As Sublime Text 3 is around in public beta for quite some time, i thought i upgrade from my 2.x version to the new and – as it’s written on their homepage – faster version 3. Ross Lawley has a perfect guide how to upgrade painlessly: http://rosslawley.co.uk/posts/switching-to-sublimetext-3/ And thanks for the hint to check the […]
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Use multiple email addresses (SSH keys) with GitHub
There is a good tutorial on Gist that shows all the required tasks: https://gist.github.com/2351996 This post is to remind me how to do it 😉
Shairtunes (airplay audio client) on Mac OS X 10.7
Based on Thias blog instructions on building shairtunes for Mac OS X. install XCode using AppStore on Mac OS X 10.7 (a AppleID is needed for that) open XCode, in the Preferences “Downloads” click on button to download and install the Command Line Tools Download and install Mac Ports (http://macports.org/) Open Terminal and type: $ sudo […]
OpenWRT on TP-Link MR3020 as infopoint with local webserver
Howto install OpenWRT on an TP-Link MR3020 mini router with external filesystem on a USB stick running a local webserver (lighttpd) to serve up webpages to act as an info point e.g. in a exhibition.
Inspired by the Piratebox Project: http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox_DIY_OpenWrt
New Fritzing parts
I recently built two Fritzing parts, as i needed them for documentation and since they are Sparkfun breakout boards, i thought they might be useful to others, so i shared them on the Fritzings Google Code page. Today i found this comment and i’m happy that two parts i made will be integrated in one […]
iChat 6 (Lion) as a Adium replacement?
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 […]
Tethering from iPhone 3G to iPad 2 – works
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, […]
gEDA open source electronic design automation
gEDA is installed using macports, but when installing i found a little problem when xgsch2pcb complained about a missing update-desktop-database [important]fix: install desktop-file-utils first[/important] complete install commands: $ sudo port install desktop-file-utils $ sudo port install geda-gaf $ sudo port install pcb $ sudo port install xgsch2pcb $ sudo port install gerbv useful addition: Mac […]
DIY DMX Steuerung mit ArduinoDIY DMX Controller using Arduino
Arduino, ein einfacher RS485 Treiber IC und ein Widerstand sind alles was man benötigt um einen billigen DMX Lichtkontroller zu bauen und man bekommt auch noch eine voll funktionsfähige Software gratis dazu. Als Erstes bauen wir den DMX Kontroller, ich hab mich entschieden dafür ein Arduino ProtoShield zu verwenden. Das Design basiert auf der Arbeit […]
16:9 DVD Menü erstellen16:9 DVD menu creation
Das Erstellen von DVD Menüs in Photoshop ist alltäglich und eigentlich keine große Sache. Allerdings gilt es ein paar Dinge zu beachten, speziell wenn man 16:9 Menüs erstellt. Bildgröße: 1050 x 576 Pixel mit quadratischen Pixel! DVD Menü entwerfen und gestalten abspeichern Bild auf 720 x 576 (PAL) verkleinern, das Bild wird nun verzerrt, das ist […]