Thank Goodness for Smart People
It's amazing what creative, smart people come up with. Learn how CAPTCHAs are being used to digitize books; if you don't know what a CAPTCHA is, the video explains (you probably have used them many...
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5 Tips to Improve Your Running Experience
Running is a great way to stay in shape, and can be an integral part of a healthy life style. Almost anyone can do it, it doesn't require much in the way of equipment, it is inexpensive, and it can be...
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And Now a Moment of Zen…
While returning from a camping trip a couple years ago, this little guy and his sibling were standing in the middle of the road near Tillamook, Oregon. When I got out of the car to coax them out of...
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Google Voice: Transcription Near Misses
I love the idea behind Google Voice, and appreciate the rich set of features, but transcription frustrates me. Sometimes the transcription feature is relatively useful, but more often than not the...
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Urban Adventures in Portland
Portland is a fantastic place with a wealth of fun, exciting, unique activities that require little planning, little money, and little time. The weather was absolutely gorgeous this past weekend so we...
View ArticleBlogging from TextMate
I have _reluctantly_ been using “TextMate (TextMate)”:tm for a couple weeks. No text editor can ever take the place of “Vim”:vim, but there are several features that attracted me to “TextMate”:tm. So...
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Use Mac OS X Automator and Services To Speed Up Repetitive Tasks
“Automator”:automator is one of best kept secrets in Mac OS X. It’s kind of like drag-and-drop scripting that lets you create workflows to automate and speed up repetitive tasks. In Snow Leopard, you...
View ArticleGoogle Calculator: Decimal to Roman
I guess I should not be surprised, but I just discovered “Google Calculator”:calc converts decimal to roman numerals. Just type something like “721 to roman”, and viola!...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Open Finder in current directory from Terminal
Love working at the shell. Shortcuts like these save so much time. open . Dead simple. The post Quick Tip: Open Finder in current directory from Terminal appeared first on mitch's meanderings.
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Display recursive directory listing in Terminal
Selecting List view in “Finder”:finder displays files and folders in a recursive structure with sub folders and files appearing under their parent directories. If you work in “Terminal”:terminal with...
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