To open the Applications folder, press Command + Shift + A in an opened Finder window.
Instantly Put Computer to Sleep
Option + Command + Eject instantly puts your computer to sleep.
Instantly Shut Down Computer
Control + Option + Command + Eject instantly shuts down your computer.
Diane’s Radio Interviews
Here are recordings of my wife, Diane, discussing her new book, Bonsai Love, 23[xyz-ihs snippet=”Non-Breaking-Space”]Apr[xyz-ihs snippet=”Non-Breaking-Space”]2014 on Vancouver radio stations:
Here is the book launch invitation (click to enlarge):
Diane’s CFRO Interview
Here’s a recording of my wife, Diane, discussing her new book, Bonsai Love, on CFRO radio:
Diane’s CITR Interview
Here’s a recording of my wife, Diane, discussing her new book, Bonsai Love, on CITR radio:
Midnight Commander on OS X
Midnight Commander is my preferred command line file management tool, and it runs on OS X.
Here are some key mappings I have found useful:
| + on keypad | Control + P |
| – on keypad | Control + N |
| Insert key | Control + T (thanks to this) |
| Completion/M-tab | Escape, then Tab |
| Slash on keypad | Fn + / |
| * on keypad | Control + A |
| Backspace key | Delete |
| Delete key | Fn + Delete |
| Home key | Fn + Left arrow (thanks to this) |
| End key | Fn + Right arrow (thanks to this) |
| Page up key | Fn + Up arrow (thanks to this) |
| Page down key | Fn + Down arrow (thanks to this) |
Minimize and Restore Apps with Keyboard Shortcuts
Today, with the help of this post, I figured out how to use Command-M (to minimize apps to the dock) and Command-Tab (together with the Option key) to restore an app previously minimized to the dock.
Kernel Panic
My MacBook has been experiencing kernel panic daily this week.
Following Apple’s advice, I ran Disk Utility, and I discovered and repaired some damage.
Trusting God When We Don’t Understand
Tim Keller writes:
Because God is both sovereign and suffering, we know our suffering always has meaning even though we cannot see it. We can trust him without understanding it all.
When one of my sons was around eight years old, he began to exert his will and resist his parents’ directions. One time I told him to do something and he said, “Dad, I’ll obey you and do this—but only if first you explain to me why I should do it.” I responded something like this: “If you obey me only because it makes sense to you, then that’s not obedience, it’s just agreement. The problem is that you are too young to understand most of the reasons why I want you do to this. Do it because you are eight and I’m thirty-eight—because you are a child and I’m an adult and your father.”
We can easily see why children need to trust their parents even when they do not understand them. How much more, then, should we trust God even though we do not understand him? It is not just that the differential in wisdom between him and us is infinitely greater than the difference between a child and a parent. It is not just that he is sovereign and allpowerful. We should also trust him because he earned our trust on the cross. So we can trust him even when he hasn’t shown us yet the reason why.
(Walking with God through Pain and Suffering)