Author Archives: richo

About richo

Flying, coffee, computer stuff.

countkeys

Posted on August 15, 2011 by richo

Overcome by a compulsive need to know how many keys I type daily, I forked [LogKeys](http://code.google.com/p/logkeys/) and created countkeys, which is essentially a keylogger that just counts instead of logging. Countkeys supports all the same features (running as a daemon, … Continue reading →

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Using a mouse is not productive

Posted on August 13, 2011 by richo

And as far as I’m concerned, I have proved this absolutely. In previous posts (and if you’ve ever spoken to me or seen my setup) you’ll see a trend emerging- I don’t use a mouse very much. I’m not enough … Continue reading →

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aptitude forbid-version

Posted on August 7, 2011 by richo

A quick one as a note to anyone who stumbles upon a counterintuitive part of aptitude that tripped me up- You can stop aptitude from every installing a version of a package with aptitude forbid-version package=version And the docs mention … Continue reading →

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PHP + xdebug

Posted on July 26, 2011 by richo

Since starting my new job, I’m increasingly trying to debug what can only be described as an epic clusterfuck of spaghetti php. To make this easier I stumbled upon xdebug, and wouldn’t you know it, one of the best clients … Continue reading →

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My OSX Survival Guide

Posted on July 26, 2011 by richo

So, as promised this is a summary of the things that let me get through 30 days of OSX relatively unscathed emotionally. First of all, I live in the terminal and the default terminal sucks. iTerm2 is a damn fine … Continue reading →

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30 Days of OSX

Posted on July 24, 2011 by richo

I purchased a MacBook a few months ago. My decision to run with Apple hardware was based on a few factors * I /really/ like Apple keyboards. If there’s one thing they know how to do it’s build a rad … Continue reading →

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