Mr. Rosenblatt: The Blog http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog He keeps it the realest. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Mash it yourself http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/26/mash-it-yourself/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/26/mash-it-yourself/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:50:14 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/26/mash-it-yourself/ Corey sent me a link to Ubiquity, a dynamic-mashup-maker-that-reminds-me-of-Quicksilver. The video is cool looking, I may keep an eye on this project to see where they go with it. I think it’s a useful tool if you have these specific tasks coming up often, and the ability to make new commands is neat.

]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/26/mash-it-yourself/feed/ Trash aware rm for OSX — never lose a file again http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/21/trash-aware-rm-for-osx-never-lose-a-file-again/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/21/trash-aware-rm-for-osx-never-lose-a-file-again/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:02:04 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/21/trash-aware-rm-for-osx-never-lose-a-file-again/ OK, so let’s say you’re an OSX user, and you use the command line a lot. I bet you’ve accidentally deleted a file using rm, and wished that it had gone to the Trash.

We had this problem a few days ago, and fortunately the file was under version control. But we looked for a solution that would rm into the trash. There was only one solution and it didn’t work in Leopard (10.5)

I mentioned this on Twitter, and my buddy Jason threw a working version of trash-aware-rm for OSX together in no time flat. Check it out.

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Bonus: Look for his pirated copy of The Dark Knight.

]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/19/adam-savage-of-mythbusters/feed/ Music styles (and Fuck the Man) http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/19/music-styles-and-fuck-the-man/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/19/music-styles-and-fuck-the-man/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:48:43 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/19/music-styles-and-fuck-the-man/ Hey, just wanted to throw a quick update.

Bhangra is a sweet style of Indian music. It’s got some traditional elements, like the Sitar and Tabla drums, but tends to have a good beat to it, keeps it moving like Hip Hop.  Tabla Beat Science is something in this category that I’ve been liking lately.

If you’re interested in swapping some music, contact me and I’ll email you some Pandora stations.

Speaking of Pandora — they might have to shut down. More on Pandora at Wired blog

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]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/08/05/lambda-functions-in-php/feed/ Vinegar beer http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/31/vinegar-beer/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/31/vinegar-beer/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:30:36 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/31/vinegar-beer/ I’ve got a post at Websites and Beer talking about adding vinegar to beer. Blasphemy? Maybe not…read on.

I’m reposting this here, because it’s sort of a follow up to my post about cheap versus expensive wines. Hooray for food. Hooray for science. And hooray for food & science together!

]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/31/vinegar-beer/feed/ I love Science. http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/i-love-science/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/i-love-science/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:32:12 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/i-love-science/ I love Science. I don’t just love Science, I *fucking* love it. Maybe I’ll do a post on the Science sticks someday.

There’s a webcomic I particularly like, called XKCD.  It’s Science-y, Math-y, geek humor. Perfect for me.

One of the best is the following comic, good old #397. I love it because Feynman (one of the most significant scientific figures of the 20th century) shows up *as a zombie*, to defend the Mythbusters (who are awesome). On top of it, he makes a great point about Science, and Science in culture.

Zombie Feynman defends the Mythbusters

That, and I love the phrase “drag humanity out of the unscientific darkness”. Science!

]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/i-love-science/feed/ Listing Ruby Gems, or just viewing documentation http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/listing-ruby-gems-or-just-viewing-documentation/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/listing-ruby-gems-or-just-viewing-documentation/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:14:49 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/listing-ruby-gems-or-just-viewing-documentation/ Here’s a neat trick, if you’re working with Ruby. Ever wondered how to get a list of all installed gems?

At the command prompt, type

sudo gem server

Once you’ve done this, go to http://localhost:8808, and you can see all the Ruby Gems installed, along with info and documentation about them. Awesome!

Hat tip to Matt

]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/listing-ruby-gems-or-just-viewing-documentation/feed/ The power of compounding http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-power-of-compounding/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-power-of-compounding/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:08:18 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-power-of-compounding/ I’m sharing the link love today. This is a link to Futility Closet, a blog run by a very nice (and presumably well-educated) guy named Greg Ross. He updates often with lots of odd bits of trivia.

He had a post the other day, discussing the price that was paid to the Native Americans for the island of Manhattan. Maybe they didn’t get ripped off, after all.

]]> http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-power-of-compounding/feed/ Pro Tip: How to block calls from any cell phone http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/28/pro-tip-how-to-block-calls-from-any-cell-phone/ http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/28/pro-tip-how-to-block-calls-from-any-cell-phone/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:25:59 +0000 Tim http://www.timrosenblatt.com/blog/2008/07/28/pro-tip-how-to-block-calls-from-any-cell-phone/ My coworker Jacob shared a neat cell phone tip with me. If you often get solicitations from a particular phone number (especially those annoying automated ones), you might find this useful.

Next time you get a call from a number you’d rather not hear from again, add them to your phone book — maybe with the name of “Ignore” — and assign a silent ringtone to that contact.

Win!

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