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Halloween!
Got the kids geared up for candy acquisition at Shoppingtown Malloween. Jilly was a butterfly (can’t wait till Babci sees the pics) and Luke was a bear. At the mall, they changed from candy dispensing at actual stores to a row of tables down the middle of the hall. Trying to decide if it was…
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Dodged a Bullet?
Far quieter last night than I expected. At the moment, there’s no wind, and the sky is clear with a big, bright moon. Latest path forecasts show Sandy is gonna track further west than previously expected. Keeping fingers crossed. NYC looks like a big mess. Hope everyone (including my bro) can struggle through.
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GNU Wget
GNU Wget. Needed to quick download a copy of a website. Quick google led me to wget, which makes the operation a simple one liner. Unfortunately, its not part of OSX command line tool kit any more. No problem, let me just download it and compile. Oh look, Mountain Lion uninstalled the command line compiler…
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Octopi
Hmm, I think I’ll pass, myself…
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Five Best Drive Enclosures
Five Best Drive Enclosures. I vote for the Thermaltake BlacX Docking Station. I have the Rosewill branded version and its the simplest way to use bare drives with minimal fuss.
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Storm Tracker
Hurricane Tracker: View the 2012 storms – Weather | NBC News. A cool interactive tracker for Hurricane Sandy as it lines up a path through central New York over the next few days.