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Merlin's Wisdom Project

Or: “Everybody likes being given a glass of water.”

By Merlin Mann.

It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me.

Keyboard-only Mac Cheatsheet

Hi, I'm Lorna and I don't use a mouse. I have had RSI issues since a bad workstation setup at work in 2006. I've tried a number of extra hardware modifications but what works best for me is to use the keyboard and only the keyboard, so I'm in a good position and never reaching for anything else (except my coffee cup!). I rather unwisely took a job which required me to use a mac (I've been a linux user until now and also had the ability to choose my tools carefully) so here is my cheatsheet of the apps, tricks and keyboard shortcuts I'm using, mostly for my own reference. Since keyboard-only use is also great for productivity, you may also find some of these ideas useful, in which case at least something good has come of this :)

Apps List

There's more detail on a few of these apps but here is a quick overview of the tools I've installed and found helpful

Tool	Link	Comments

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#Understanding closures, callbacks and promises

For a code newbie like myself, callbacks, closures and promises are scary JavaScript concepts.

10 months into my full-time dev career, and I would struggle to explain these words to a peer.

So I decided it was time to face my fears, and try to get my head around each concept.

Here are the notes from my initial reading. I'll continue to refine them as my understanding improves.

Building and setting up netatalk 3.1.2 on Debian Jessie 8.0

1. Build

Install dependencies

apt-get install automake libtool build-essential pkg-config checkinstall git-core avahi-daemon libavahi-client-dev libssl-dev libdb5.3-dev db-util db5.1-util libgcrypt20 libgcrypt-dev libcrack2-dev libpam0g-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libglib2.0-dev libwrap0-dev systemtap-sdt-dev libacl1-dev libldap2-dev

	#!/bin/sh
	# Extract subtitles from each MKV/MP4 file in the given directory
	# [updated 2024-01-09 by FurloSK]
	# Permanent gist address: https://gist.github.com/FurloSK/7f52303a10ab7478e3cddfe4bcc50881
	#
	# ===== Usage =====
	# extractSubtitles.sh [-i] [<fileOrDirectory>]
	# -i
	# Supplying this option will skip extraction and only print information about subtitles in file
	# <fileOrDirectory>

	(* Script to record and tag spotify tracks, by Lloyd Moore *)
	(* Modified by Tiffany G. Wilson to resolve audio splitting issues, automate starting/stopping, and add recording customization *)
	(* Modified by alexandre229 to resolve the latency of Spotify to update the player state status *)
	(* Snippets for controlling Spotify are from Johnny B on tumblr (http://johnnyb.tumblr.com/post/25716608379/spotify-offline-playlist) *)
	(* The idea of using delayed tagging/filename updating is from a guest user on pastebin (http://pastebin.com/rHqY0qg9) *)
	(* The only thing to change in the script is the output format; you must change the file extension and the recording format to match *)
	(* Run this script once a song you want to record is queued (stopped at beginning) or playing *)
	(* Running the script will initiate hijacking, recording and audio playback *)
	(* To stop script, pause Spotify or wait for album/playlist to end*)
	(* To set id3 tags, use application Kid3 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/kid3/) and copy '%

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	"""hover.py: Provides dynamic DNS functionality for Hover.com using their unofficial API.
	This script is based off one by Dan Krause: https://gist.github.com/dankrause/5585907"""

	__author__ = "Andrew Barilla"
	__credits__ = ["Andrew Barilla", "Dan Krause"]
	__license__ = "GPL"
	__version__ = "1.0"
	__maintainer__ = "Andrew Barilla"

	-- Adapted from these sources:
	-- http://peterdowns.com/posts/open-iterm-finder-service.html
	-- https://gist.github.com/cowboy/905546
	--
	-- Modified to work with files as well, cd-ing to their container folder
	on run {input, parameters}
	tell application "Finder"
	set my_file to first item of input
	set filetype to (kind of (info for my_file))
	-- Treats OS X applications as files. To treat them as folders, integrate this SO answer: