Lucky Dragons’ homemade sound device

June 30, 2008

This is an interesting social networking application that involves sound, touch feedback, and people. Here’s some more info: http://www.hawksandsparrows.org/bio.htmlMAKE: Blog: Lucky Dragons’ homemade sound device

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Canceling CIC Triple Advantage: Get Your Money Back and Get Justice!

June 26, 2008

I recently had to cancel a recurring transaction that popped up on my bank account. I wanted to make sure that it stopped and that I could get my money back. I found this great article that helped me out:Canceling CIC Triple Advantage: Get Your Money Back and Get Justice! I have to say that [...]

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ejectAllVolumes Dashboard Widget v1.1.0

June 18, 2008

This is an update to the ejectAllVolumes Dashboard Widget. This version Will give you a list of mounted volumes. You can deselect any volumes that are listed to exclude them from the unmount action. Links after the break.

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ejectAllVolumes dashboard widget v1.0.1

June 6, 2008

Today I’m releasing a Dashboard widget that will allow you to execute a bash script that will eject all mounted volumes with 1 button click. To download the widget: Download ejectAllVolumes widget 1.0.1 (Zip file) For more details check out the ejectAllVolumes project page.

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ejectAllVolumes v1.0.1: update

June 5, 2008

I got some feedback after passing this out to a few friends. Here is what I’ve changed: Removed clear Output the display message to /dev/null Removed echo “complete” These changes remove any of the outputs to the display. The only time you will receive a message is if you have file that is currently open [...]

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ejectAllVolumes v1.0.0: Eject all mounted volumes from your Mac

June 5, 2008

After some tooling around I’m finally releasing a little bash script called ejectAllVolumes. This script is named after it’s purpose. It will safely eject all mounted volumes from your Mac. For more details check out the ejectAllVolumes project page.

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goosh.org – the unofficial google shell.

June 3, 2008

Goosh (Google Shell) is a cool web-app written by Stefan Grothkopp. It’s not an official Google product but does tie into many of functions that Google does provide. All access is done through a command-line interface. Here is a list of the commands that are available: web – google web search lucky – go directly to [...]

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DimP – A Direct Manipulation Video Player

May 24, 2008

This is a very cool concept for online video manipulation: A Direct Manipulation Video Player Here is the project site: DimP Here is a quote that describes the concept. DimP, a direct manipulation video player, lets users drag items on the video screen to move forward and back instead of just via a scroll bar [...]

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iClarified – Tutorials – AppleTV

May 24, 2008

I’ve been thinking about getting an AppleTV to manage my media. But my fear has always been the size of the processor. I could spend a few hundred bucks and get one, or I could spend another $300-$400 more and get a mac mini. But if I did get a AppleTV I would definitely hack [...]

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Change the hostname in Mac OS X [osx]

May 23, 2008

When I log into the network at my job my Mac’s hostname always turns to: larryx.na.corp.ipgnetwork.com I have my local hostname set to: larryx.local So What I would like to do is set my Mac’s hostname to my local hostname. You can do this all from Terminal in a single line. Run this command in [...]

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