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 $ …
Aug
04
2010
The first release of SerProxyGUI is now available! SerProxyGUI is basically a GUI wrapper for the commandline serial proxy “TinkerProxy” or “SerProxy” that allows to use this proxy without editing the configfile and to choose from a list of available devices. This application is very helpful if you are using Flash applications to communicate with …
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:
Aug
21
2009
I use Yamaha’s studio manager 2 application from time to time to manage and backup some digital mixers we have (O1V96, O2R, …). Because i use it rarely i had recently troubles to sync the data from my mac with the hardware. Here are the steps to follow: Check on the yamaha website if the …
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 …