Archive for July, 2010

So cygwin allows you to port all the great *nix utilities to a Windows environment, and that’s useful because 1) there are some many handy tools and 2) you can write scripts or tasks once and use them everywhere (Unix, Linux, OS X, Windows).
Today, let’s discover how you can get two of the most useful [...]

I’m on a simplification kick, and I’ve been dramatically reducing the clutter in my life and enjoying the results.
I recently noticed a good deal on a drive at Microcenter and thought “Why keep 5 external drives (1.3 TB total, 5 usb cables, 5 power cords) when a single drive (1.5 TB, 1 usb cable, 1 [...]