If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time in the terminal window. It’s not rare that I SSH into 10+ different servers in a day. Having easy-to-remember FQDN’s makes it easier, but sometimes that’s not possible. Sometimes you only have an IP to a server, perhaps the server has a really long FQDN, or perhaps SSH is running on some arbitrary port. That makes …
If you’re into startups and technology, you should really watch the following interview with Jason Calacanis from the Fowa-conference in London. I really like how Jason describes the way he and his team work. I completely agree with him. There is no such thing as ‘balance’ in a startup. You’re either in to do it all the way, or you might as well go home. …
Scaling architecture and web sites is really something I find exciting. I’ve playing with scaling various software for many years, but it is just recent years I’ve come to use this in production (primarily through YippieMove). If you’re curious about scaling your website, I can really recommend the following video lecture from Harvard. It goes though concept …
Photoshop and Illustrator are somewhat of required apps today. You realize how much you need these apps when they decide to not play ball. This have happened to me a few times, and it often relate to fonts. Photoshop simply crashes when I bring up the font tool. Given that this is probably one of the most frequently used tools, this is a pretty big deal. The …
We all have our must-have apps. Whenever we re-install our system, these are the first apps we want to get in so that we can get back to business. From time to time we discover new apps that are really mind-blowing and we wonder how we survived without them. For me, 1Password and Visor are two apps like that. Since we all have different must-have apps, I …
Yesterday I read an article titled “Why Apple can’t beat Android” over at VentureBeat. It was an interesting read, and Mr. Grim argued in the article that Android is here to stay, and that Android will soon dominate the smartphone market. I do not disagree with Mr. Grim. It makes a whole lot of sense. In the opening of the article, Mr. Grim states that …
Let’s face it — all computers fail at one time or another. In my experience Apple computers break far less than PCs, and when they fail, Apple provide fast and great repairs. If you live in a country with Apple Stores, it’s even easier. When a PC breaks, you’re usually out of luck. Long hours on hold with some Indian call center awaits you and if you are …
When Apple announced Time Machine, I was overwhelmed and thought it was the best invention since sliced bread. I’ve been using it since then in setups both with a dedicated external hard drive and a Network Attached Storage (NAS). Lately though, I’ve started to get more and more annoyed with Time Machine. It consumes a significant amount of resources, as it …
In my previous post, I talked about how to split PDF files on Mac OS X, Linux and Unix. In that article, I mentioned a simple app that allows you to merge several PDF files. The app is dead simple, and you can create it for yourself if you’d like (here’s the workflow in Automator). All it asks you for is the input files (the files you want to merge), and it …
VMware Server is a great product. It’s free and works well with most guest operating systems. However, there is one major drawback – you cannot use the ‘console’ app on Mac OS X. For some strange reason, VMware decided to only make the required Firefox plug-in available for Linux and Windows. Given that Mac OS X is the OS of choice for most tech-savvy users …
There are a ton of tools out there for modifying PDF-files. Most of them are crappy, overpriced sharewares from mediocre developers looking to make cash from non-technical users. What most Mac-users perhaps do not know is that Mac OS comes with a ton of handy tools for modifying PDF files. For instance, with a few clicks, you can create an app that merges …
I’ve you’ve read the past few articles I’ve published, you’ve probably figured out two things: I love FreeBSD. I’m in the process of moving a bunch of servers. This time I’ll walk you trough how to move Cyrus-IMAP between a 32bit server to a 64bit server. In my case, on FreeBSD. Unfortunately the process is not as straight-forward as I imagined it to be. …