Instantly share local directories with 2 command lines

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Just came across this useful trick to let anyone browse/download directories you want to share in seconds. All you need is a Mac or Linux machine you are logged into, and ssh access to a server on the internet. It uses this trick I just saw the other day. $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer & $ [...]

Quickie: Keeping my OSX downloads folder clean

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

My Downloads folder consistently gets large and cluttered. I considered an app like Hazel but it seemed like overkill. I added the following alias to my .bashrc file: alias clean_downloads="find ~/Downloads -mtime +30 -maxdepth 1 -print -exec rmtrash ‘{}’ ‘;’" which depends on the free tool ‘rmtrash‘ being installed — a command line way to [...]

Launching new specialized blog: ArduinoCollective.com

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

My friend Nate and I have launched a new joint blog to record our electronics hacking projects: the Arduino Collective. Subscribe over there if you’re interested in that kind of thing.