Comments for Jeff's Blog http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog Random rants from the mouth of jaws... Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:40:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on My iPhone 2010 and OS 3.x/4.0 Wishlist by Marcusman http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=198&cpage=1#comment-93 Marcusman Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:40:41 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=198#comment-93 I totally agree with your assessment. I have a few friends going to WWDC this year, hopefully they'll report back some good news. I totally agree with your assessment. I have a few friends going to WWDC this year, hopefully they’ll report back some good news.

]]> Comment on Access your FreeNAS server remotely via SSH by Brian McClure http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=31&cpage=1#comment-91 Brian McClure Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:49:26 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=31#comment-91 Or is there possibly a way to do this with SSHTunnel (which you use for your SSH Proxy)?? http://code.google.com/p/cocoa-sshtunnel/ Or is there possibly a way to do this with SSHTunnel (which you use for your SSH Proxy)??

http://code.google.com/p/cocoa-sshtunnel/

]]> Comment on Access your FreeNAS server remotely via SSH by Brian McClure http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=31&cpage=1#comment-90 Brian McClure Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:16:41 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=31#comment-90 Thanks for a sweet tutorial. I am reading up on how to manually configure tunnels in the Terminal and am aiming to set up a secure SSH tunnel from my OSX machine to my FreeNAS for WebGUI access and TransmissionGUI access remotely. I know this topic was posted a while back, but if you would be able to make a post about doing this the "Down and Dirty CLI Way" like you did for your SSH proxy post that would be great!! Thanks Thanks for a sweet tutorial. I am reading up on how to manually configure tunnels in the Terminal and am aiming to set up a secure SSH tunnel from my OSX machine to my FreeNAS for WebGUI access and TransmissionGUI access remotely.

I know this topic was posted a while back, but if you would be able to make a post about doing this the “Down and Dirty CLI Way” like you did for your SSH proxy post that would be great!!

Thanks

]]> Comment on My thoughts on Safari 4 by Tone Franklin http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=170&cpage=1#comment-89 Tone Franklin Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:35:51 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=170#comment-89 I agree with everything you say about Safari 4 and: The web page previews could be used to track internet usage by any 3rd party who can access that folder (why is it in a Hidden folder in Windows?). This feature can be temporarily disabled by deleting the "WebPage Previews" folder once Safari has loaded your home page - one has to do it every time though. There is also one glaring omission from Safari 4 - no Stop button! (Not a separate one anyway.) I agree with everything you say about Safari 4 and: The web page previews could be used to track internet usage by any 3rd party who can access that folder (why is it in a Hidden folder in Windows?). This feature can be temporarily disabled by deleting the “WebPage Previews” folder once Safari has loaded your home page – one has to do it every time though.

There is also one glaring omission from Safari 4 – no Stop button! (Not a separate one anyway.)

]]> Comment on Access your FreeNAS server remotely via SSH by John Faughnan http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=31&cpage=1#comment-87 John Faughnan Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:45:46 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=31#comment-87 I wanted to link to this, but I can't find the permalink! Can you make it more obvious? I wanted to link to this, but I can’t find the permalink! Can you make it more obvious?

]]> Comment on Hello world – Welcome to WordPress! by admin http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-9 admin Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:17:55 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=1#comment-9 test test

]]> Comment on Hello world – Welcome to WordPress! by admin http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-6 admin Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:15:12 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=1#comment-6 <a href="#comment-1" rel="nofollow">@Mr WordPress</a> Testing @Mr WordPress

