Oct
20
2011
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 …
Jun
19
2011
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 …
Mar
07
2011
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 …
Dec
17
2010
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 …
Nov
24
2010
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 $ …
Nov
10
2010
I reinstalled my Mac and after that i got the “allow / deny incoming connections for application iTunes.app” every time I started iTunes 10. This is annoying because i allowed that a hundred times already. After a lot of googling i finally found this webpage on macyourself.com with some sort of solution, but more interestingly …
Apr
13
2010
Mar
10
2010
To enable Time Machine to use your network attached share type this in Terminal: ?View Code BASH1 defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 Now you can select your network share in the Time Machine preferences:
Jul
21
2009
umask is a UNIX command to set the default permissions for newly created files and folders. Especially when you have to share your files with other users on your computer or on a network share the default umask of 022 which Mac OS X uses is not very handy, it would be better if all …
Jul
09
2009
If you like to live on the bleeding edge of instant messaging, you may like to chat with your Facebook buddies by using your default Instant Messenger on a Mac: iChat. But wait, there are some pros / cons for this method: + only one Instant Messenger for iChat, AIM, Jabber and MSN, Yahoo, etc. …