March 2008
6 posts
ssh hostname tab completion →
The hint is from macosxhints.com, but it applies to bash on any system.
Where is your Record button?
A public safety message: Do you know how to casually record audio on your cell phone or mp3 player? Last year, a Bronx teenager took down a corrupt detective by surreptitiously recording his interrogation on an mp3 player. Recently, a Colombian immigrant caught an USCIS agent demanding sex in exchange for a green card. She recorded the 16 minute conversation on her cell phone. Please take a few...
Make It Work In Turkey
Jeff Atwood advises globally-aware developers to make sure their applications work well for Turkish users. Because Turkish date and number formats differ significantly from American and British (and because Unicode support is a must), he says localizing to “tr” is a good test of your overall localization strategy. There is also the infamous lowercase i problem. Right-to-left...
iPhone vs World
A colleague just asked me if I think Apple will dominate the next generation of computing. I said they’re certainly going to sell A LOT of iPhones in the next few years. I’m not sure why anyone would buy anything else at this point, unless you really can’t stand the smell of AT&T or you have a vested interest in some other platform. I think this is less about Apple than it...
