Delete everything listed in the output of find

I find this very useful. It deletes all of the files output from the find command. Be careful to check your find expression is correct first!

find -name .banshee-dap*.mp3 -exec rm -f "{}" \;

Download mpeg4 from Youtube so you can get it to an ipod thing

I found http://keepvid.com/ which allows you to download Youtube videos locally. So you can then sync them with an ipod using iTunes (other portable video players are also available!). So I now have the Lego Eddie Izzard Darth Vader stuff to watch any time I like!

New MacBook Air

So now I have an Apple, The first Apple since I was 15. 25 years ago I had an Apple ][ Europlus - well it was really my mother's as she worked at Apple in Slough (UK) for a while.

The main reason for getting one is that I currently do not have a laptop and I need one. It was an apple since I would like to start using my Ipod touch. In order to do this you really do need iTunes and there are driver issues running iTunes for windows as a guest VM. I tried both VM Ware workstation and Innotek Virtualbox. Both have the same issue which was rumoured to be an issue with the USB kernel support in Linux, or possibly Apple encrypting the USB traffic.

I am really impressed with Apple integration of OS and Apps but I still think you can do more with Compiz than Aqua. So far I have:

1. Loaded Open Office for Aqua. It seems to be fine. I have not really used in anger yet but there is no need to buy anything.
2. Bought (goodness knows when I last needed to buy any software) to install VMWare Fusion. It seems to get better reviews than Parallels.
3. Installed Ubuntu Hard Heron 32 bit in a VM. So my Mac can now do all the normal "dicking about" that I do normally. . I have become so familiar with OpenSuse that I might go back after a little playing about.
4. Currently writing a script to bulk (and incrementally) convert all my ogg and flac music to mp3 so I can load it on my ipod.

Still to do:

• iSync with my Nokia 6300
• Config Time machine to work to a network drive (smb share)
• Investigate options for mail/calendar for multiple machines and multiple users. Scalix running locally with Spamassassin might be the way forward.