Origin of the command key symbol in OSX
The “⌘” symbol (the “Looped square”) was chosen after Steve Jobs decided that the use of the Apple logo in the menu system (where the keyboard shortcuts a...
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How to escape digits in CSS selectors
I’ve been writing Selenium tests for work lately and got tripped up recently on an element that had id “#1_ul.” Selenium kept throwing an error that the sele...
Git trick: shortcut to cherry-pick the last commit to a repo
I discovered a handy git command on accident recently that allows you to cherry-pick the most recent commit to a repo. It’s as easy as:
Florida man drives around with cell phone signal jammer for 2 years
This is a pretty funny/interesting story that I heard on the Security Now podcast earlier today. This wannabe vigilante drove around for 2 years on the highw...
Testing xpath selectors with FireFinder
I was in need of a tool to test out some XPath selectors for the Selenium framework I’m using as part of a project I’m working on, when I stumbled upon FireF...
Software engineering abbreviations
We use a lot of abbreviations in this field. I’ve started this post as a way of keeping track of all of them.
Generating a pop-up alert from OSX terminal
You can use the terminal on OSX to generate a pop-up alert. Simply enter:
Controlling iTunes from the OSX terminal
There are several things you can do with iTunes in the OSX terminal.
Adding a custom search engine to Chrome
You can add a custom search engine to Chrome that you can activate with a keyword. Just replace the query string parameter in the URL with “\%s” and Chrome w...
“Grepping” in Finder
You can search by parameter in the OSX Finder’s Spotlight Search.