To display the routing table in OSX
There is a ‘route’ command in OSX for the manipulation of the network routing tables–surprisingly, it doesn’t have a ‘route print’ option. If you’re used to viewing the routing table (from Windows) using the route print command, that option does not exist in OSX.
In order to display the routing table in OSX, you can [...]
How to put icons in the OSX dock
You can create an alias of the Application, then drag-and-drop it onto the dock; or;
Just open the Application for the first time—lots of ways to do to this, I always like to just hit Spotlight (cmd+spacebar), type the name of the app, then enter—when the application is opened, the icon will be visible in the [...]
Mac Mini microphone hack
The usual mic used in PC’s and headset-mic combos won’t work with the mac mini–the mac mini mic input requires line level input, meaning the mic needs to be powered. The usual mic input for PCs are mic level input (about 1 millivolt, the mic doesn’t need to be powered). Bottom line is, if you [...]
Sharing files between Ubuntu and OSX (Snow Leopard) using NFS
NFS (Network File System) is an old way of sharing files between UNIX systems. It was written way before the time when we started sharing files the way we are sharing them right now with Windows servers and workstations.
I actually would have not installed it, because I already have a Samba server in the [...]
Bash startup script in OSX
If you’re coming from Linux, and you’re looking for .bashrc in OSX, you’re not gonna find it–at the time I wrote this, the OSX is version 10.5.7 (Leopard)–you can find the bash initialization files in 2 places; in ~/.profile and /etc/profile.
~/.profile-the tilde (~) is a shortcut to /Users/yourloginname, so you will find this file [...]
RoR (ruby on rails), horses and zebras
Did you just pick up RoR (Ruby on Rails)?
You are using Mac OSX 10.5?
Were you just trying out the tutorial which builds a weblog in less than 15 minutes?
Did you get weird errors, looked up the Internet and forums; got more confused?
And suddenly, the magic and promise of Ruby on Rails is slowly fading — [...]
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