There are a lot of catchy clichés describing how optimism is the light of the world, and how pessimism is evil creeping into your thinking. Seeing a glass as half empty, though, is not a negative outlook. It’s a realistic assessment of a limited resource.
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If you’ve never explored Bash’s file, there’s a lot of customization you can do in there. From setting completion and Readline options to creating custom keybindings, you can greatly improve your command line efficiency with a little tweaking.
bash, terminal, unix
Thanks to Smile and TextExpander 5 for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! TextExpander has been a vital part of my workflow on every Mac I’ve ever owned, and version 5 does not disappoint.
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I put together a little utility this morning to help me remember what GitHub repositories I’ve grabbed with the intention of playing with later. I often clone or fork a repo and plan to explore it over a weekend, but then quickly forget about it if I don’t add a reminder.
cli, macos, ruby, terminal
I’ve updated the “Paragraphs - unwrap” service in the Markdown Service Tools. This Service is designed to take text formatted with line breaks within paragraphs (used for visual formatting and console readability), and combine consecutive lines into flowed text, allowing better formatting when automatic wrapping is enabled in an editor. Flowed text also prevents issues between Markdown processors that vary in dealing with handling of line breaks.
markdown, markdownservices, service
NerdUsefully, Winona MN USA: It has come to our attention that our product The Shuttle, despite extended testing prior to release, cannot withstand extended exposure to untrained foster dogs. We are sharing this information as a service to current and potential owners of the device.
humor, nerdusefully, sale, shuttle
SummerFest 2015, a festival of artisanal software, is sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week to let you know about this year’s selection of amazing (my words) software from developers who care about their craft.
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