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Custom iTerm Color Themes

Spicy — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:09:56 +0000

I just found this blog post on kpumuk.info here (http://kpumuk.info/mac-os-x/customizing-iterm-creating-a-display-profile-with-pastel-colors/) and it has changed my iTerm life. I used to be a Terminal.app fanboy but between TextMate’s iTerm integration and this color theme, I am a fully iTerm man now. Because this has changed my life so much, I’m going to repost the script that sets the default iTerm color scheme to this beautiful pastel on dark style.

I’m only posting this for prosterity sake, you should really go to the original blog post (link above) for more detailed information.

Close down iTerm and run this bash script from Terminal. Open up iTerm and you’ll see the changes.

#!/bin/bash

PASTEL=’”Pastel” = {
“Ansi 0 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.3097887;
“Green Component” = 0.3097887;
“Red Component” = 0.3097887;
};
“Ansi 1 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.3764706;
“Green Component” = 0.4235294;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Ansi 10 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.6727703;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 0.8094148;
};
“Ansi 11 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.7996491;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Ansi 12 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9982605;
“Green Component” = 0.8627756;
“Red Component” = 0.7116503;
};
“Ansi 13 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9965209;
“Green Component” = 0.6133059;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Ansi 14 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9970397;
“Green Component” = 0.8763103;
“Red Component” = 0.8759136;
};
“Ansi 15 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 1;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Ansi 2 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.3764706;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 0.6588235;
};
“Ansi 3 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.7137255;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Ansi 4 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9960784;
“Green Component” = 0.7960784;
“Red Component” = 0.5882353;
};
“Ansi 5 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9921569;
“Green Component” = 0.4509804;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Ansi 6 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9960784;
“Green Component” = 0.772549;
“Red Component” = 0.7764706;
};
“Ansi 7 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9335317;
“Green Component” = 0.9335317;
“Red Component” = 0.9335317;
};
“Ansi 8 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.4862745;
“Green Component” = 0.4862745;
“Red Component” = 0.4862745;
};
“Ansi 9 Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.6901961;
“Green Component” = 0.7137255;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Anti Alias” = 1;
“Background Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0;
“Green Component” = 0;
“Red Component” = 0;
};
Blur = 1;
“Bold Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.5067359;
“Green Component” = 0.5067359;
“Red Component” = 0.9909502;
};
Columns = 120;
“Cursor Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.3764706;
“Green Component” = 0.6470588;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Cursor Text Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 1;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Disable Bold” = 0;
Font = “Monaco 14″;
“Foreground Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 1;
“Green Component” = 1;
“Red Component” = 1;
};
“Horizontal Character Spacing” = 1;
NAFont = “Monaco 14″;
Rows = 24;
“Selected Text Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.9476005;
“Green Component” = 0.9476005;
“Red Component” = 0.9476005;
};
“Selection Color” = {
“Blue Component” = 0.5153061;
“Green Component” = 0.2224857;
“Red Component” = 0.2099074;
};
Transparency = 0.1;
“Vertical Character Spacing” = 1;
};’

DISPLAYS=`defaults read net.sourceforge.iTerm Displays | sed “s/}$//”`
DISPLAYS+=$PASTEL
DISPLAYS+=”}”
defaults write net.sourceforge.iTerm Displays “$DISPLAYS”
echo “Pastel display profile added”

BOOKMARKS=`defaults read net.sourceforge.iTerm Bookmarks | sed ’s/”Display Profile” = “[^"]*”;/”Display Profile” = “Pastel”;/’`
defaults write net.sourceforge.iTerm Bookmarks “$BOOKMARKS”
echo “Pastel display profile installed as default”

Snow Leopard Super FAIL

Spicy — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:52:55 +0000

Just got snow leopard in the mail and was so excited to install. Then got on Twitter to see what my friends were up to:

http://twitter.com/caddymob

I think I’m waiting now.

UPDATE:
Jason posted details describing his troubles and how he worked around it here:
http://corneveaux.com/blog/installing-snow-leopard-a-big-fail-and-a-work-around

Science Jobs… and the people that are looking for them.

