Mac OS X

htop is an interactive process viewer, like top, but greatly enhanced in many respects. The main code base relies on the virtual directory '/proc', which does not exist in OS X. However, thanks to the generosity and smarts of Andy Armstrong, an OS X port is available, and can be cloned by:

This OS X Dashboard Widget displays a "cheat sheet" style summary of selection of Emacs commands:

You can download it from here:

(Several) dozens of terminal windows/tabs open at the same time? Me too. Gets confusing trying to find a particular shell sometimes. Snow Leopard introduced a feature that allows you to set a specific title for each of your Terminal windows, but to do it you have to use the mouse/GUI. Ugh.

Here is a solution that not only is mouse/GUI free, it actually works across platforms. Source (or add) the following into your .bashrc:

This OS X Dashboard Widget displays a "cheat sheet" style summary of selection of Git commands that are commonly used in most development workflows:

You can download it from here:

I find this very useful:

A firewalled-server that restricts access only through a gateway machine is a reasonable security measure, but it is a pain to have to hop through the gateway everytime you need to transfer files. It also makes it difficult to use local applications to work directly on files on the firewalled server, even if the applications support ssh- and ssftp-based editing protocols. Using a FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) approach, you can mount a remote directory on a firewalled-server as a local volume (or directory), resulting in seamless and hassle-free access.