I hate not being able to see my hidden files in Finder. Why it hasn’t got a selector I don’t know. Still working on moving it to Linux Mint I’m running OSX 10.6.8 (not Lion yet). Anyway enter the line below into Terminal: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Then hit ALT-right-click on Finder logo in [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Show hidden files in OSX
Posted in makeitbetter, tagged mac, osx on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Is Your Windows 32 or 64 bit?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged makeitbetter, windows on Friday, January 27th, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As a developer and consultant I often need to know which version of an OS I’m on and whether it’s 32 or 64 bit. In *nix it’s trivial (uname -mrs). But how do you find out whether Windows is 32 or 64 bit when your client’s friendly neighbourhood infrastructure and desktop team have blocked users [...]
Parking Pillocks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged appeasement, car, Central_Bedfordshire_Council, Parking, Potton, vinci on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’ve just got a parking fine through the post for alleged illegal parking on Christmas Eve. I racked my brains to think where I could have done it, and concluded they, Vinci Park Services UK Ltd, must have got me with a tyre outside a bay or something. Anyway, read the whole first page, and [...]