rubyconsumer

When messaging through Skype, it’s not unusual for geeks to write a little bit of regular expression to correct mistakes.

Example:
rubyconsumer> I like kake!
rubyconsumer> s/kake/cake/

Well it looks like the Skype client for the mac has taken this one step further.  And for once, the mac client is actually ahead of the windows client.

An up to date Skype client will now take that regex and run it against your last message.  The resulting message from the previous example would look like:

Example:
Editted: 10/9/08 7:30AM - rubyconsumer
rubyconsumer> I like cake!

Now that’s Geek Accessibility!

Now if only video sites like youtube would add key board shortcuts…

I really love OS X. Things are done right or can be easily changed… for the most part.

A few though, need to be configured through secret command line incantations.

I’ve finally ran across a way to add the full path of the directory into the Finder.

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES

There are more customizations available from the command line here.

I ran across a great menu shortcut on Leopard.

Cmd-Shift-/ (aka. Cmd-?)

Now just type in your menu command and the result comes up like quicksilver/spotlight.

Hit enter and volia!

use help to select menu items in leopard

A few weekends ago, I was at Ann Arbor Startup Weekend. It was a great weekend. We had a functional alpha/beta at the end of the weekend. This was despite the, to put it mildly, congested wifi.

A lot of folks are very reliant on the internet for information. Understandably so, but it doesn’t work in a weak and no wifi situation.

Using gem_server to get your documentation each time seems like a lot of work.

Enter Bashfully Yours, Gem Shortcuts.

By setting up my bash to load up gem documentation, I’m able to get documentation faster then you can off the web.

gemdoc hpricot

Done!

Try it out. It might even inspire you to help out with documenting a few gems.

I’ve been a long time VI user. Not a vi-ninja but definitely comfortable using the vi methodology.

Having used Block Mode editting in Textmate, I really needed to find a way to do the same in vi.

Volia!

Ctrl-V with ‘c’, ‘I’, and ‘A’ are the magic commands in vi

Vim Block Visual Mode

I’ve recently made changes to my bash profile after getting sick and tired of managing multiple environments in one profile.

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You heard it here first. Borders and Semler are back together again.

Wednesday was my first time in downtown Portland and boy has it made an impression. While looking for a lunch shot with Kevin and two folks we meet at the light rail (Wil and Dave), we walked by someone just as they were doing an ipecac skit. Except it wasn’t a skit. Then while eating lunch, we see a man and a dog crossing the street when his dog just suddenly stops and… um… takes care of business in the middle of the street as the oncoming traffic light turned green.

First impressions… interesting city.

It’s a couple days ’till RailsConf and not only did I decided to write in my sorely neglected blog but I also decided, for some strange reason, to reload my laptop. Brilliant!

Well, there are several reasons for reloading the old MBP.

1. free up some space on the pitifully small 100GB HD
2. install BootCamp so I can play my one turn per 24hrs in Civ 4.
3. clear the financial data from my laptop before traveling with it.

As if all the craziness associated with going to a conference on the other coast for about week wasn’t enough.
I backed up my HD onto an external HD using Carbon Copy Cloner… just in case. First bit of fun was discovering I had the wrong set of install disks (not for the Mac Book Pro). I’m still working on the reload, but things are working out well so far. I still need to figure out how to transfer over my old Address Book and Key Chain, but things are looking good.

After I’m done with this reload, maybe after getting back from RailsConf, I need to make a Carbon Copy of my drive so I can easily get back to a fresh start.