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One of my guilty pleasures is looking at pictures of other people’s desk setups. You’d think this would be a niche activity, but you’d also be surprised how many blogs and sites have features like this. In this post, I want to focus on the physical infrastructure of the home working environment: The desk and... Continue Reading →
So, time to upgrade to Catalina… or is it? I usually get excited about the yearly Apple update cycle, but this year has left me cautious. Let’s look at why you might want to hold off on hitting the upgrade button. Safari 13 Extensions Safari 13 is a nice update to the stock web browser.... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to the Commodore 64 repair project. If you haven’t read Part 1, it’ll provide the background to this project so I’d recommend having a look to begin with. So, first things first, I only have one antenna cable between my Atari and Commodore, so I’ll need to cannibalize the RF antenna from my... Continue Reading →
Back in 2015, I decided to purchase a vintage Commodore 64 online. I found someone in the Montreal area who was selling theirs, and picked it up. I could talk at length about the Commodore 64 (aka: the C64), as it has a special place in my heart. But, I’ll instead refer you to this... Continue Reading →
Crontabs are a great way of scheduling tasks. The crontab command itself is pretty straight forward. In its basic usage, you can do: crontab -l - List existing crontabs crontab -e - Edit crontabs crontab -r - Remove all crontabs crontab -i - Same as -r, but with a warning prompt Notice how e and... Continue Reading →
I’d asked the question recently as to what happens if you add lots of items to your PATH variable in Bash, Z shell or your other favourite shell of choice. I didn’t find any straight answers, so I thought I’d experiment. The reasoning behind the question comes from the way I have my shell configured.... Continue Reading →
With WWDC approaching, there’s the usual anticipation to discover what Apple will unveil for iOS 10. In this post, I’ll tell you about my top 4 iOS 9 features, as well as my wishes for iOS 10. Keep in mind that I’m writing all this from the perspective of an iPhone owner, so I won’t... Continue Reading →
It's always fun to try and hack iOS' interface without being able to jailbreak. For example, can you do this with your home screen? Well, with a bit of command line magic you now can.
The first entry in this blog; right, I’d better make it good. I’ll skip the mic check.I'm sure you've come across the majesty of the BBC iPlayer? It provides two options for viewing their programmes. Either you can install their download service, or you can watch them streamed through your web browser.Being an impatient person... Continue Reading →
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