from the desk of stinkpot

while trying to commit an omnigraffle file to an SVN repository, i received the following error message: 
A         bootstraps.graffle
A         bootstraps.graffle/data.plist
‘vn: Invalid control character ‘0×0d’ in path ‘bootstraps.graffle/Icon
 
 the solution: 
$ svn propedit svn:ignore Icon 
 try again to add the OmniGraffle files and things should be fine! 

while trying to commit an omnigraffle file to an SVN repository, i received the following error message: 
A         bootstraps.graffleA         bootstraps.graffle/data.plist’vn: Invalid control character ‘0×0d’ in path ‘bootstraps.graffle/Icon
 the solution: 
$ svn propedit svn:ignore Icon
 try again to add the OmniGraffle files and things should be fine! 

it’s a bit of a pain to print to a CUPS print server from OS X.  here’s how i got it working (much cribbed from macosxhints).

open the printer setup utility and create a printer.  give it any old address; let’s call it 192.168.1.1.
Open a webbrowser and go to http://127.0.0.1:631/. This is a front end to […]

upgrading from mac os x tiger to leopard had me hanging on a blue screen of death.  i found the following terrific solution on the apple forums, courtesy of chris mccullough.  ultimately, it turned out that an old installation of shapeshifter was causing my problems.  to remove it:
1. Reboot into single-user mode (hold Apple-S while […]

to fix:
click on utilities in the menu bar and then “terminal.”
then type (omitting the dollar signs):
$ df -k
$ df -k
now, quit the terminal and your drive should be present!
thanks to the apple discussion forums for that tip!

to add a midpoint halfway through a line in omnigraffle, just right-click on the line and select “add-midpoint.”

if you’ve tried to install sqlite3 via macports, only to have failed spectacularly, dust yourself off and try again.
i found that although the first attempt at installation crashed, the second one surprisingly went off without a hitch:
>> port -dv clean sqlite3
>> port -dv install sqlite3

it’s unfortunate, but exposureplot doesn’t run for the mac.  don’t fear though — if you’d like to find the distribution of focal lengths you use in your photos, all you need to do is the following:
1)  install jhead.  if you’ve got http://www.macports.org/ installed,  it’s as easy as:
>> sudo port install jhead
2)   love unix.  navigate […]

i was completely befuddled the other day when i suddenly lost the ability to reject multiple selected photos in apple’s aperture.  hitting “9″ was only rejecting one of my selected images at a time.
the solution: hit “s” or turn off “primary only” under the edit menu tab.

if you’re getting either the error: “Storable object version 2.13 does not match $Storable::VERSION 2.15″ or “Fink could not load the perl Storable module, which is required in order to keep a cache of the package index. You should install the fink “storable-pm586″ package to enable this functionality,” you’ll need to upgrade or install the […]