Riggzy’s Blog

Lately,I’ve started to notice the slew of little OS X tidbits I’ve been dispersing to friends. Many of them solve little nagging problems I’ve had with Mac OS X and Macs in general, some not so much, but here are my top kung-fu moves for working inside of OS X.

• 1. Kill displays with a keyboard shortcut.
  If you’re like me and scoot to and from the desk a lot, and have some kind of gripe with having your monitor(s) burning up precious kWh, you can put them to sleep with a keyboard shortcut. Ctrl + Shift + Eject will turn off the displays, but leave your Mac running.

More after the break!

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A little ramble about what happened after visiting a friend in London.

The fun all begins at a little station called Euston.

Heading into the London Underground segment of the station, I put my February 23rd Day Travelcard into the ticket barrier, only to be greeted with a flashing red “SEEK ASSISTANCE”.
It was hardly a surprise–the ticket hadn’t worked at all today–so obediently I waddled over to a member of staff, showed my card, and was less than enthusiastically let through.

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After trying to set up a test Rails app on my Dreamhost account, I ran into a bunch of hurdles, some silly, some annoying. For my own benefit, and possibly for others, I’ve decided to put them all in a checklist.

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This isn’t just another post. No, this is the start of a *series!*

And it all starts off with three people: Steven, Capistrano, and David. Read on, if you dare…

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Web 2.0 has been a big thing over the past few years, and we’ve seen everything from fitness training to consumerism jump on the bandwagon. But for some reason, the rambling community hasn’t caught up (at least, not that I can see).

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