Disk Usage for Directory (Linux)

du -ch | grep total

List of Freely Available Books

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books

Set Default web browser for Mac OS X

Steps needed to change default browser:

1. Start Safari


2. Preferences


3. General Tab


4. Choose Default Web Browser


5. Close the preferences window.

Quit Frozen Application on Mac

ps -A | grep {application}
kill -9 {process-id}

How to Kill a Mac OS X Application That Just Won’t Quit

Happiness by Matthieu Ricard

I read the book twice. Mr. Ricard gives advice how to be happy. The book is the introduction to Buddhist.

City of Thieves

City of Thieves by David Benioff is about World War II: siege of Leningrad, Nazi and jews and more.

hermit

hermit - a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.

benign

benign - being kind

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

This book is about randomness and uncertainty. Read it twice. Excellent book.
Link

Eating Animals by Safran Foer

Factory farming is main focus of the book. It's about how factory farming money machine "produce" animals. Safran Foer tell us why factory farming must be stop.

Btw: Interesting fact that Hitler was vegetarian.

Eating Animals link on amazon