Subj : Re: iTerm
To   : Sean Rima
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sun May 04 2025 13:59:00

-=> Sean Rima wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 -=> Jimmy Anderson wrote to All <=-

 JA> Well, used my buddy PETEY (ChatGPT) to help me learn
 JA> how. That rabbitholed into learning about homebrew &
 JA> using that to setup and run GAM.

 SR> I have been using ChatGPT to write a few scripts this week, mainly
 SR> firewall related, one to auto report to abuseipdb and similar. But also
 SR> a couple of weather related scripts. I am waiting for a weather alert
 SR> here to start on my next project with ChatGPT

I like how it will do stuff, but it is not perfect. But it teaches
as it goes, so you learn it AND you figure out the 10% it is missing.
:-) That's my style of learning!

 JA> That led into learning about iTerm and micro for an
 JA> editor. That led into replacing my MultiMail istall
 JA> with one from HomeBrew, then setting terminal colors
 JA> and such, and using micro for the reply editor.

 SR> I have been using iTerm for almost as long as I have been using Mac's
 SR> which is far too long :) It is my default terminal now. I use BlueMail
 SR> which I complied here. I added rsz via homebrew so I can download and
 SR> upload mail by using triggers

Ah nice! I was taking my MIL to her widow friend's house after church,
and had the thought about using it somehow to read/reply Apple Mail,
which is what I use. :-) It tells me it's not that easy... I could
access and read, but would be better using a homebrew IMAP reader. Then
of course I'd lose the cross functionality with my iPhone, iPad, iCloud
stuff (contacts, calendar, etc.). :-) 

I write a blog and record it as a podcast too. I usually write
 into the browser window and then go back and edit. I'm thinking
 seriously about loading an old school word processor to write with -
 clean screen - less distractions - etc. 

 JA> I then found out that SyncTERM, that I have used for
 JA> years for telnet, is also a homebrew item, so I'm
 JA> using a newer version of it and learned how to edit
 JA> the ini and lst files.
 JA>
 JA> So it's been a great week for Apple for me! LOL
 JA>

 SR> Sadly my 2015 Macbook Air had to be Windowed so I could use my weather
 SR> forecasting software. It went with me to Mongolia in 2015 and was
 SR> dropped so many times but lasted

Ouch - but glad it lasted! My next 'project' on top of normal things is
to start scrapping LESS stuff (e-cycle, we don't dumpster it - we use
everything we can until it can't be used anymore - school system) and
turning it into a linux distro that SOMEONE can use for SOMETHING. :-)

I'm curious about your software! 

And if you're curious, https://jimmylogan.substack.com


.... I am Procrastitron.  I will destroy you, eventually.
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