We've got flexible time (I generally work from around 10:30AM to 7:30PM to avoid the worst of the NYC commuting rush), four weeks vacation & no limit on sick leave, casual dress and snacks/drinks provided. But the best perk? Being trusted by my employer to get my work done and not being watched like a hawk to make…

Don't underestimate "the other departments would get jealous". When I worked for state government, my supervisor knew that I worked longer hours than most: I'd routinely stay two or more hours late to complete my work. However, when I would arrive 30 minutes late the next day, my supervisor would get complaints from…

Boo. I tried this at work, and it was blocked. The category? "Proxy Avoidance".

I've never understood the allure of these utilities. I just type "ssh username@hostname" and I'm in. Or, if I want a new window, Cmd-N, "ssh username@hostname" and I'm in.

I'm currently using OS X 10.8, RHELs 4, 5 & 6, Solaris, various Windows Server versions, AIX and HPUX at work, and OS X 10.6.8 and FreeBSD 9 at home.

I do the converse: there are some applications that are completely unusable in landscape mode, so when those are running, I lock the device in portrait mode. Otherwise, I let the device switch based on its rotation.

I did this back in 2005 when I started dating my wife. She had a series of four cassettes that used to belong to her grandmother and she was afraid to listen to because she didn't know how much longer they would last. I agreed to transfer them to CD for her (and I made MP3s to put on the iPod I got her for her…

There's decidedly a benefit in rationing how much food cats get per day; some do eat to excess. However, my major beef with this design is building the food bin out of CARDBOARD.

The URL for Archive.qlgenerator is incorrect (it points to Folder.qlgenerator). Here's the correct one:

Doesn't work for me on 10.6.8, either.

I know where that sign comes from! It's Rice to Riches in NYC!

Nobody ever includes Emacs ( [emacsformacosx.com] ) under "free programming text editors". It's got all the features these newcomers have, like split-pane views, without all the unnecessary extra chrome.

I'd like to have the ability to use the vacation time to either a) work long days for a while and then take multiple days off at a time, or b) work shortened days over an extended period.

In college, I was a Mathematics major. Freshman year, I struggled through my physics classes where I had to (get ready for some math-speak here) systems of equations with multiple unknowns using an incredibly labor-intensive method taught to us by our physics professor. It would take me 15-20 minutes to crank through…

My Droid Incredible doesn't have this setting. Under Settings > Accessibility, there's just two checkboxes: "Accessibility" and (under Accessibility services) "Tasker" (because I'm running Tasker).

"OpenOffice doesn't have the momentum it used to, and Oracle has discontinued the project, leaving it to the community to maintain."

Exposed with Kay and Abi (hey, it's my wife's show)

That mat would last about a week in my house before my cats shredded it to bits. Of course, I could fix it by adding new corks, which means I'd need to keep drinking enough wine...

Facebook won't let me turn on login approvals...

Just because you're only entitled to one free credit report per year doesn't mean you need to get one from all three at once. Stagger your yearly free credit report from the three major reporting agencies by four months, and you'll get three credit reports spread out over the entire year.