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]]> Comment on Firefox 3 Bookmarks are Awful! by jerrykrinock http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-5 jerrykrinock Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:57:00 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=22#comment-5 Interesting post, Jeff. Sometimes I wonder if anyone besides me notices these things. Personally, being a "keyboard" kind of guy, I like to keep all my bookmarks in the Bookmarks Menu where they are easy to reach with Full Keyboard Access, QuicKeys, etc. But in my years of supporting Bookdog, I've seen many users' bookmarks and know that many people like it your way.<br/><br/>But, indeed, Safari has recently gone in the other direction. Safari 2.x allowed you to make your own Collections at root but not loose bookmarks. But in Safari 3.x, you can have loose bookmarks at root too. I believe this was done for iPhone users who might like to keep a few frequently-used bookmarks at the root level. Navigating through folder hierarchies is not that much fun on a 3-inch display.<br/><br/>Regarding Firefox 3, I wouldn't say that they've gone backwards in this regard, they've just <i>redefined</i> the top level. How about if you change the name of your "Unsorted Bookmarks" to "Jeff's Bookmarks", and put everything in there?<br/><br/>Well, you may not like the name "Unsorted Bookmarks". That name appears to be editable in the Firefox 3's <i>Organize Bookmarks</i> Library, but when you begin to type, nothing happens. (Hey, it's still not a final release). Oh well, if you want to, you can work around that by downloading and running a <a HREF="http://sheepsystems.com/files/SheepSysFF3Renamer.zip" REL="nofollow">little script I cooked up</a>. (The download is 448 KB because, for safety I included the latest version of the <a HREF="http://sqlite.org" REL="nofollow">sqlite</a> tool for Tiger users.)<br/><br/>Regarding the fact that the permanent Unsorted Bookmarks in Firefox map to a newly-created "Unsorted Bookmarks" folder in Safari, well, that's the way I designed Bookdog. I could have mapped them to root, but that may have displeased others. Of course, I could allow the user to choose the mapping, but the interface for such a thing might be confusing. Manually, you can always move them wherever you want, using drag and drop.<br/><br/>Finally, regarding Bookdog not being able to sync multiple browsers, actually, if you have Mac OS 10.4 or later, it can! Bookdog can sync any number of browsers in any combination and with different options, using an Automator Workflow. If you've never used Apple's Automator, running this <br/><a HREF="http://sheepsystems.com/bookdog/Bookdog-Automator.zip" REL="nofollow">sample workflow</a> using <a HREF="http://sheepsystems.com/bookdog/Bookdog.dmg" REL="nofollow">Bookdog</a> to sync Safari, Camino and Firefox 3 might be a <i>teachable moment</i> for you.<br/><br/>Jerry Krinock<br/>Sheep Systems<br/>San Jose, CA USA Interesting post, Jeff. Sometimes I wonder if anyone besides me notices these things. Personally, being a “keyboard” kind of guy, I like to keep all my bookmarks in the Bookmarks Menu where they are easy to reach with Full Keyboard Access, QuicKeys, etc. But in my years of supporting Bookdog, I’ve seen many users’ bookmarks and know that many people like it your way.

But, indeed, Safari has recently gone in the other direction. Safari 2.x allowed you to make your own Collections at root but not loose bookmarks. But in Safari 3.x, you can have loose bookmarks at root too. I believe this was done for iPhone users who might like to keep a few frequently-used bookmarks at the root level. Navigating through folder hierarchies is not that much fun on a 3-inch display.

Regarding Firefox 3, I wouldn’t say that they’ve gone backwards in this regard, they’ve just redefined the top level. How about if you change the name of your “Unsorted Bookmarks” to “Jeff’s Bookmarks”, and put everything in there?

Well, you may not like the name “Unsorted Bookmarks”. That name appears to be editable in the Firefox 3’s Organize Bookmarks Library, but when you begin to type, nothing happens. (Hey, it’s still not a final release). Oh well, if you want to, you can work around that by downloading and running a little script I cooked up. (The download is 448 KB because, for safety I included the latest version of the sqlite tool for Tiger users.)

Regarding the fact that the permanent Unsorted Bookmarks in Firefox map to a newly-created “Unsorted Bookmarks” folder in Safari, well, that’s the way I designed Bookdog. I could have mapped them to root, but that may have displeased others. Of course, I could allow the user to choose the mapping, but the interface for such a thing might be confusing. Manually, you can always move them wherever you want, using drag and drop.

Finally, regarding Bookdog not being able to sync multiple browsers, actually, if you have Mac OS 10.4 or later, it can! Bookdog can sync any number of browsers in any combination and with different options, using an Automator Workflow. If you’ve never used Apple’s Automator, running this
sample workflow using Bookdog to sync Safari, Camino and Firefox 3 might be a teachable moment for you.

Jerry Krinock
Sheep Systems
San Jose, CA USA

]]> Comment on Home Server: Potential Problems by xanadu2000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-4 xanadu2000 Sun, 11 May 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.jwaddell.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=18#comment-4 Hi Jeff - your setup looks a bit like what I'm planning myself, just got a Solaris server setup at home and now I'm trying to figure out how to do backups. Seeing your question about the rsync script and how to be notified from it, my idea would be to use "growl" (http://growl.info/). I am sure you know growl's notifications in action already, if you have used Adium or any of a number of popular third-party applications on the Mac - it's the framework behind those small balloons/unobtrusive pop-ups. You will find documentation on how to pop-up such notifications from your script on the above site.<br/>Good luck! Hi Jeff – your setup looks a bit like what I’m planning myself, just got a Solaris server setup at home and now I’m trying to figure out how to do backups. Seeing your question about the rsync script and how to be notified from it, my idea would be to use “growl” (http://growl.info/). I am sure you know growl’s notifications in action already, if you have used Adium or any of a number of popular third-party applications on the Mac – it’s the framework behind those small balloons/unobtrusive pop-ups. You will find documentation on how to pop-up such notifications from your script on the above site.
Good luck!

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