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How to Download Large Files from Google Drive Without User Intervention

I use Google Drive for all my important stuff, and for...

Outlook spam filter woes? Try Gmail’s spam filter!

It's possible to replace your Outlook spam filter (or any spam filter using...

Solution to: How do I prevent my ssh session from disconnecting automatically after a period of inactivity?

This problem can be as annoying as a swarm of nats (which have been plaguing me at my house and work for the last...

Solution to: How do I install Ubuntu 13.10 on my MacBook Pro?

I do stupid things sometimes. I'm not sure if this was one of them yet. I found that my Mac hard drive had some physical...

Solution to: How do I view the current directory in Finder from inside a terminal window?

I've been too lazy (or too preoccupied, maybe) to look this up for quite some time. This one-liner comes in handy if you are...

Riddle me this: How do you find the process of an open Mac OSX window?

Recently I had a dialog window on my Mac caught in an infinite loop. It read (I'm paraphrasing), "Growl can not be opened when...

Solution to: How can I make my Mac OSX Mavericks Dock Indicators more visible?

Dock indicators are the lights that show up under or next to the app icon on the OSX dock when the associated app is...

Solution to: How do I un-split an iTerm/iTerm2 window?

I use iTerm2 as a terminal replacement on the Mac. It has some nice features that save time, especially when working on...

Solution to: How do I re-install mod_wsgi on Mac after upgrading to OSX Mavericks (10.9)?

Let me preclude this post with saying that I had mod_wsgi working alongside Apache on my Mac 10.8 quite happily for some time. However,...