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HOWTO: Use IdentD with OSX Yosemite

by David Orriss Jr | Sep 21, 2015 | Mac OS X, Operating Systems

If you’re an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) user like me, you’re probably familiar with or at least have heard of an identd service. IdentD is simply a service that, when accessed on port 113 of a computer, returns a simple string that identifies you as a user....

Scripts to select the default Java version on MacOS

by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2014 | Java, Mac OS X

Thanks to superuser.com I found a neat trick to make it easy to list your installed Java versions and switch between them. Just add these to your .bashrc file: # # # alias java_ls='/usr/libexec/java_home -V 2>&1 | grep -E "\d.\d.\d[,_]" | cut -d...

Ruby 1.9, TextMate and Segmentation fault errors

by David Orriss Jr | Jun 10, 2012 | Mac OS X, Programming, Ruby

While tinkering with Ruby 1.9 in TextMate I found that Ruby was segfaulting on the TextMate Ruby Bundle output screen. /Users/codethought/Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Bundles/Ruby.tmbundle/Support/RubyMate/catch_exception.rb:16: [BUG] Segmentation...

I’m writing this with tears on my eyes !!!

by David Orriss Jr | Dec 1, 2010 | General, Mac OS X, Windows

Does that title sound familiar? My wife and I got an email this morning from my father that read as follows: Subject: I’m writing this with tears on my eyes !!! Hello, I’m sorry for this odd request and I’m writing this with tears on my eyes due to...

Open Terminal Here in Snow Leopard using Automator

by David Orriss Jr | Nov 27, 2010 | Mac OS X, Programming

A subject that has been visited plenty of times is having an “Open Terminal Here” ability from the Finder. For developers, it’s a easy way to look at files or folders and then jump quickly to a shell for the folder and execute shell commands (like mv...

How To: Apple Boot Camp 64-bit for Windows 7 on “unsupported” Macs

by David Orriss Jr | Jan 24, 2010 | Hardware, Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Windows

Do you own a Macbook Air or other modern Apple and want to install and use Windows 7 ala Boot Camp? If so, you may have encountered the dreaded “Boot Camp x64 is unsupported on this computer model” error dialog when trying to run the provided Snow Leopard...
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