Installing Ruby 1.9.2 via rvm on OS X

July 29th, 2010

It took me a bit of digging to figure this out (it kept failing with readline errors, and then iconv went missing), so I thought I’d share:

rvm package install readline
rvm package install iconv
rvm install 1.9.2 -C --enable-shared,--with-iconv-dir=$HOME/.rvm/usr,\
--with-readline-dir=$HOME/.rvm/usr,--build=x86_64-apple-darwin10

For Jessica

July 29th, 2010
For Jessica:

“A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine and I were talking about a study she’d just read, which concluded that people without children were happier than people with children; or, to put it more precisely, despite what conventional wisdom holds, the study found that having children did not increase anyone’s happiness.

At which all I could do was burst out laughing. Because, well. Duh.

Only an academic would undertake a study like this, defining happiness as something along the lines of “satisfaction with life” and “feeling rewarded by your work.” If there’s an occupation more likely to make you feel incompetent and unrewarded than being a parent, I have never heard of it.”

The Top Idea

July 21st, 2010
The Top Idea

Solitude and Leadership

July 10th, 2010
Solitude and Leadership

Michigan Rain

July 5th, 2010

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OS X Screen Sharing over SSH

June 18th, 2010

I recently set up a Mac Mini at home, and have found using Screen Sharing to access it invaluable. Not wanting to open up anything other than SSH on my home router, I created the following script to open up a Screen Sharing session over SSH:

Peter Callesen – A Single Sheet of Paper

June 3rd, 2010
Peter Callesen - A Single Sheet of Paper

Optimism

May 18th, 2010
Optimism

Life is Beautiful

May 11th, 2010
Life is Beautiful

“Oh Mary” by theresa andersson (via zefrank.com)

May 7th, 2010


“Oh Mary” by theresa andersson (via zefrank.com)


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