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I went down a rabbit hole working on OSX ACLs, luckily this page on OSX ACLs was around to help out.
Continue ReadingI got tired of having to remind myself how to setup handbrake for DVD ripping. Yes I am ripping my own DVDs for Kindle, iPad, iPod and Android Tablets. Here are the fast instructions for Windows 64-bit computers DVD ripping and the software is all free. Download the appropriate LIBDVDCSS decryption file for Windows 64-bit systems here. http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/last/win64/ [...]
Continue ReadingSeptember At The Zoo from Rich Thompson
I’ve been a big fan of my Casio EXILIM Pro EX-F1 mainly because it takes fantastic high speed (300-1200 frames per second) video. It makes for some interesting movies at a minimum. Coupled with my Mac Pro, recently upgraded with SSDs and 16GB of RAM, I can really take advantage of the slow motion video.
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Ever since I saw the treadmill desk at Book of Joe, I have wanted to set my office up with a treadmill. In preparation for a big computer parts yard sale at my house, I decided after cleaning out my office that there was more than enough room to incorporate the treadmill. So here it is: More pics after the jump.
Continue ReadingComputer sentience is so close now. Ten years until the singularity.
Continue ReadingOne of the things I missed when I moved from Linux to Mac OSX was the ability to display Flickr photo feeds as the background of my monitor desktop. Dave Winer fixed part of the equation for me by setting up FlickrFan which allowed me to grab Flickr feeds and bring them to my computer. Assigning the pictures for use as a screen saver or archiving [...]
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I created a Summerboard theme around the Star Trek LCARS interface. This theme is based on the original iPhone theme by Kevin Rohrman (kevin@themonsterjam.com). The iCARS theme includes a wallpaper you can put in /Library/Wallpaper to set the lock screen. This theme requires that you load and order your applications very specifically. You [...]
Continue ReadingI created a Summerboard theme around David Lanham’s free Somatic Icon Set available at the Iconfactory. The Somatic Summerboard Theme can be downloaded and used on your iPod Touch or iPhone. There are 93 application icons in the theme plus 73 extra icons and 5 wallpapers:
Continue ReadingI created a Summerboard theme around the 3D Cartoon Icons Pack found at deviantart. The 3deebly Summerboard Theme can be downloaded and used on your iPod Touch or iPhone. There are 80 application icons in the theme:
Continue ReadingI created a new theme for Summerboard based on various Star Trek icons I found. The theme works for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch (iTouch). If you want to try it out, unzip it and upload to your /var/root/Library/SummerBoard/Themes on the iPhone or the iTouch. Star Trek Summerboard Theme for iPod Touch and iPhone
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