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An AppleScript to Clean Up My Downloads Folder

Posted: Saturday, August 11th, 2007 Tags: AppleScript, Mac OS X

My downloads folder always gets so full after a while that I have a hard time finding things. I like to keep stuff around for a little while in case I need it again, and if I have the space, I like to keep things around for a long time, just in case. So I wrote a simple AppleScript to move old files to an “Old” subdirectory.

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Installing termios gem on Mac OS X

Posted: Saturday, February 3rd, 2007 Tags: Mac OS X, Ruby on Rails, Web development

When installing Capistrano, you should install the termios gem so that your password isn’t echoed when you type it. Easier said than done.

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I'm a software developer and consultant in San Francisco. I mostly develop web apps in Javascript, Java and Rails. There's a little more about me on my LinkedIn profile.

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