Mattias' bits and bytes

Sick bastard

Mattias Arrelid — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:57:15 +0000

I’m sick and it’s boring as hell. I’ve been told, by my doctor, to take it easy. That means I shouldn’t be up and running, but rather do nothing. Doing nothing is… well… boring. Just wanted to let you know, so that you take precautions (you need some physical training, don’t you?) yourselves. Happy weekend!

OS X: Which keyboard layout is active at the login screen?

Mattias Arrelid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:39:37 +0000

If you, like me, switch between different keyboard layouts on a daily basis, you are sooner or later going to ask yourself something like “which layout is currently active”? When logged in, this is easy to conclude - just make sure that the input menu is shown in the menu bar. You can enable this [...]

OS X: Switching current language using the keyboard only

Mattias Arrelid — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:39:57 +0000

Do you find yourself switching between different languages several times a day? I myself switch between English and Swedish on daily basis, when writing mails, coding etc. Since I use OS X, I try to use the built in dictionary so that I avoid misspellings. So, how do you go about to change the dictionary currently in [...]

Web site passwords and you

Mattias Arrelid — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:21:41 +0000

Since many of my friends have been talking about ping.fm in positive words, I decided to sign up for an account earlier today. The signup process was smooth, but the actual setup wasn’t - I might be naive, but I didn’t expect them to ask me for my passwords for all those other services I wanted to [...]

Little Snitch: Behave!

Mattias Arrelid — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:13:32 +0000

I installed Little Snitch last week, since I wanted to cut internet connectivity for a few applications I was testing. When I was done, I uninstalled Little Snitch. Now, to my surprise, when I tried to run the same applications today, they couldn’t connect to any resources on the net. Hm… Even stranger; if I opened [...]