February 2009
14 posts
Xcode - Changing the Default Company Name
If you use Xcode to create your source code file, you’ll notice that it nicely places a comment block at the top of the file for you that contains the file name, project name, author, creation date and a copy write notice that contains your company name.
By default it takes the company name from your address book entry. But if this does not suit your tastes and would like to change it, but...
If my PC workspace was an airline ...
Macintosh Airline
All the stewards, stewardesses, captains, baggage handlers and ticket agents look the same, act the same and talk the same. Every time you ask questions about details you are told you don’t need to know, don’t want to know and that everything will be done for you, so just shut up.
Windows Airline
The airport terminal is nice and colorful, with friendly stewards and...
Code Igniter PHP framework →
If you want to write code in PHP but don’t want to put much effort into it, then this is the php framework for you!
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Looking for this book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” By, Philip K. Dick ISBN: 1568658559 at Amazon
This book was the inspiration for Blade Runner.
Setting Environment Variables for your GUI →
RCEnvironment is a Mac OS X 10.1 or higher preference pane that allows a user to edit their ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file. This file is simply a property list of keys and values that the login system will read and load into the process environment of all applications that are launched when the user logs in. These variables are the same as environment variables that can be created in a command...
Controlling Bash At Startup →
The OS X files that get loaded when you log in via terminal:
/etc/profile
/etc/bashrc
~/.bash_profile
~/.bashrc
Also see: man source
ComCast Adds new Internet Speeds →
Now with speeds up to 50 Mbps down ComCast finally has a half way decent offering. The high end package Extreme is $142.95 a month will still be too pricey for most, but the next package down, Ultra isn’t too bad. 30 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up for $65.95 a month.
AT&T U-Verse is here →
Over the weekend friends of mine had AT&T’s U-Verse TV/Phone/Internet package installed at their house. Needless to say it kicks some serious butt.
AT&T U-Verse delivers digital television over your ethernet network to each of your TVs. Each TV gets a little AT&T cable box and has a ethernet connection on the back. There is 1 central DVR for the whole house - you can record on...
Got an Apple TV →
Then you need to get yourself a Patch Stick so you can watch any content you want to on your Apple TV, not just what Steve & Co think you should.
“I’m going to wipe my nose under your seat!”
– Things over heard in the car on the way home from sledding
MacTracker - get info on any Mac
Check out this nifty program that helps you figure out what Mac you have and its specs.
“Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported Mac OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners,...
That damn annoying U3 Software on thumb drives →
I had bought the Kingston 2GB DataTravler U3 enabled ‘Smart’ Drive… a usb thumb drive. It was so annoying! First of all I didn’t buy the drive for the U3 features, I bought it because it was cheep. Second I use a Mac so the crappy U3 software won’t even work. Third the U3 software got corrupted and gave me an error message every time I plugged the drive in on my...
How to speed up your internet connection! →
You’ve got to try this, it really works! I let this run about 20 minutes each day and I swear to God my connection is faster!