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My Holy Grail Of iPhone Apps Arrives: pTerm

Written on August 08, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 18 people have commented

Just this week I was posing the question of where are all the (no-jailbreak-required) ssh/terminal apps for the iPhone? While not the best platform for such a tool (the keyboard would – and does, as you will see – eat up some serious real estate), the platform has enough processing power to handle such [...]

Tales From The Command Line: Where Has My Bandwidth Gone? (iftop & SurplusMeter)

Written on July 03, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 11 people have commented

I believe I can safely say that the primary objective for users running OS X is to connect to the Internet to read mail, check out web sites, chat with friends, download new apps or grab/share multi-media content, etc. With bandwidth caps staring to become all the rage by the mega-providers, knowing how much you [...]

Invisibility and Metadata

Written on March 13, 2008 by Stephanie Guertin and 9 people have commented

I normally avoid anything that looks like tech support in my entries here, but this may verge on an exception. Bear with me, and I’ll explain.
I rebooted my Macbook Pro about four days ago, and lo, to my surprise, the icon for my boot drive had vanished. I was, too say the [...]

Hidden Gems In Leopard: OpenSnoop

Written on January 14, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 6 people have commented

I have a confession to make: I have not always been a Mac person. For the period of time between the retirement of System 9 and Panther (yes, it took Apple showing a real commitment to Unix for me to give them a shot again), I abandoned our fine operating system for greener pastures, well, [...]

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