Mark Norman Francis norm

antirsi

Control whether [AntiRSI][a] is running from the command line.

Usage

antirsi on — start AntiRSI now
antirsi off [n] — turn AntiRSI off for n hours (default: 1)
antirsi — start AntiRSI if it is time to

setting up a new Mac

From a fresh install of macOS

To set up a new Mac, or a freshly installed macOS, I do the following:

Create the first account king without iCloud as a spare account, and as a administrator. This allows me to turn off administrator access to my normal account if I want.

appupdates-notify

Get reminders of available updates for software on your Mac from the Mac App Store.

Install the pre-requisites:

brew install mas terminal-notifier

Copy to your computer:

Software I use

Enforced keyboard breaks

First things first — I've had RSI and incessant pain before, and I don't want it again. There are many instances of keyboard break software, but the one I use is AntiRSI. It's available from the Mac App Store for a fiver, and its worth every penny to me. If you prefer free, an older version is still available. I enforce it always being running (but with the ability to turn it off when playing games) with a script I run from cron.

Controlling my computer

I use LaunchBar for more things than I can count. A Mac just doesn't seem to work right until I've got LaunchBar working.

	$ egrep 'a.e.i.o.u' /usr/share/dict/words
	abietineous
	abstemious
	abstemiously
	abstemiousness
	abstentious
	acetabuliferous
	acetarious
	acheilous
	acheirous

	#!/bin/sh

	/bin/df -h "$@" 2>/dev/null \| perl -e '
	$prefix = <>;
	$longest_fs = 20;

	while ( <> ) {
	m{
	^
	( [\S+\s]+? ) \s+ # Filesystem

	#!/bin/bash

	set -e -o pipefail

	case "$1" in
	plan)
	terraform plan -out planfile
	;;

	apply)

	#!/bin/bash

	adjectives=(
	aged autumn
	billowing bitter black blue bold broken
	cold cool crimson
	damp dark dawn delicate divine dry
	empty
	falling floral fragrant frosty
	green