I was just going to email a friend a link to some cool software I’ve found, but then I realized I wanted to have a geek moment. I’m a sort of coder. That is, I like to code, but I’m pretty crappy at it. I know C and C++, I grok object oriented, and I’m good enough to pass muster on most things. But I’m not a programer. I’m a software engineer (read ‘cheaper, less experienced, younger’). It doesn’t bother me, actually, since it means I have the room to goof around.
I’m taking the time to go through my bookmarks/favorites. This is what I have.
Software:
Brian Hill’s Software
I use MacJanitor since I rarely leave my Mac on late enough to do that cleaning foo. It bascially wipes up all the foo that Lunix does on its own nightly/weekly/monthly. Since I don’t generally remember to let it run, I use this to run it by hand. It works. 🙂
MacAddict’s Mac OS X Super Site
Nothing really great here, but I’m happy fun friendly with MacAddict (I get the magazine). Just some basic links to some basic apps. The page is a little out of date, but the information’s still valid.
MU* Games
Cantrip
TF for OS 10.2
I’ll admit it, I’m TF’s bitch from now till forever. I like one window to rule them all, and I’m happy that way. I’ve never used Cantrip, but I’ve heard a lot about it. It looks neat, so I’m all for it.
Softtrak
This is another software tracking site. It’s pretty bland, but it’s OS X stuff is decent. I found some neato language programs off this one (wanna learn Japanese?)
General Information:
OS X Tips and Tricks
General yummy goodness. A few terminal tweaks and some cool ass links.
Help:
How to nuke unnukeable trash
I have this problem, sometimes, I can’t nuke trash. It stymied me and my unix-greek friend, Laura, for HOURS. This is the answer. Scroll down to ‘Issues regarding permissions’
Installing a newer SSH2
There’s a newer SSH than the one sent out with OS X. THIS IS HARD. You may want it, you may not.
How to enable root access
Sometimes you need to be a super user. Sometimes you don’t. This is turned off on all new Macs, and you have to turn it on. It’s also turned off on my SO’s Mac.