Archive for November, 2005

Prime (M)

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Ugh. What starts off as an excellent premise with a decent preview turns into drivel quick smart.
Unfortunatly this movie does not live up to the hype or humor that the preview portreys. I’m going to be cynical and suggest that the preview was designed to enable women to be able to talk their guys [...]

Upcoming Intel Logos

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Its always nice to see a company keeping it simple. Which is why I cannot understand WHY Intel is about to do this. Their product line is a mess (from a consumers point of view) so they are about to have a squillion little logos to represent everying.

Holden FJ Prototype Pictures

Friday, November 11th, 2005

Check out the pictures of a prototype from Holden of a “new” FJ. 6L Supercharged V8 with some seriously spiffy interior styling. I like the mix between old and new.
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Audi S3 and the Wet.

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

There is something about the rain that just makes the purchase of the Audi some 12 months ago worth while.
While the weather may be crap for Spring (southern hemisphere here people) the rain does bring an added benefit, it shows off the delightful handling that the Quattro All wheel drive system brings, even if it [...]

Off to the land of Google

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Well it is both sad and happy that I write that my mate Sean (http://ultri.cx) is off to the US of A to live and work at GOOGLE, DAMN! Congrats to him though, thats for sure!

Videora iPod Converter - iPod Video Converter

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Videora iPod Converter - iPod Video Converter
Need a method to convert various formats into a compatible version for the Video iPod? I am currently testing the above product. Looks like it works.
UPDATE: This has not been update/convert WMV to MP4. Nero Recode 2 however is able to convert it from WMV -> Nero Digital Format [...]

Setting up SMTP and IMAP services on Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger)

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Setting up postfix was a little difficult as I am not familiar with the config file, but I got it going with the following options:
#delay_warning_time = 4h
mydomain = obvious
myhostname = obvious
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = domainname_for_outgoing_mail
mydestination = domains_you_accept_mail_for
relayhost = if_you_need_to_relay_via_your_ISPs_mail_host:port
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/24 (aka, what you will relay for)
#mailbox_command = procmail -a “$EXTENSION”
mailbox_size_limit = [...]

Recent Additions: SCRY Photo Album

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

I have recently added a SCRY based photo album. Click to have a look. Any comments for improvments are welcome.

BSD Ports : OS X : Upgrading Packages

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

To upgrade all currently installed ports installed using darwinports on OS X the command you need to use is
port upgrade -a
I would run this after updating the ports tree / system itself, this is performed with
port -d selfupdate

Font beautification on Ubuntu

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

If you want nicer looking fonts on ubuntu and have most of the repositories installed may I suggest that you run
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts which will install the Microsoft Core fonts and make many things (like webpages) better than the defalt fonts installed.