Wolfgang

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Name: Wolfgang Reutz
Date registered: 27. November 2006
URL: http://wolfgang.reutz.at/
AIM: wreutz@mac.com
Jabber / Google Talk: rw@jabber.fhv.at
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  3. Mac OS X 10.5: Setting a custom umask — 4 comments
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  5. get kaa.metadata (mmpython) running on OS X — 2 comments
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Oct
20
2011

iChat 6 (Lion) as a Adium replacement?

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iChat

For years i used Adium, but sometimes i miss the video and audio features iChat provides. As i updated to Mac OS X 10.7 aka Lion i thought i should give iChat a try. Suprisingly iChat 6 has some features which come close to Adium’s user experience: now supports Yahoo! Messenger, even with audio and …

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Aug
04
2011

Tethering from iPhone 3G to iPad 2 – works

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If you own a iPhone 4 and have iOS 4.3 or up installed your lucky because Apple gave you a personal WLAN hotspot for sharing your 3G internet connection to your WLAN enabled devices nearby. But i still have my old iPhone 3G but wish to share its internet with my brand new iPad 2, …

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Jun
19
2011

gEDA open source electronic design automation

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gEDA is installed using macports, but when installing i found a little problem when xgsch2pcb complained about a missing update-desktop-database complete install commands: ?View Code BASH1 2 3 4 5 $ sudo port install desktop-file-utils $ sudo port install geda-gaf $ sudo port install pcb $ sudo port install xgsch2pcb $ sudo port install gerbv …

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Mar
07
2011

DIY DMX Controller using Arduino

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Arduino DMX Shield

Arduino, a simple RS485 driver, one resistor is all you need to get build your own cheap DMX light controller and get a full featured controlling software for free. First you have to build your DMX controller, i’ve chosen to build it on a ArduinoProto Shield. It’s based on the design by Tom Kness. Just connect …

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Feb
10
2011

16:9 DVD menu creation

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The creation of layered menus in Photoshop is a common task an no big deal but here are some tricks you should know if you need to create 16:9 menus for DVD Studio Pro. Image size: use 1050 x 576 pixels with square pixels! design your menu save it resize it to 720 x 576 …

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Feb
10
2011

Convert Quicktimes filmed on JVC HM100 / HM700 into a format readable by Premiere

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The problem with the JVC HM100 / HM700 camcorder is that Quicktime movies only work on Apple computers without problems. It’s always a good idea to use the MP4 format for filming in the menu of the camera! But what happens when i have quicktime movies i need to transfer to a PC for editing …

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Dec
17
2010

Converting a .mkv with DTS audio to a .mkv with only AC3 audio on OS X

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based on L. Preston Sego III’s work, check it out here. first we need to install some tools: ?View Code BASH1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 $ mkdir ConverterTemp $ cd ConverterTem $ curl -O http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.3.tar.gz $ tar xvfz cmake-2.8.3.tar.gz $ cd cmake-2.8.3 $ ./bootstrap $ make $ sudo make install ?View Code …

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Dec
15
2010

Nagios 3.0.x on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS

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install nagios3 packages: ?View Code BASH1 2 3 $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo apt-get install nagios3 nagios3-doc config files are located in /etc/nagios3 and /etc/nagios3/conf.d configure your contacts and hosts accordingly. what got me crazy was enabling external commands (needed to perform actions in the webinterface like sending alerts or …

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Dec
09
2010

Using WordPress with SSL

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Enable SSL for logins and admin pages in wordpress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL enable SSL on your Apache server: http://osinside.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-centos-apache-server-with-ssl.html http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/349 install WordPress HTTPS http://mvied.com/projects/wordpress-https/ check Internal HTTPS Elements check Disable Automatic HTTPS further steps (not tested by me): Enable complete support for SSL on WordPress

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Nov
24
2010

Switching to Vim from TextMate

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Based on Daniel Fischer’s article i document how i switched to Vim from TextMate after using TextMate for several years. Install MacVim download from https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/ (use latest snapshot) copy MacVim.app to your /Applications directory copy mvim into your path, change into the unzipped downloaded MacVim-snapshot-xx folder in your Terminal and enter: ?View Code BASH1 $ …

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