Safari Tip: Download MySpace Music
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 » Mac OS X, Tips
Have you ever gone to your favorite band’s MySpace page and found they’ve uploaded a new track or demo from their upcoming album and wished you had a way to download it so you could put it on your iPod until you can actually buy the new album? Well then, here’s a tip for all of you Mac OS X an MySpace users.
A Leopard Fix Is Coming
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 » Guides, Mac OS X
For anyone who has recently attempted to create an install of Leopard on your flash drive รก la this tutorial I posted back in November of 2006, you may have noticed that two of the package receipts required to get the system running, namely BaseSystem.pkg and Essentials.pkg, have disappeared from the /Library/Receipts folder in the latest version of Leopard. In my quick searching, I could not find either of those two package receipts anywhere on the system.
Due to it being the end of Spring Quarter here at UC Santa Cruz, I have not been able to devote time to search and hopefully find the answer. However, my last final is on Wednesday morning, and the first task on my list of summer projects is to get the instructions updated for Leopard. I hope to find a solution on Wednesday and get the new guide up by Thursday. I’ll be twittering the entire install process, so follow me if you want in on the fun.
Rebuilding an Old PC
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 » Guides, Hardware, Windows
About two and a half months ago, Paul Stamatiou posted an article detailing how you could build a decent bare-bones PC for around $200 that could be a Linux-powered Web/file server. That got me thinking about the old PC I have under my desk (read: table), a Compaq Presario 5WV280 that was purchased in December of 2000. At the time, an AMD Athlon 900MHz processor with 256MB SDRAM, 30GB hard drive, and a 8x CD-RW drive made for a great system, but it is definitely dated by today’s standards. An hour of browsing Newegg resulted in a list of components that would allow me to completely rebuild this system and bring it into the modern era of computing.
iPhone Ringtone: Metal Gear Solid Codec
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 » iPhone
About a week ago, I was sitting in my Physics 6A lecture when I heard an instantly familiar sound coming from someone’s cell phone. Within a millisecond of the sound wave being interpreted by my brain, I was instantly recalling memories of the good ol’ days of playing one of my favourite video game series: Metal Gear Solid. When I came home that evening, I went to work on creating my own version of the Codec ringtone for my iPhone. And now I’m sharing it with you. Enjoy!
Download: MGS Codec Ringtone
Leopard Tip: Re-Map Your Contact List Shortcuts In iChat
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 » Mac OS X, Software, Tips
In the twelve short hours that I’ve been using the retail version of Leopard, I’ve discovered a small, easily overlooked, yet very handy feature in iChat. It is now possible to customize the shortcut order for your accounts/contact lists without having to use Chax or some other enhancer. Not only does this allow you to prioritize the order of your contact lists, it also lets you change the default list that appears when you click on the iChat icon in the dock.