View hidden files in Mac OS X

Just plunk the following in a file:

Change the file's mode to executable, then invoke using

view-hidden.sh yes

Hidden files (including "dot" Unix files) will be viewable in Finder.

Create Kerberos keytab file for single sign-on

On a Windows 200[38] server:

Cars 2 trailer, in LEGO

ZOMGWTFBBQ! I'm *almost* through in my LEGO City Space collection (just one more set!). Will this be the next one?



PS. Yesterday's post was my 666th. Just saying.

Paean to the letterpress

(I missed the smell of ink and the sound of rolling presses. Heidelbergs, Bodoni and Blueback are personal favorites. I loved the way I can lay out pages on a grid, and then mess it up by extending beyond the column guides {the old technician laying out the leads always threw a fit!}. Photogravures were "cutting-edge" and novelties. {Yes, Pagemaker was still in its infancy when I started, and I didn't want anything to do with Ventura Publisher.} {I'm showing my age...:P})

Letterpress from Naomie Ross on Vimeo.

Customize fatal error messages in Perl CGI apps

We all know Carp and CGI::Carp, and they're quite useful when catching errors in your apps. But, the messages are butt-ugly, sorry to say. CGI::Carp to the rescue. It has some nifty functions that can be used to make the error messages friendlier.

To set a custom message when fatal errors are encountered:



(Side note: The mailto URI scheme has some great extensions as well.)