Useful OSX links

• Encrypt Folder: I was looking for a way to encrypt a specific folder on mac. Turns out this is quite simple to do - http://www.mactrast.com/2012/07/how-to-password-protect-files-or-folders-on-your-mac
• Quick Steps:
  
  1. Fire up Disk Utility
  2. From the File menu, select New, and then select Disk Image from Folder…
  3. Select which folder you would like to protect. choose a folder to protect
  4. Choose the “AES-128″ encryption option (or 256-bit for extra security), and press Save
  5. Enter your desired new password twice.

Useful Shortcuts for VLC and Youtube

VLC Player (osx shortcuts)

Description	Shortcut
Increase Playback Speed	Cmd+=
Reduce Playback Speed	Cmd+-
Jump ahead	Opt+Cmd+RightArrow
Jump back	Opt+Cmd+LeftArrow
Jump to time	Cmd+J

Youtube (osx shortcuts)

Description	Shortcut
Increase Playback Speed	Sh + >
Reduce Playback Speed	Sh + <
Jump ahead (10 frames)	Cmd + RightArrow
Jump back (10 frames)	Cmd + LeftArrow
Jump ahead (5 frames)	RightArrow
Jump back (5 frames)	LeftArrow

Python related commands

A command to find the current PYTHONPATH - cat ~/.bash_profile | grep PYTHONPATH

Preparing a review response

I found this useful link describing how to format a review response.

http://enl.usc.edu/~ramesh/writings/responding_to_reviewers.html

Mapbox and Openlayers example

Just a working example of MapBox and Openlayers. Also interesting is the concept of bl.ocks.org (personal note to check this out later again)

http://bl.ocks.org/tmcw/5492123

Setting up XAMPP for Mac OSX

I had run into a 403 access forbidden error when I tried to set up a webserver on my mac using XAMPP. Here is the fix.


http://jonathannicol.com/blog/2012/03/11/configuring-virtualhosts-in-xampp-on-mac/

LaTeX in emails and blog

I just installed the tool LatexIt for Thunderbird email client. Now its easy to write out equations directly into my email.

Next, I am wondering if this is possible to do in case of blogs as well.