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something refreshing about clojure

I know it doesn't really mean anything in terms of the underlying complexity of the language/implementation, but there's something really refreshing about this:

stechert@kirin in ~ [20242] $ port contents gcc42 | wc -l
    4257
stechert@kirin in ~ [20243] $ port contents erlang | wc -l
    8176
stechert@kirin in ~ [20244] $ port contents ghc | wc -l
    3998
stechert@kirin in ~ [20245] $ port contents python30 | wc -l
    3604
stechert@kirin-2 in ~ [20246] $ port contents clojure | wc -l
       4

A heartfelt thanks to whomever felt it was necessary to take the time not to pollute my disk.

gruber

Putting Gruber to work once. For your entertainment, putting Gruber to work all the time (a growl style).

Leak Much?

I really want to like NetworkLocation, but this restarting of software because it can't keep its threads under control reeks.

Technorati Tags: nincompoopery, OSX, leaky

How THE Dan Evans rolls

We use 37Signals' campfire and love it. Occasionally (!?), a LOLcat will show up in our discussions.

Thus, the illustrious Dan Evans presents our new icon (catfire):

Technorati Tags: 37signals, lolcat, campfire

GoogleUpdateChecker weird network request

Why is GoogleUpdateChecker trying to connect to host "t" port 80? Is that a bug?

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Amusing copy of the day

This is the copy that's shown when you choose to configure your cert's options manually.

Advanced Users: Configure Certificate Extensions



Please note that the extension options below are not for the faint of heart. You probably won't trigger a Vogon invasion of Earth if you press the wrong button, but you might cause weird behaviour in some otherwise-normal software. Don't fiddle with this unless you've been told to, or unless you're a born fiddler.

Technorati Tags: humor

Little known, but excellent option to sudoers file

insults

   If set, sudo will insult users when they enter an incorrect password.  This flag is off by default.

Flickr's New Slideshow Format

ZOMG hotness

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bash-completion

If you have MacPorts installed, try this:

sudo port install bash-completion
source /opt/local/etc/bash_completion

There is so much yumminess here that it's hard to know where to begin. Directory commands like pushd will now tab-complete only to directories, user commands like usermod now only complete to usernames, gunzip completes only to files that end in .gz, unalias completes only with current aliases, kill completes with a list of pids, etc., etc., etc. The only danger here is wearing out your tab key.

Obviously, you want to put this in your ~/.profile. Also, since the file takes advantage of features in the latest versions of bash, you may want to sudo port install bash, add /opt/local/bin/bash to /etc/shells, and chsh.

Technorati Tags: OSX, Programming, MacPorts

Pretexted

Fedex tried to deliver a package for me to the wrong address. So Deep pretexted and found out what was up. I now feel like I'm part of an exclusive club. BTW, is it "pretexted me" or "pretexted for me"? I'm not really sure and no online dictionaries seem to have caught up with the use of pretext as a verb instead of a noun.

Technorati Tags: FedEx, Language, puzzles