It appears OS X Lion still takes suggestions from connected monitors as to the correct level of anti-aliasing to use for rendering text.
If you’ve recently connected an ASUS monitor and suddenly your type looks wonky, run the following command via Terminal.app to restore goodness.
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
View PostTwo simple commands, these are actually for far more than just Ubuntu:
lsb_release -a
uname -a
Sample output:
# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 Codename: oneiric # uname -a Linux Somehost 3.0.0-12-virtual #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 18:19:02 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
While phpMyAdmin, mysqldump and SELECT INTO OUTFILE are great tools on their own, sometimes you need a little automation to make life a little easier.
I needed the ability to export every table in a MySQL database to individual CSV files, I’ve thrown together a bash script that does just that. I am looking to use … Read full article »
