2018 in pictures
AKRABAT As 2018 draws to a close, I take the time to look at the past year as I have…
Autojump is magic
AKRABAT One of my favourite command line utilities is autojump. It’s a small command line utility that allows you to…
Upgrading to Bash 4 on macOS
AKRABAT Incredibly, macOS Mojave comes with Bash 3.22 by default still. Apparently this is due to licensing reasons, however Bash…
Route specific configuration in Slim
AKRABAT A friend emailed me recently asking about route specific configuration in Slim. He wants to be able to set…
OpenHab Christmas Rule
COLEVANS Dear Reader, Update: I posted the basic rules over on the OpenHab community site. The result was a much…
Migrating to password_verify
AKRABAT I’ve recently been updating a website that was written a long time ago that has not been touched in…
Lowest prices ever: Apple's 13" MacBook Pro (512GB SSD) on sale for $1,449 today only & more
APPLE INSIDER Today only, save $500 to $550 on Apple’s 2017 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar during B&H’s Thanksgiving…
B&H's Black Friday sale delivers Macs, iPads & Apple Watches for as low as $249 with discounts up to $1,200 off
APPLE INSIDER B&H’s Thanksgiving Sale is going on now with triple digit savings on Apple’s brand-new 2018 13-inch MacBook Air,…
'Tim Cook for President' and other campaigns from Qualcomm's PR bulldog
APPLE INSIDER Definers Public Affairs, the PR firm Facebook contracted to sling mud at critics after the Cambridge Analytica debacle,…
Deal: Mint Mobile offers three months of service for only $20
ANDRIOD AUTHORITY Mint Mobile joined the incredibly large pool of Black Friday deals with one of its own: three months…