Bulk Adding Words to OS X’s Dictionary
I had another tutorial released on computers.tuts+ at the end of last week. This one’s on bulk adding words to OS X’s spell check. Blurb and link below: The OS X built-in spell check is great, but it...
View ArticleFebruary Review
In my review of January, I mentioned that my goals for February were to nail down fitness and finance. Fitness was a bit of a non-start again; I got more jits time but I’m in between weights gyms and...
View ArticleMarch Review
March was an interesting month. I managed to get my 20 sets of hill sprints done which kept fitness in check. Financially it was also a great month – to my surprise. I managed to get more work done...
View ArticleApril Review
April, like March, was another good month. For the most part I aced my sleep goal! I’ve been averaging three to four extra hours of sleep a week and mostly getting 6.5 to 7 hours a night. I can feel …...
View ArticleMay Review
May was a mixed month in terms of a few things. A lot was going on which meant my long term goals took a backseat to dealing with the urgent short term stuff. The flipside of this was that the stress...
View ArticleFixing the “ducking” problem!
A tweet from Andy McKenzie this morning reminded me of a problem I used to have with Apple’s puritan autocorrect – every time I wanted to say “fuck”, “fucking” or “fucked”, my iPhone decided that I...
View ArticleBuilding a Hackintosh
Last week I did something interesting – I built a computer that runs OS X. In theory, the only way you are meant to be able to get a computer that runs OS X is to buy it from Apple; in practice,...
View ArticleSailing in July
Just a quick update. I’ve booked my flights to Copenhagen for next month. I’m spending two nights in the city there then making my way up to Strandby on the North tip of Denmark. Once there, I’m...
View ArticleJune Review
I’m writing this from Klintholm, a small Danish fishing village on the coast of Møn. We’ve sailed 110 miles in the last two days. June was a good month – but for the first time, I failed at a...
View ArticleLeg One — Copenhagen – Aarhus – Klintholm
I’m on a boat! At the moment I’m in Klintholm Havn, a small Danish fishing village on the southern island Møn. In the last week I’ve travelled from Dublin to here via Copenhagen, Aalborg and Aarhus....
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