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Setup Mac OS X

I'm in a hospital in Spain and my MacBook was stolen.

Now I bought a new one and need to configure it. I have an external hard drive that backup everything using Time Machine, but I don't want all the crap I had in the old one.

1. Run Software Update

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Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.9 Mavericks running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install.

Install Software

The software selected is software that is "tried and true" --- software I need after any fresh install. I often install other software not listed here, but is handled in a case-by-case basis.

Install from App Store

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    var rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
    return rand;
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randomFromCol = function(C) {
    return function() {
        c = C.find().fetch();
        i = ranDoc(0, c.count())

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The final result: require() any module on npm in your browser console with browserify

This article is written to explain how the above gif works in the chrome (and other) browser consoles. A quick disclaimer: this whole thing is a huge hack, it shouldn't be used for anything seriously, and there are probably much better ways of accomplishing the same.

Update: There are much better ways of accomplishing the same, and the script has been updated to use a much simpler method pulling directly from browserify-cdn. See this thread for details: mathisonian/requirify#5

inspiration

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Installing GNU Screen on OS X in Homebrew

I want to edit in one tab, run what I edit in the other. Typical multi-view stuff. I've used Terminal.app for the last few years. Lately, however, after not long enough, Terminal gets laggy when I switch between tabs.

The stutter between edit and run is annoying, an unnacceptable. One of the major reason I've chosen to work with character based UI is because it is snappy. There shouldn't be a lag while a screen of UTF-8 is rendered in a monospace font.

The lag gets progressively longer, chipping at my productivity with irritation. The only solution is to kill all my Terminals, which essentially kills my flow. Terminal.app won't remember where I was for me. I have to initialize ever tab.

GNU Screen

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/* ===================== COMMON CODE ============================ 
   
   This file is be used by two other scripts.

   2013-07-15    * bash printing functions are wrapped into class

   2013-06-29    * technical change to make c_get work