“Insidious bug” is a term that I use to refers to software defects that are invisible to the end user, but are quietly causing problems behind the scenes. These errors often occur when a normal bug was either trapped and ignored, or fixed by treating the symptom and not the root cause. This is also [...]
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Mount an OSX AFS shared folder over SSH
This is a simple way to mount an OSX shared folder over SSH without installing any additional software. For this to work you must be sharing a folder using AFP (Apple File Sharing) protocol and have “Remote Login” (i.e. SSH) enabled. These settings are all found in System Preferences->Sharing. If your server is behind a [...]
Tips for managing music on the iPhone's small drive
In case it’s not obvious from my recent posts I’ve purchased an iPhone. Even though the phone has a bunch of great features, I was concerned that I wouldn’t have enough disk space to get rid of my iPod. I have roughly half of the drive space (going from a 30Gb iPod to a 16Gb [...]
Top 10 Reasons for NOT backing up your data
In this modern age we live in, who has time to backup their data? It’s such a hassle! Not to mention it’s really complicated and expensive. I was thinking about backups the other day and there’s practically *no reason* to do it! In fact, I came up with 10 reasons not to make backups. I [...]
