seems to have a global configuration (yes, all you macheadz probably did this the first time you started your macbook) to control the key repeat rate and repeat delay:

The responsiveness […]

Ever since I received my Macbook Pro I’ve been thinking about which software to run for drawing diagrams (which is something I have to do quite often). I’m not talking elaborate UML diagrams, ‘conceptual’ drawings… the stuff you would typically use a whiteboard for. One of the few applications I used to use Windows (in […]

With the launch of Windows Vista today I was reminded of a nice video I came across a while ago:

The widget/gadget thingy kept me thinking…. I just had to look it up! Here are the definitions from the Oxford Dictionary:
widget: noun, informal, a small gadget or mechanical device.
gadget: noun, a small mechanical device or tool. […]

Finally, I got a call about the fact that my laptop was ready for pick-up! I Jumped in my car and endured 90 minutes of traffic jams… but it’s back!
The service center managed to ’solve’ the problem by replacing the entire logic board… still don’t understand why Apple didn’t just replace the unit when I […]