Sunday, November 18, 2007

Better Terminal Font in OS X (GNOME)

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

Thursday, November 15, 2007

iGoogle - Hide Google Search

NOTE: This gadget will no longer work, Google has deprecated the inline property which this gadget required.

Hide Google Search (source) is a gadget which hides the search area of iGoogle.

I've tested the gadget with the latest versions of Firefox, IE and Safari.

The above image is how the iGoogle page will load by default. You can toggle the hidden area by clicking the line right below the navigation bar.