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So, I'm wavering between email clients yet again - giving the mutt+isync combination a try this time... Mutt's disconnected imap support is sadly lacking, and I've messed with offlineimap before, but found it a bit too fiddly. Anyway, I thought quicklook would be a nice way to view the many highly important images I often get in my email, as it pops up quickly, and doesn't require an application switch. A quick google scared up the 'qlmanage' utility, and I wrote a quick wrapper script to provide mutt with a 0 exit status instead of the 130 that qlmanage spits out. (ummm, whatever, apple) This prevents mutt from spitting out the 'press any key to continue' message and requiring an EXTRA KEYSTROKE. (picky, picky...) A little adjustment in ~/.mailcap, and away you go...


0 10 * * * /usr/bin/find ~/Downloads -ctime +30 -print0|xargs -0 rm -rf


I assume no liability for any unintended results! ;)

Enjoying a nice two-state hike at Rocky Gap state park in Maryland.

... unless I really can go by the US court of appeals on my home and pick up a head of lettuce and a quart of milk!

So David Weinberger gave an interesting keynote this morning, entitled "Is drupal moral?". It was engaging and funny, but I ultimately felt that his conclusion (as I read it) was fairly weak. Essentially, he finished off by asserting that Morality is engaging that that is different from you. Therefore, Drupal is moral, because it provides a means for doing so.

My take is that drupal is amoral. Like any other tool, it can be used for diverse purposes, of differing moral value. For instance, the white supremacist movement could use Drupal to build a social network and engage its members just as easily as Habitat for Humanity can use it to further its mission.

On bambi?

So in an earlier post, I complained about vimperator not being available for Safari. Well, like anyone else that's completely nuts would do, I decided to pull myself up by my own bootstraps and have a go. You may find (and install) my limited but functional beginnings here.