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Gartoon, A Summerboard Theme For The iTouch

Posted on October 21, 2007 by in Apple, Technology | 3 Comments

I created a Summerboard theme around the Gartoon icons found at art.gnome.org. The Gartoon Summerboard Theme can be downloaded and used on your iPod Touch or iPhone. There are over 80 application icons in the theme:

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Time Machine 2, A Summerboard Theme For The iTouch

Posted on October 14, 2007 by in Apple, Technology | 7 Comments

I modified the icons for the Summerboard Theme “Time Machine” for the iPod Touch. If you want to try it out, unzip it and upload to your /var/root/Library/SummerBoard/Themes on the iPhone or the iTouch. Time Machine 2 Theme

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Signs In The Water:
The iPhone Security Nightmare Proceeds On Pace

Posted on July 23, 2007 by in Apple, Technology | 1 Comment

I told you it was coming a few weeks ago. It definitely appears that the first of many root level exploits of the iPhone are in the wild. It is so easy to get full administrative access and every script kiddie now has the capability. The security armageddon is not far away:

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The iPhone Security Armageddon

Posted on July 6, 2007 by in Apple, Technology | 1 Comment

I was considering buying an iPhone to replace my personal cell phone. But it looks like a few security shortcuts were taken during the development of the OSX software used in the iPhone. It appears that Apple has chosen to run user applications effectively as UID 0. This means any application (especially with input control) can execute arbitrary [...]

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500 Years Of Women in Western Art

Posted on May 26, 2007 by in Technology | No Comments

I find this touchingly beautiful. The most striking thing I notice is the symmetry of the idealized painted faces. I am usually fascinated by the concept that the more symmetrical a face is, the more beautiful it is considered. Yet, many of the most beautiful people I know do not posses this perfect symmetry and it makes them more beautiful [...]

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Groovy Borderless Quicktime Playback Trick

Posted on May 25, 2007 by in Apple | No Comments

According to the fine folks over at Murphy Mac, you can easily play Apple Quicktime movies without the need for a border or any of the other controls. So if you just want the video and none of the metal washed goodness of the Quicktime Player interface, head over and check it out.

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Lego eBay Search Script

Posted on December 8, 2006 by in Lego, Site News, Technology | No Comments

If you look in the navigation on the right hand side on my home page, you will notice a new goodie. I integrated an eBay search script. Check out the post the have fun searching eBay for Lego.

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Ubuntu Linux Mail Server

Posted on November 29, 2006 by in Site News, Technology | 1 Comment

It is getting close to time to build a new mailserver for the various domains served from my servers. I am looking at really beefing up the spam detection and adding a greylisting feature that should significantly decrease spam. I will probably loosely follow the Linux Mail Server guide but add some of my own features.

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OpenSSH and OpenBSD

Posted on March 29, 2006 by in Technology | No Comments

Many folks use OpenBSD supported products like OpenSSH, but how many of us support their effort? Can you imagine like without a transparent version of SSH? OpenSSH and OpenBSD need your support and it will only take a moment to contribute.

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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Robotics Toolset

Posted on January 5, 2006 by in Lego, Robot News, Technology | 1 Comment

The Lego NXT Robotics Toolset: 32-bit Processor, More Memory, USB Connectivity to the PC for programming, BlueTooth so your phone can control the robot, Bump Sensor, Light Sensor, Sound Sensor, and RangeFinder Sensor. This is the RCX upgrade we were hoping for…downside, not backward compatible (so what). You want more details? Check [...]

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