Even though we moved our email from OS X server to google apps for education – we still manage our lists with a local mailman instance (still on 10.4). However the web based interface for adding new members can be a bit of a pain as it never seems to remember the right authorization when switching between lists – luckily mailman has some great command line tools.
Entries from August 2009 ↓
Managing mailman on the command line
August 24th, 2009 — Technology
Editing long commands
August 18th, 2009 — Technology
Sometimes you get in a situation where you are editing a long command on the command line and you’d kill to be able to use your mouse to select a word or option in the middle. This tip makes it a pleasure
Letting users get to (i)Work
August 13th, 2009 — Random Observation
iLife and iWork can throw up an awful lot of update dialogs and welcome screens for people who first launch them. For users on my network I wanted to prevent those from coming up
Geek distractions
August 7th, 2009 — Random Observation
Tools are getting so sophisticated now – that they can be a distraction for the lightweight or part time coder.
You can get lost in the ins and outs of git vs hg, choosing a database engine (SQL vs Key-Value etc), javascript frameworks, PIP vs Buildout and integrating with virtualenv.
They all have their merit, especially to people who sit in this world all day long, but none of them directly produce work product for you. They are tools – and its best to learn them bit by bit, not all at once, or you will be overwhelmed.