non-random ramble » random http://jimbarritt.com/non-random adventures in code Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Remove all .svn directories from a source tree… http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/24/remove-all-svn-directories-from-a-source-tree/ http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/24/remove-all-svn-directories-from-a-source-tree/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:48:14 +0000 Jim Barritt http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/24/remove-all-svn-directories-from-a-source-tree/ rm -rf `find . -type d -name .svn` ]]> http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/24/remove-all-svn-directories-from-a-source-tree/feed/ 0 Operation not permitted whilst chown ‘ing … http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/21/operation-not-permitted-whilst-chown-ing/ http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/21/operation-not-permitted-whilst-chown-ing/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:29:17 +0000 Jim Barritt http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/21/operation-not-permitted-whilst-chown-ing/ Unfortunately I didnt get my backup done in time and the laptop went down.

anyway I had most of the stuff copied accross but still have some wierdness on new laptop.

I wanted to make sure everything was owned by my user (called admin) so i was trying to

chown -R admin * in my home dir.

I kept getting “Operation not permitted”. My freind Gordon pointed out that the files were locked and to remove the lock i need to do:

sudo chflags -R nouchg <files>

sweet.

]]> http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/07/21/operation-not-permitted-whilst-chown-ing/feed/ 2 Coloured text on a black background http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/01/03/coloured-text-on-a-black-background/ http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/01/03/coloured-text-on-a-black-background/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:06:47 +0000 Jim Barritt http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/01/03/coloured-text-on-a-black-background/ The other day, Alistair chatted to me about the ‘retro’ concept of changing my IDE background to black like in the old skool days. Then I saw a Neal Ford’s blog which also has a black background and looks cool. So I am trying it on this blog.

I think I likes it.

It seems theres a bit of a thing happening out there, a lot of people say black on white is better:

hanselman

coding horror

456bereastreet – really doesnt like it and say you should offer alternative stylesheets.

A lengthy discussion – Makes a good point that if the whole web is black on white and then you come to a site like this, its going to be harder to read.

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It coincides with some thoughts I’ve had about the future and global warming (I have an imaginary book called ‘Climate of fear’ which I might write).

]]> http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2009/01/02/the-future/feed/ 0 We are the music makers… http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/09/02/we-are-the-music-makers-2/ http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/09/02/we-are-the-music-makers-2/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:55:34 +0000 Jim Barritt http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/09/02/we-are-the-music-makers-2/ and we are the dreamers of dreams… always wondered where that came from. Its in an Aphex twin track (i think!) anyway also sampled a few other places, the poem comes from:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode_%28O%27Shaughnessy%29

curtesy of Josh

We are the music makers,
  And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
  And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,     5
  On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
  Of the world for ever, it seems.
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feed://feeds.feedburner.com/jimbarritt-tw

]]> http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/08/27/feed-burner/feed/ 0 Dramatic cat… http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/08/20/dramatic-cat/ http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/08/20/dramatic-cat/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:04:17 +0000 Jim Barritt http://jimbarritt.com/non-random/2008/08/20/dramatic-cat/ Also waiting for the launch, we found this:

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two nice straplines be used wherever appropriate.

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off womad an introdcution to world music.

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