JC james-see

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

Do not use this guide. The dnscrypt protocol and dnscrypt-proxy configuration file have changed a lot since I wrote this gist. Check the following links for help:

Install & Configure

Install DNSMasq

$ brew install dnsmasq

Convert MOV to GIF using FFmpeg and ImageMagick

I tried a few different techniques to make a GIF via command-line and the following gives me the best control of quality and size. Once you're all setup, you'll be pumping out GIFs in no time!

Preparation

Install FFmpeg

$ brew install ffmpeg [all your options]
- Example: $ brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-frei0r --with-libass --with-libvo-aacenc --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opencore-amr --with-openjpeg --with-opus --with-rtmpdump --with-schroedinger --with-speex --with-theora --with-tools

Install ImageMagick

Anonymising PDFs

PDF metadata

Metadata in PDF files can be stored in at least two places:

the Info Dictionary, a limited set of key/value pairs
XMP packets, which contain RDF statements expressed as XML

PDF files

Never touch your local /etc/hosts file in OS X again

To setup your computer to work with *.test domains, e.g. project.test, awesome.test and so on, without having to add to your hosts file each time.

Requirements

Homebrew
Mountain Lion -> High Sierra

Install

EPS to SVG using Inkscape

Author: Josef Jezek

# Install Inkscape on Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install inkscape

Update (2019-05-06): The Broadcom wireless card in the MacBook Pro works and can be crammed into the Air.

Update (2015-12-04): This document used to be very lengthy as there were many manual steps required to get OpenBSD and Mac OS X working together through Boot Camp Assistant (BCA), which created a hybrid MBR and enabled a legacy BIOS emulation mode which older versions of Windows (and OpenBSD) required. Newer Macbooks stopped supporting older versions of Windows through BCA and now only support Windows 10 since it uses GPT and UEFI. However, now that newer versions of OpenBSD support GPT and UEFI, Boot Camp Assistant is no longer needed at all to boot OpenBSD.

macOS FileVault encryption and OpenBSD encrypted softraid on a Macbook Air/Pro

OpenBSD works pretty well on at least the Mid-2011 Macbook Air (A1370, SandyBridge) and Mid-2013 Macbook Air (Haswell). The new KMS code in 5.4 brings up the MBA's eDP display in 1366x768 with backlight

	#/usr/bin/env python

	import sys

	from application.notification import NotificationCenter

	from sipsimple.account import AccountManager
	from sipsimple.application import SIPApplication
	from sipsimple.core import SIPURI, ToHeader
	from sipsimple.lookup import DNSLookup, DNSLookupError

	#!/bin/sh
	echo Install all AppStore Apps at first!
	# no solution to automate AppStore installs
	read -p "Press any key to continue... " -n1 -s
	echo '\n'

	echo Install and Set San Francisco as System Font
	ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/wellsriley/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont/master/install)"
	echo Install Homebrew, Postgres, wget and cask
	ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"

	{
	"status": "success",
	"search_nag": {},
	"code": 0,
	"bookmark": "b28xMDB8MDQ0NWZiOTBjNzNiODlkOTQ1ZTk3ZjY0ZTBhYjU0YjM0ZDYyNDg3NjU3ZWQ3OGJmZjI4ZTliZGRmODBlMzJlNQ==",
	"debug_data": {
	"query_data": {}
	},
	"message": "ok",
	"data": [