Starting ColdFusion from Command Line on OS X
In the category of "blogged so I don't have to Google for it in the future", here is a command to start ColdFusion from the command line:
/Applications/JRun4/bin/jrun start cfusion
Seventeen Inches on the Subway
Just as an FYI for anyone interested, you *can* indeed use a 17” MBP on a Manhattan subway pretty close to the rush hour. I had a thought I wanted to code up quickly and an email to respond to, so opened up and fired up the MBP on the subway. I think the very fact that it's clearly fairly valuable kept people further away than when I'm typing on the more diminutive eee. That said, I was glad to put the MBP safely into its backpack and to pull out an eee to blog about the experience . . .
MBP - 15" or 17"?
So I've decided on 2.5Ghz, 4Gb ram (aftermarket), 200Gb @7200 and a Macbook pro. Now I'm trying to decide what's the best size to get (input appreciated) . . .
MacBook or Pro?
So, it's that time again. My trusty black MacBook is getting a little cracked round the edges, and 2Gb of RAM just isn't cutting it any more (too much thrashing when I'm running JRun, Eclipse and Parallels - I haven't even dared to install Photoshop . . .). I need a new computer. The question is which one (input much appreciated) . . .
Advice for a Pain Free Command Line Experience on a Mac?
I find myself using terminal a fair bit on the mac. From "sudo apachectl restart" to restart apache to running MySQL commands (I have GUI too, but some stuff is easier in terminal), cmhod'ing files and directories and a bunch of other little bits and pieces.
My question is where is the smart replacement for terminal? I'm looking for text shortcut tools, code complete/context sensitive help, all the stuff that you'd expect in a Java IDE so I can type less, remember less and do more on the command line as an occasional user.
Any thoughts on a starting point?
