Silas Sewell

I’ve packaged Fabric–the simple pythonic remote deployment tool–as an RPM.

Here is a simple guide on creating binary RPMs from source RPMs.

How to get GNU Screen working properly in Mac OS X.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/wiki/ScreenOSX

• Force Safari to open a new window in a tab
• Change Safari’s default search engine (use with kwFoo to get Firefox-like keywords)
• Set a search shortcut in Safari
• Install AdBlock for Safari

How to get GNU Screen working properly in Mac OS X.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/wiki/ScreenOSX

A collection of software and systems I use regularly.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/wiki/Software

alias graceful="sudo /usr/sbin/apache2 -t && sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop && sleep 2 && sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start"

With the release of Leopard (OS X 10.5) came a sufficiently usable Terminal (aka tabs). The only real complaint I had was the font.

I ended up tracking down the default font used in the GNOME terminal and installed it using the steps below:

1. Download Bitstream Vera Mono 1.10
2. Extract the archive
3. Double click on VeraMono.ttf
4. Click Install Font
5. From Terminal click Terminal->Preferences
6. To the right of Font click Change…
7. Select Bitstream Vera Sans for the Family
8. Select 12 for the Size
9. Close the Fonts window
10. Enable Antialias text under Text
11. Restart the Terminal