Author Archives: streeter

Homebrew Package Update Notifications via Growl

Over the weekend, I finally upgraded my system to Mac OS Lion. I also took the opportunity to do a completely fresh install of my system, doing a final TimeMachine backup before erasing the hard drive and then installing Lion … Continue reading →

Posted on September 20, 2011 by streeter in software | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

World Backup Day: How I Backup

Today was World Backup Day, and, in the footsteps of Ars, decided I’d detail my current backup strategy. I first started backing up regularly after an incident back in college. One day the hard drive in my laptop began making … Continue reading →

Posted on March 31, 2011 by streeter in software | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

MacPort Package Update Notifications via Growl

I wrote a quick little script this morning to notify myself of updates to MacPorts via the Mac OS X notification app Growl.  The script is a bash script that is designed to run as root from a cronjob (as … Continue reading →

Posted on January 23, 2011 by streeter in software | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Python virtualenvwrapper and Logging

I ran into this issue, and couldn’t find a resolution anywhere online. Well, I figured it out, and thought that I’d put it online for others to find. The issue was that I got exception tracebacks when sourcing the /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh … Continue reading →

Posted on January 20, 2011 by streeter in linux | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Blackout Days

What does one do when one has a cabin in Truckee and a season pass to a ski resort that is blacked out?  Well, in my case, I still want to be active in the snow. Over the past week, … Continue reading →

Posted on January 2, 2011 by streeter in tahoe | Tagged , , , , , , | 0 Comments

Looking Back on 2010

As 2010 winds down in the next few days, I decided to write up a summary of my past year in what, some would term, a Christmas letter. Well, it’s after Christmas, so this is officially a Review of 2010 … Continue reading →

Posted on December 30, 2010 by streeter in updates | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

My First 30k

A few months back, around the beginning of September, my sister, a friend and I all decided that we wanted to do a longer trail run. We actually decided this while on a run through some redwoods together. Since we … Continue reading →

Posted on December 20, 2010 by streeter in running | Tagged , , , , , , | 0 Comments

Post-Thanksgiving Bishop Climbing Trip

After Thanksgiving at my parent’s house, I took off with some friends to Bishop for 3 days of bouldering and some sport climbing. We arrived just after some storms had passed through the area, leaving a light dusting of snow … Continue reading →

Posted on December 1, 2010 by streeter in travel | Tagged , , | 0 Comments

Facebook Exporter for Aperture

I’ve wanted to recently upload some of my pictures to Facebook. However, there are several things I really dislike about Aperture’s built-in Facebook syncing. First, order is not preserved. I want pictures ordered in a predicable way. Often, by date. … Continue reading →

Posted on November 25, 2010 by streeter in aperture | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Wide Angle Lenses for Nikon Bodies

I recently purchased a wide angle lens for my new Nikon D7000. I thought a lot about the wide angle lens options available for the camera and found there are essentially 5 options for people with Nikon DX bodies: Sigma … Continue reading →

Posted on November 18, 2010 by streeter in photos | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments