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Tips and Tricks

A collection of tips and tricks.

12 March 2010

Converting from Mercurial to Git

Recently, I had to convert one of my older projects from Mercurial to Git. It turns out there’s an app for that. It’s called fast-export and it works very well, preserving all of your history and migrating from Mercurial to Git very quickly. This article walks you through the relatively simple process, with a caveat for Mac OS X users.

27 January 2010 • 1 comment • Read this article

Sitting, Standing, and Bouncing

I work standing up and sitting on a balance ball. An article about standup desks, balance balls, and how to make the transition.

03 November 2009 • 17 comments • Read this article

Installing MySQL on Snow Leopard

These are instructions for compiling and installing a 64-bit version of MySQL, the world’s most popular open source database, on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

31 August 2009 • 0 comments • Read this article

Installing Git on Snow Leopard

These are instructions for compiling and installing Git, a free, fast, and efficient distributed version control system, on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

31 August 2009 • 0 comments • Read this article

Installing Mercurial on Snow Leopard

These are instructions for compiling and installing Mercurial, a fast and lightweight source control management system, on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

31 August 2009 • 0 comments • Read this article

Installing Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails on Snow Leopard

These are instructions for compiling and installing 64-bit Ruby, Rubygems, and Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard.

31 August 2009 • 0 comments • Read this article

A fix for broken TextMate arrow keys in Snow Leopard

TextMate’s command-left/right arrow key functionality (one of the most commonly used keystrokes), is broken in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Here’s the fix.

28 August 2009 • 5 comments • Read this article

Backing Up Flickr

You might want to have a local backup of your Flickr photo library for a variety of reasons. Maybe you lost your local copy due to a drive failure, or want to consolidate everything in one place as a backup. Or perhaps you just want to synchronize your uploaded pictures with an iPod or AppleTV automatically. At last, after much searching, I’ve found a solution that works perfectly, and is perfect for automation.

05 June 2009 • 37 comments • Read this article

The Constant Purge

A quick technique for keeping your household organized and uncluttered.

31 March 2009 • 7 comments • Read this article

Why Your Avatar Matters

This is an article titled Why Your Avatar Matters and was written by Dan Benjamin on 04 February 2009.

04 February 2009 • 16 comments • Read this article

Smart Sleep

This is an article titled Smart Sleep and was written by Dan Benjamin on 02 February 2009.

02 February 2009 • 5 comments • Read this article

Specifying Minimum Font Sizes in Apple’s Mail.app

This is an article titled Specifying Minimum Font Sizes in Apple’s Mail.app and was written by Dan Benjamin on 09 January 2009.

09 January 2009 • 9 comments • Read this article

Fake Amazon

This is an article titled Fake Amazon and was written by Dan Benjamin on 20 December 2008.

20 December 2008 • 17 comments • Read this article

How To Prepare a Mac For Sale

This is an article titled How To Prepare a Mac For Sale and was written by Dan Benjamin on 14 November 2008.

14 November 2008 • 26 comments • Read this article

How to Securely Erase Storage Media in Mac OS X

This is an article titled How to Securely Erase Storage Media in Mac OS X and was written by Dan Benjamin on 13 May 2008.

13 May 2008 • 10 comments • Read this article

Regarding Backups

This is an article titled Regarding Backups and was written by Dan Benjamin on 29 April 2008.

29 April 2008 • 52 comments • Read this article

Installing Ruby, Rubygems, Rails, and Mongrel on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

These are instructions for compiling and installing Ruby, Rubygems, Ruby on Rails, and Mongrel on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). I walk you through getting your system ready for building and compiling open source software, and expand on the benefits of building your own open source utilities.

28 February 2008 • 130 comments • Read this article