In case I need to remember that I did this… By default, the Mac Terminal assigns the “Clear Scrollback” command to Command-K. This is annoying, because I often use Nano, which uses Control-K to cut a line of text, and I frequently press Command-K instead of Control-K by accident. This clears my screen while I’m… Continue reading Remap Mac Terminal Command-K
Fun with River2
I decided to install Dave Winer’s River2 to supplement my usual feed reading. Now that I can access it via its smart use of Dropbox, it should be good for feeds that I don’t feel like I need to see every headline. One of the things I love about River2 is that it’s an app… Continue reading Fun with River2
Were Robert Johnson’s recordings sped up?
A post over on Boing Boing (“The last mystery of the blues: were Robert Johnson’s recordings sped up?”) drove me right to my sound editor to see how Robert Johnson’s performances may have sounded different from his recordings. Here’s the result: Robert Johnson Speed Demo The audio is a 30 second clip of “Sweet Home… Continue reading Were Robert Johnson’s recordings sped up?
Optimal Browser Status Update
I’ve been extremely annoyed with and concerned about Optimal’s usage pattern that I’ve observed in the server logs. I had shut it down for a while to see if anyone noticed. No one did — except me. I wanted to see this OPML of all the BBC’s news feeds, so I turned Optimal back on.… Continue reading Optimal Browser Status Update
Failed Coleman Model 5312 Battery
Failed Fifutec SW1245 battery from Coleman Model 5312 lantern. Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
[Link] FBI: Spies Hid Secret Messages on Public Websites
I think the Russian spies’ use of steganography is the most interesting part of this story. Happy to see media outlets starting to look into it.
Delete Empty Folders
I recently found that I had a lot of empty folders in my MP3 folder after a wayward ripping session. So I whipped up this quick DOS one-liner to remove all empty folders. From a command prompt, just change to the folder containing all the empty folders and enter the following: FOR /f "tokens=*" %G… Continue reading Delete Empty Folders
XMPP vCard Python Script
Couldn’t find a script to update my Jabber/XMPP vCard photo (a/k/a avatar), so I wrote one. It requires xmpppy (a/k/a python-xmpp). It should work with gTalk, but I have not tested it. Credit to pastebin for some code snippets. Hope this saves someone some time and effort. #!/usr/bin/python ”’vcard.py – Update your XMPP vcard photo… Continue reading XMPP vCard Python Script
On Bootstrapping
On Friday, Dave Winer released a terrific thought-piece-of-a-podcast on how journalists need to learn about bootstraps. In his most recent podcast with NYU’s Jay Rosen, he and Jay discussed the topic, as well, but I want to focus on bootstrapping, the metaphor. Dave offered the well-worn phrase “haul yourself up by your bootstraps” as the… Continue reading On Bootstrapping
BlackBerry Browser Bug with Mailto: Links
Mailto links give error dialog in browser when email address is missing .