Setting up OS X from scratch

Setting up my fresh OS X install from scratch:

Install xcode (once installed go to Xcode->Preferences->Components to download command line tools, then sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/ to point to things like opendiff)
Install purchased apps from AppStore
Install Dropbox
Install Chrome, Firefox
Install brew
brew install git
brew install mongo
mkdir -p /data/db sudo chgrp admin /data/db sudo chmod g+w /data/db
ln -s ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
ln -s ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/.ssh ~/.ssh
ln -s ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/.vim ~/.vim
ln -s ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
ln -s ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/.npmrc ~/.npmrc
Install node from .dmg
npm install n -g
n 0.4.12 n stable n latest
npm install nodemon -g
Show hidden files in finder (ugly but useful) defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
Show file extensions in finder Finder->Preferences->Advanced
Set key repeat rate higher and delay shorter System Preferences->Keyboard
Set keyboard interaction on all dialogs System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts
Install SublimeText 2, add package manager and install SublimeLinter, SublimeCodeIntel
Install GitHub for Mac
Switch image zoom smoothing off (⌘⌥\)
Fix apachebench: Download https://github.com/radiospiel/ApacheBench-Lion and replace /usr/sbin/ab

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