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Thu 5 Jan 2012

How to change Mac OS X Terminal setting per SSH host

So, call me crazy, but when I've got a dozen Terminal windows and tabs open at once, and they're all ssh'd to different boxes, it gets hard to remember which host is which. I end up checking the prompt or doing something like hostname to remember where I am. So, I found a way to automatically switch the Terminal settings to color-code my SSH hosts.

Thu 31 Jan 2008

Upgrading Mac mini

I'm very proud of myself: last night, I upgraded the hard drive and memory in my Mac mini. Seeing as how not one part of the Mac mini is "user serviceable," this meant I had to crack open the case using a putty knife, amongst other things. But everything went through nice and smoothly, and the new hard drive -- 320 GB -- has a clean install of Leopard on it.

Fri 23 Jun 2006

Mac OS X Leopard Screenshots?

Two screenshots of what apparently is a beta of Mac OS X 10.5 have been leaked, revealing what appears to be a desktop switcher and even Internet Explorer running natively in OS X. [digg]

Tue 7 Jun 2005

The RISC of moving to Intel

Not exactly breaking news, but yesterday Steve (Steve!) announced that Apple is switching to Intel chips in 2006-2007.

Apple.

Intel processors.

*pop*

I'm worried that this move will take us away from the cutting edge. I mean, Intel isn't exactly sporting when it comes to picking the right technologies to put in their chipsets. Anyone remember the first Pentium 4 chipsets? RAMBUS?

Fri 27 May 2005

Eyes and ears

I think I may may buy Tiger at the end of the summer, before I move.

Last night at band practice, my amp finally said, "you know what, I suck, and I don't want to play your brand of grunge-influenced rock anymore. I'll stick around as a PA subsitute, but no more distortion plz thanx."

So, the search will begin for an adequate replacement.

Exchanging some e-mails with Carrie this morning re: my trip next week really puts me in the mood to get my ass up there.

Mon 18 Apr 2005

TextWrangler

I recently “discovered” a great Mac app called TextWrangler (from the makers of BBEdit, another great Mac app).

Sat 26 Feb 2005

Bleed to love her

Been listening to the last Fleetwood Mac album, Say You Will, and although I didn't like it the first time through, I'm liking it now. It's not super awesome, certainly not Rumours or the self-titled one, but . . .

Anyway, I just switched over to Speakerboxx. Just because that's how I roll.

Mon 19 Apr 2004

New PowerBooks

Very upset about the new PowerBook lineup. They bumped up the processors to 1.33 GHz and 1.5 GHz, which only serves to rub in my face how slow 867 MHz is. The new PowerBooks can handle up to 2 GB of RAM (the 12-inch can handle up to 1.256 GB), have FireWire 800 ports, and Gigabit Ethernet. And the price remains (semi) affordable! The iBooks have been revised, too, which means that my sister might get a better laptop than I have. *sigh*

Wed 18 Jun 2003

Today I ordered my laptop

I ORDERED THE 12" POWERBOOK G4!