Going from Wordpress to mynt.

Cog - lightweight music player

Wednesday, February 01, 2012 » app, mac

Finally, no more iTunes. With Cog the computer is actually lag free again. Great :)

Properly display MySQL result in console

Monday, December 19, 2011 » mysql

If your query results in a result set with many columns, you might end up with totally unreadable jibberish since the console defaults to print the columns horizontally. To display the data vertically instead, with support for really many columns, end the query with \G:

unp - helps you unpack archived files

Monday, December 05, 2011 » app

I used to always forget how to unpack files properly, with tar -zxf for example. Still, it's a hassle when you manage tar, tar.gz, zip and rar files with their separate commands for unarchiving.

Point site2pdf to a domain you want and it will save all of its pages to a single PDF:

Handling segmentation faults with gdb

Monday, November 28, 2011 » c, usability

As a C newbie, I've never gotten a segfault until tonight (yes, my homework's due in a couple of hours..).

Vimium is perfect for letting go of the mouse even more. The extension for chrome enables shortcuts for just about everything, perhaps with the sole exception of being able to select text. Try it out!

Setting up VirtualBox

Friday, November 11, 2011 » virtualbox

In order to access the virtual machine, select your machine's settings, pick network and use Bridged network. Also, don't forget to plugin the cable.

Make your terminal start faster

Wednesday, November 09, 2011 » mac

sudo rm -f /private/var/log/asl/*.asl
cleans out a bunch of log files of previous terminal activities (I guess).

CoRD provides a clean interface for your ventures with remote desktops. It's as easy to use as most FTP-programs and don't get in your way. I like.