Ostyman's Rumblings

A crib sheet for all the command-line STDOUT copy-to-clipboard binaries

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:15:49 -0700

A crib sheet for all the command-line STDOUT copy-to-clipboard binaries

Updating R.app (because OSS doesn't prioritize UX)

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:54:55 -0700

Download and install the latest version of R.
Run it once—you’ll get warnings about missing packages.
Open ~/Library/R/
Find your previous R installation (i.e. ~/Library/R/2.13/), and copy the content of the library directory into the library directory of your new installation.
Reopen R, then run update.packages() and respond away to the prompts.

Academic bliss

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:53:29 -0700

Pocket + Voice Dream = Rest for my weary eyes, appeal to my sensory preference

One more ifttt test

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:05:52 -0700

Ponies!

Trigger, you fool!

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:35 -0700

Sorry, testing an ifttt.com recipe.

Mic check

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:12:47 -0700

Testing, testing, 1-2-3.

This is the missing feature for Alfred. preppeller: Note that...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:49:53 -0700

This is *the* missing feature for Alfred.

preppeller:

Note that 1.1.1 development release has now been relabelled as 1.2

Another day, another excellent feature added to the development version of Alfred, this time something I know some people have been really looking forward to - Large Type!

You can type a few words into Alfred and press ⌘L to show it in large on the screen. More usefully, you can bring up a contact in the Powerpack’s contact card viewer and use ⌘L to view a phone number, email address or even full address in large type on the screen.

Simply press ⌘L or Esc to hide the large type and return to Alfred’s window.

If you want to try this out, download the 1.2 development build now!

Cheers,
Andrew

Script to back up VMware Fusion files

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:00:41 -0700

Since Time Machine seems to do a poor (not to mention hyperactive) job of backing up VMware files on Mac OS, I took their advice and configured TM to ignore them.

That left me in the lurch, however, for the scenario where my primary hard disk takes a nose dive.

Here’s a little script I cooked up to back up the files, but only when VMWare is not running. Adding the gloriousness of Growlnotify so I get visual feedback that it’s working or that I’ve kept VMWare open for too long.

#!/bin/sh

GROWL="/usr/local/bin/growlnotify -s -m "

# Check to see if it's running
/bin/ps -ef | /usr/bin/grep "[/]Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/MacOS/VMware Fusion" > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
  NOW=`date +"%D %r"`	
  $GROWL "$NOW Beginning VMware backup..."
  /usr/bin/rsync -aPh --inplace --delete /Users/mike/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized /Volumes/My\ Book/VMWare\ Backups > /dev/null 2>&1
  LATER=`date +"%D %r"`
  $GROWL "$LATER ...VMware backup complete"
else
  NOW=`date +"%D %r"`	
  $GROWL "$NOW Can't back up--VMware is running"
fi

Growl notifications from the command line: http://growl.info/extras.php#growlnotify :)

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:29:28 -0700

Growl notifications from the command line:

http://growl.info/extras.php#growlnotify

indubitablyyours: newsweek: meredithbklyn: imwithkanye: MLA’s...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:57:13 -0800

indubitablyyours:

newsweek:

meredithbklyn:

imwithkanye:

MLA’s twitter citation. Example: Kanye West. [via: ipsadixit]

i quit.

azspot: Scenes from a Militarized America

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:56:13 -0800

azspot:

Scenes from a Militarized America

notational: pictureboxindustries: A trailer for White Bread: A...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:53:19 -0800

notational:

pictureboxindustries:

A trailer for White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf by Professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain

A former student, Zach, made this trailer for a book recently.

Showing David Tumblr

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:10:06 -0800

Me: So you can post a conversation.
David: What do you mean?
Me: Let me show you.

infoneer-pulse: How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? -...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:19:38 -0800

infoneer-pulse:

How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

Score one for the MLA! When will the others catch up?

3D printers could recycle old plastic bottlesKickstarter...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:29:39 -0800

3D printers could recycle old plastic bottles
Kickstarter project aims to plastic recycling affordable for anyone with a computer and 3-D printer so they can cheaply create 3-D copies.

via mothernaturenetwork:

Replicators are coming!!!

Craig Silverstein, Google's First Employee, Departs for Khan Academy

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:28:18 -0800

Craig Silverstein, Google's First Employee, Departs for Khan Academy:

infoneer-pulse:

Craig Silverstein, the first employee hired by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, will leave the search giant for Khan Academy, an online education portal based in Mountain View, Calif.

“Craig’s been with Google since the early days,” said a Google spokesperson. “He was instrumental in the development of search and made numerous contributions to Google over the years. We wish him all the best at the Khan Academy and know that he will do great things to help them promote education around the world.”

News of Silverstein’s departure first appeared yesterday in EdSurge, a newsletter on education and technology entrepreneurship. Google confirmed the news with the folks at AllThingsD.

» via International Business Times

To reveal formulas for all cells in Excel: Ctrl+~ Mind blown.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:59:56 -0800

To reveal formulas for all cells in Excel: Ctrl+~

Mind blown.

Fix for missing controls in Quicktime X

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:48:27 -0800

Fix for missing controls in Quicktime X

"Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:37:20 -0800

“

Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn’t particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills.

Just about all of the stuck projects and failed endeavors I see are the result of poor hill choices.

There are plenty of obvious reasons… why we either settle for too little or foolishly shoot for too much. Mostly it comes down to fear and impatience.

”

- The Hill Approach – Seth Godin on the secret of career success. See also this timeless advice on overcoming fear in creative development. (via)
I see the Toyota Kata in everything these days. This is “choosing the right target conditions.”

Yahoo! Pipes

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:44:21 -0800

I don’t find myself needing Yahoo! Pipes very often, but when I do, I can’t imagine trying to live without it. Sure hope this one sticks around.

Ostyman's Rumblings

A crib sheet for all the command-line STDOUT copy-to-clipboard binaries

Updating R.app (because OSS doesn't prioritize UX)

Academic bliss

One more ifttt test

Trigger, you fool!

Mic check

This is *the* missing feature for Alfred. preppeller: Note that...

Script to back up VMware Fusion files

Growl notifications from the command line: http://growl.info/extras.php#growlnotify :)

indubitablyyours: newsweek: meredithbklyn: imwithkanye: MLA’s...

azspot: Scenes from a Militarized America

notational: pictureboxindustries: A trailer for White Bread: A...

Showing David Tumblr

infoneer-pulse: How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? -...

3D printers could recycle old plastic bottlesKickstarter...

Craig Silverstein, Google's First Employee, Departs for Khan Academy

To reveal formulas for all cells in Excel: Ctrl+~ Mind blown.

Fix for missing controls in Quicktime X

"Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no..."

Yahoo! Pipes

This is the missing feature for Alfred. preppeller: Note that...