After a long day, I love to relax with a nice cold glass of 48 FLASHING LED ICE CUBES!!!
The product listing insists these plastic hellcubes will impress my friends, but none of my friends are raccoons or babies, so I don’t think it’ll work.
Easy customized Rails rake routes bash script
Some useful Twitter Bootstrap Rails helper methods
I have been using these in a few projects. I wrote them because I was screwed when the API changed drastically between v1 and v2 of bootstrap. Now it will be super easy to update for bootstrap 3 :P
via spookstory
“MORNING DEW” — A Bad Lip Reading of Bruno Mars, feat. Lady Gaga & Jay-Z
Save energy with your dual monitor setup
I normally do my development work with just my 15” Macbook. I have recently started using my 24” monitor again because it is a ton better for my back. I can position the monitor a bit higher and I am forced to lean back and not hunch over like the little code monkey I am.
There is a problem with this setup. My laptop is not used most of the time and if I want to turn off one monitor, I need to turn off both. This adds glare and distractions in my periphery and wastes a ton of energy (I’m in Europe, I care about this ;-)
My solution is to use WriteRoom fullscreen in the laptop monitor. This has the added benefit of giving me a spot to add little notes about what I am currently working on. I have been looking for an excuse to use WR. I love the concept but I don’t really do much writing. Two birds with one stone!
Mac Pro Tip: No funny volume sound on F11/F12
Just a quickie.
If you hold down Shift while changing your volume using the F11/F12 keys, you won’t hear the “Blip, Blip, Blip!” sound.
This could be usefull when you are recording a screencast or podcast, or when you are at the library. Never accidentally wake up your kid again!
American Breakfast 3
Jeebus there was a serious turnout for American Breakfast 3. I will count up the tickets and write the totals here soon.
Thanks to everyone who showed up. And from the reports, it sounds like people were really into their food! That makes me happy.
Until next time!
Aaron
Finally! OSX-like app switcher in Ubuntu 11.10
I just upgrade a couple machines to Ubuntu 11.10, Oneric Ocelot the other day and there was a little surprise waiting for me.
If you type Alt+Tab, you will see a new app switching menu. If you don’t know about the app/window switcher, you should. Switching between apps or windows this way is incredibly efficient. If you spend most of your day on a computer like I do, you could really benefit from bringing the app/window switcher into your normal workflow.
Why is the new app switcher awsome?
The way the Windows and old Alt+Tab worked is a window switcher and not an app switcher. I find that if I have even a 5 or 6 windows open, it takes some time to find the actual window I want, especially when I have multiple window open from the same application. This is even more obnoxious when the application is a text editor or a word processing application. It is almost impossible to see which window you want. So in the end it becomes even less efficient to use the Alt+Tab behavior.
Apple came up with a solution of having the switcher only show you application icons instead of each window. You choose an application then you can switch between the windows with Alt+` (that’s a tilde). I don’t know why this hasn’t caught on and I have searched high and low for a Linux solution to this.
Conclusion
This is only working for me if I use the normal Ubuntu mode when I log in. I usually pick the 2d version because when I am using Ubuntu it is usually on a tiny netbook with limited RAM. So if you want 2D mode, AFAIK you’re stuck with the window switcher.
And really, if you’re not using this feature on your Mac, please start. You will get the hang of it in a couple weeks and you will thank me for it.
I made millions studying the math of mortgages and bonds and helping bankers pass the Chartered Financial Analyst Exam.
It isn’t fair that I have retired in comfort after a career working with financial instruments while people who worked as nurses, teachers, soldiers, etc. are worried about paying for their future, their healthcare, and their children’s educations.
They are the backbone of this country that allowed me to succeed.
I am willing to pay more taxes so that everyone can look forward to a secure future like I do.
I am the 1%
I stand with the 99%
(Which equals 100% of America.)
Tax me.
