Posts Tagged ‘history’

Enable Bash History in Terminal

Friday, January 30th, 2009

If you use Terminal and are having issues with losing your bash history, then you might want to try this hint.

Open Terminal and type the following command:

sudo chown [username] .bash_history

Type your password when prompted.

That it’s. Now when you close and re-open Terminal your bash history should be saved.

Book Review: Hannibal Pride of Carthage

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Over the last few months I’ve developed a fascination with ancient history: Ancient Greece, the city states of Sparta & Athens, and most of all Ancient Rome. Specifically anything to do with the Roman Republic and it’s transition to the Roman Empire. I’ve been devouring any and all books I can get my hands on. On one hand it’s amazing to read about real people such as Pompey, Julius Caeser, Cicero, Scipio, Cato, etc., and on the other hand it seems almost too fantastic to be true. These events which shaped Western Civilisation happened in a time so removed from human memory, that they’ve become legends.

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