http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/ Wherein I write some stuff that you may like to read. Or not, its up to you really. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:28:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-26667 Andrew Channels Dexter Pinion » Desktop Software isn’t Dead Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:00:48 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-26667 [...] of months ago. Sadly the IT policies are a little restrictive, they won’t even let me use my own mouse with the company supplied computer. So I’ve gone rogue. I bought a new MacBook (black, [...] [...] of months ago. Sadly the IT policies are a little restrictive, they won’t even let me use my own mouse with the company supplied computer. So I’ve gone rogue. I bought a new MacBook (black, [...]

]]> http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-1672 Andrew Channels Dexter Pinion » In Praise Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:24:08 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-1672 [...] I know I’m late to the party here, but thanks to a mention at O’Reilly and a tutorial at Kuro5hin I’m learning to love GNU Screen more and more each day. It truly is the swiss army knife of command line utilities. Allowing me to have a shell, iPython and a couple of database sessions running at the same time is really useful as I’m always switching between them. Not only that but everything is keyboard driven and I found myself more and more avoiding the mouse where it is possible. Not that I don’t like my mouse, in fact I praised it only last month but I find that not having to move my hands too much is a great productivity boost. [...] [...] I know I’m late to the party here, but thanks to a mention at O’Reilly and a tutorial at Kuro5hin I’m learning to love GNU Screen more and more each day. It truly is the swiss army knife of command line utilities. Allowing me to have a shell, iPython and a couple of database sessions running at the same time is really useful as I’m always switching between them. Not only that but everything is keyboard driven and I found myself more and more avoiding the mouse where it is possible. Not that I don’t like my mouse, in fact I praised it only last month but I find that not having to move my hands too much is a great productivity boost. [...]

]]> http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-636 Alan Green Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:55:50 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-636 My work gave me a nice mouse, but I ended up replacing the work-provided computer out of my own money. My work gave me a nice mouse, but I ended up replacing the work-provided computer out of my own money.

]]> http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-624 Matt Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:52:39 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/2006/09/13/new-toys/#comment-624 Funny, I have just done the same thing, buying the same mouse, for the same reasons, with same thoughts. Funny, I have just done the same thing, buying the same mouse, for the same reasons, with same thoughts.

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