Shell FTW!
Ha, do this with a GUI:
lsof -p $(ps ux | egrep [/]opt/local | awk '{print $2}' | xargs | sed 's/ /,/g') | fgrep opt/local | awk '{print $9}' | sort -u | xargs port provides | sed 's/.*: //' | sort -u | xargs port -f upgrade
The command line rules!
Disable Java
A few weeks ago I disabled Java in every browser I use. No more applets. It feels liberating. Flash might be next.
WiFi in Luxembourg hospital is expensive, and doesn’t work
Our local hospital – Hôpital Kirchberg in Luxembourg – has WiFi access available to patients, provided by P&T. Sadly it costs an unseductive €28 per day, or €7.50 per hour. As contrast, P&T offer home broadband from €29 per month.
Convert all your Apple Lossless files to FLAC
I’ve written a Python script that converts audio files from Apple Lossless (.m4a) to FLAC (.flac) format. Crucially, it copies meta-data, with the exception of the cover art (for now at least).
Google Sitemap Gen v1.4 ebuild
It’s over a year since it was released, but for Gentoo users, I’ve posted an ebuild for version 1.4 of the Google Sitemap Generator in my Portage overlay. You’ll find it at www-misc/goog-sitemapgen.
In other news, I want to apologise for my content-free blatherings about the Apple iPhone. I don’t think anyone reads this blog so I’m talking to myself, but I want to make my contrition public even so, for future readers :-)