Archive for the 'Info. Tech.' Category

jeffcraven.com: Motorola KRZR K1 (GSM) and iSync

Monday, January 15th, 2007

jeffcraven.com: Motorola KRZR K1 (GSM) and iSync This is a handy guide to getting iSync working on Mac OS X 10.4.8 with the Motorola KRZR K1 mobile phone (full review to follow at a point in the near future). M

Blog – Ginn Chen – Installing Solaris on MacBook Pro under Parallels

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Ginn Chen’s Blog – Installing Solaris on a MacBook Pro w/ Parallels A truly handy guide for getting Solaris up and running nicely on a MacBook Pro under parallels. Covers – Networking, Video Resolution and Audio!

Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections The fun that is DS_Store files blatted all over network shares is not so much an issue if you are using a mac connecting to another mac, but when you’re playing within Windows fileshares (SMB/Samba shares) people tend not to view them [...]

Spotting a fake: “New apple design” – Warpspire

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Spotting a fake: “New apple design” – Warpspire When the original piece appeared on digg, there was much fuss regarding this being potentially real, and the detactors pointing out why it is likely not real. As  it has since been shown this was a portfolio piece, but the article here, goes over some good points, [...]

Solaris 10 x86 – Adding NIC Drivers (e1000g in this case)

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

On the Sun forums is this article where several people have had issues enabling Intel e1000g drivers for the NIC’s. The basic process used is : determine the  device ID with “prtconf -D” add the entry into driver_aliases create the devfs entries with devfsadm

Insert Title » Blog Archive » Quicksilver Tutorial Screencast v3.0 – Shelf, Clipboard, and Triggers

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Insert Title » Blog Archive » Quicksilver Tutorial Screencast v3.0 – Shelf, Clipboard, and Triggers A very handy visual guide that demonstrates how to use Quicksilver to set up a Shelf, Clipboard and triggers. Very handy for anyone just starting out with Quicksilver.

DS-Xtreme Nintendo DS Media Enhancer (Nintendo DS / DS Lite)

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

digg – DS-Xtreme Nintendo DS Media Enhancer Gizmodo – DS Xtreme Nintendo DS Media Enhancer  If you have a Nintendo DS or DS-Lite the above artilce and discussion forum (digg) are contain useful discussion on a device that will allow you to run homebrew software (linux) and other software on a Nintendo DS.

Pocket PC – Free Applications and Utilities

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

11 Killer Freebies for Your Pocket PC – Lifehacker Pocket PC Software Suggestions – Tux:tops  Both the links above have exellect suggsions for free apps that help make life on a PocketPC device a little bit easier! Well recommended for any one with a PPC device.

Creative Guy » Blog Archive » Customizing your Mac OSX experience

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Creative Guy » Blog Archive » Customizing your Mac OSX experience Express your creativity, or play with the visual style to your hearts content. This article is very helpful at pointing out what can be modified and how it can be achieved and some of the pros and cons with each method/option.

A52Codec – Trac (OS X Quicktime AC3 Componant)

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

   A52Codec – Trac This is a handy little AC3 (Dolby 5.2) Componant that will enable playback of AC3 streams on your mac. Took a little while to hunt down, but when found oh so helpful!