Archive for the 'Hint' Category
osx – Fastest and safest way to copy massive data from one external drive to another – Ask Different
December 30, 2014Compiling a list of Truecrypt alternatives – Ars Technica OpenForum
November 16, 2014A list of #Truecrypt alternatives http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?t=1245367 Shockingly, key program defunct after 10yrs. Now onto #FileVault , BitLocker & #PGP
Computer Hope computer system information script v1.9
November 15, 2014Where can I see a webpage that shows information about me?
See a system information script for an example of the type of information a website can get about your computer.
MWord audio notes
November 1, 2014You can click in different locations in your notebook and record audio there. To see where you’ve recorded audio in your notebook, on the Audio Notes tab, under Advanced, click Show. Recorded audio is marked by the Audio Note icon.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/mac-word-help/record-audio-notes-HA102929550.aspx
iOS 8 How-to: Have your iOS device read text for you | 9to5Mac
October 9, 2014Speak text with ios…
http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/04/ios-8-how-to-have-your-ios-device-read-text-for-you/
Google – Recent Activity – Account Settings
September 21, 2014https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity
Useful Google/Gmail page with lots of relevant security history
AWS Follow-up
September 15, 2014A list of resources related to AWS
· 1,000 Genomes Project and AWS – http://aws.amazon.com/1000genomes/
· AWS Simple Monthly Cost Calculator –
http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
· Link to AWS Support Options –
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/?nc1=h_su_sp
· Link to Harvard Cloud Services page – http://cloud.huit.harvard.edu
Regexr
September 6, 2014Nice website for learning/testing regular expressions:
how to get full path of a unix file
September 6, 2014ON MAC:
1. Drag the file from finder to a terminal. Yes, pull it out with some effort and just drop it right there…
2. The full path will magically show up in no time!
ON LINUX
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/how-to-get-full-path-of-a-file According to Stackoverflow, you should do:
readlink -f file.txt
ON BOTH:
find $PWD -iname “*” -maxdepth 1
find $PWD -maxdepth 1
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