Spicy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:47:16 +0000

A few friends of mine have started a new Science Jobs blog were they muse about what it’s like to look for and work in science related jobs in this economic climate. Check it out at SearchScienceJobs.com

Star Trek, the obsessed ramblings of a fan-girl.

Savitri — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:36:28 +0000

(SPOILER ALERT, don’t read if you haven’t seen the new movie)

My Trekkie heart has melted! I am in love and I won’t deny it. I am ready to stand up on the roof tops and proclaim my love for the series that, up until last night, I believed was forever destined for re-run nostalgia. Too much?

Too bad! I am thrilled with the new movie. I am head over heals for the young, sexy, talented new cast and am delighted that the writers tackled the new/old story line with a splash of nostalgia and a heap of creativity.

It’s a whole new game now, we can again visualize a Star Trek story line that isn’t confined to the plot devices that were relevant 10, 20, 30, or even 40 years ago. I love that I don’t have to worry about how what happened in this story might affect my beloved Picard (le sigh Jean Luc). I don’t have to worry about plot lines that no longer make sense (with the major exception of Spock Prime living out his life in a parallel universe as opposed to the universe we all know and love). In all honesty, this is a huge relief.

Besides, this new cast brought the “sex” back to the series. Never had I thought to think of what a restrained yet sensual kiss from a Vulcan might be like. Thank you Zachary Quinto for making it abundantly clear that T’Pol was not the only sexy Vulcan in existence. I am doing my best not to sound like an obsessed fan-girl, but I don’t think I am succeeding. Forgive me men if you do not share my good opinion in the lusciousness of the Spock-Uhura kiss.

More to that point, as a woman, I always had a hard time relating to Kirk. In TOS he was the John Wayne of the Federation. No rules, lots of sex, and your mans-man! But after Chris Pine’s performance, I feel like I understand Kirk better. All of the above still holds true, but it just makes sense now. Don’t bash me for not “getting it” sooner, I am just a little late to arrive on the Captain Kirk bandwagon. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, the young Kirk is super sexy too.

I know that I am a minority in the Trek Universe (being young and female), so perhaps my male counter-parts won’t share the same passion that I do for this new/old series. I know there are things to complain about when a favorite story attempts to expand in a new direction (don’t get me started on the Harry Potter movie franchise), but I think that this deserves an “A” for effort! Keep ‘em comin’ boys.

iPhone OS 3.0 – Copy & Paste is Buggy

Spicy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:45:18 +0000

As an iPhone developer I have been able to the play around with the new 3.0 firmware. Overall I have to say that I am very pleased. I think my favorite new feature so far is the search. It pretty much looks and behaves just like QuickGold, if you have a jailbroken phone and have used that before. Very handy.

What I have found most dissapointing is the interface for Copy and Paste. I loaded up the CNN front page and tried to copy a few phrases. It didn’t go so well. It keeps trying to copy the entire text. Then it displays little crop buttons, but don’t even think of trying to use them. If you drag toward the edge of the screen (like when you’d want to scroll down) they switch modes and become completely unusable.

Perhaps with some more time I would be able to figure out how to use it nicely, but this is way outside of “it just works” right now. Hopefully the Apple designers will be improving this feature before 3.0 is released to the public. Otherwise there are going to be a lot of very frustrated people out there.

Oh, and not having to enter my username/password every time I need to log into a website. Priceless.

Trick your friends…

Spicy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:52:58 +0000

Are your friends Gullible? Trick them with Guppy a free iPhone app.

I don’t want to give too much away, but it’s loads of fun and it’s free. Download it now and have some fun with your friends!

Free Download here.

-Spicy

Mophilia Contest

Spicy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:00:15 +0000

We are giving away free download coupons over at Mophilia.com for our two new apps PopBalloons and Guppy.

Visit Mophilia now to sign up!

-Spicy

In the works.

Spicy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:14:43 +0000

The reason I haven’t posted in a while is that there are BIG things in the pipeline, that I am dying to tell you about…just not yet.

Stay tuned!

My best integral

Spicy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:10:58 +0000

I was just doing some statistics homework and happen to produce what I think is the best integral sign I have ever made, freehand. Please enjoy.

Google

Spicy — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:40:07 +0000