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iChat 6 (Lion) as a Adium replacement?

Wolfgang — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:40:24 +0000

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 …

gEDA open source electronic design automation

Wolfgang — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:31:51 +0000

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 …

DIY DMX Controller using Arduino

Wolfgang — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:52:21 +0000

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 …

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

Wolfgang — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:31:53 +0000

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 …

Switching to Vim from TextMate

Wolfgang — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:41:57 +0000

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 $ …

SerProxyGUI 1.0

Wolfgang — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:31:29 +0000

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 …

Mac OS X 10.6, PHP and MySQL

Wolfgang — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:53:11 +0000

Enable Time Machine Backup to network disc

Wolfgang — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:46:55 +0000

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:

Yamaha Studio Manager 2 on Mac OS X

Wolfgang — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:29:48 +0000

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 …

Mac OS X 10.5: Setting a custom umask

Wolfgang — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:35:09 +0000

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 …