Headless Install of Mac OS X Server 10.6
I had to install a Mac mini Server today and couldn't get a spare monitor to plug it in to for the installer. In the past, I'm sure I've been able to use App...
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NGVstudio - Everfresh - Graffiti always wins on Vimeo
Everfresh was invited by the National Gallery of Victoria to be part of the new space soon to open at Fed Square called the NGVSTUDIO. The space will be some...
Read post →Unzip Mac OS X Archives from the Command-line
I was under the impression that most, if not all, OS X command-line utilities are resource-fork aware (where they need to be anyway) It seems that this isn't...
Read post →The Thomas Beale Cipher...
Based on a true legend of the famous unsolved code. The film contains 16 hidden messages that hold clues to the characters' secrets. Eight are fairly easy re...
Read post →Setting up a Git server on Mac OS X Server
Background I'm doing a bit of web development work, for myself and for my clients, and realised that having some form of source control will be quite useful....
Read post →Skynet meets the Swarm
This is quite an interesting article about Artificial Intelligence researchers creating an AI (the Overmind) to play a realtime strategy game, StarCraft. The...
Read post →Nightscapes and other great photos
Check out Chris' Greek Sky photos - including a selection of his Favorites . There's some beautiful imagery there, including a great 24-hour photo , the wint...
Read post →Connected to twitter
If all goes well, this quick post will be automatically sent through to Twitter…
Read post →Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine
Can't find that awesome comic strip you remember from Calvin and Hobbes? It's now just a search away. Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine . It seems to index the i...
Read post →www.Visual6502.org
This is absolutely incredible. Check out this JavaScript simulation of an old-school MOS 6502 processor - the heart of the Commodore 64, among other computer...
Read post →iTunes Store Terms and Conditions
An interesting point to note with the recent opening of the Mac App Store is the terms and conditions for the iTunes Store (which powers the Mac App Store)....
Read post →The Mac App Store is live
If you're running Snow Leopard and check your Software Update, you'll notice an update for Mac OS X 10.6.6 Among other things, this update brings the Mac App...
Read post →F.lux: software to make your life better
That's a pretty sweeping claim, I don't know that I'd go that far, but this is an interesting piece of software nevertheless... F.lux: software to make your...
Read post →GUI Editor for Access Control Lists (ACLs) on Mac OS X
My good mate Reino pointed me to a great little GUI ACL editor for Mac OS X. More useful on non Server versions of OS X that lack any meaningful way to edit...
Read post →The PS3 root keys have been discovered
erk: C0 CE FE 84 C2 27 F7 5B D0 7A 7E B8 46 50 9F 93 B2 38 E7 70 DA CB 9F F4 A3 88 F8 12 48 2B E2 1B riv: 47 EE 74 54 E4 77 4C C9 B8 96 0C 7B 59 F4 C1 4D pub...
Read post →Import your images from Aperture into Lightroom
Following on from the first part in this write-up , here's what I did to get my images from Aperture into Lightroom . This is a fairly manual process, there'...
Read post →Migrating from Aperture to Lightroom
Aperture really isn't getting shown much love by Apple. It lags behind even iPhoto in some regards and with large image libraries, even on decent hardware, i...
Read post →Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas to everyone. Thank you for your support this year. Here's looking forward to 2011.
Read post →Remote root (?) exploit in Retrospect 8 for Mac OS X
So, you have to cut Retrospect a little slack, it's been passed around like a hot potato recently and has just found a home at Roxio now that EMC have washed...
Read post →Crazy ridiculous safety saw can detect fingers and shut off @Makezine.com blog
This is some incredible engineering - stopping a circular saw blade spinning at 5k RPM quick enough that if you put your finger on the spinning blade, all yo...
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