How to get a real IP address on Telstra Next G
The Telstra Next G 3G internet service is fast, works well in a lot of areas around Australia and can be sorted out fairly cheaply these days. One big downsi...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
Console not updating or asl manager taking 100% CPU
Here's how to restart the Mac OS X 10.6 log managers after removing asl data. Corrupt asl data will either cause the logs in Console.app to not update or the...
Read post →Bad Sectors on a hard drive
I was recently discussing hard drive errors with someone and they came up with the idea of zeroing out a hard drive to fix the bad sectors. Zeroing out the d...
Read post →The Seven Myths Of The NBN | newmatilda.com
This is essential reading. We really need the NBN. The Seven Myths Of The NBN | newmatilda.com .
Read post →Where have you been?
It seems that for some unknown reason, your iPhone keeps a record of every cell tower that it's ever talked to, and this data is marked with the current time...
Read post →AirPort Express/AirTunes decoder in Software...
I'm now on my 5th AirPort Express as the others have all just died on me (and even this one is a bit flakey). It's generally the power supplies that have gon...
Read post →Fix printing to the HP LaserJet 1022 Series under 10.6 Snow Leopard
I've got a cheap and cheerful HP LaserJet 1022 attached via USB to my Mac Pro. Up until 10.6 came along, it worked perfectly. Then, once Snow Leopard arrived...
Read post →NGVstudio - Everfresh - Graffiti always wins on Vimeo
Check out the video of this wall being created for the NGV Studio at ACMI. "Everfresh was invited by the National Gallery of Victoria to be part of the new s...
Read post →The Chapel - HDR video
Here's a short film on Vimeo - The Chapel paying tribute to an exceptional protestant temple in Zeliszów, Poland, designed by Karl Langhans and built in 1796...
Read post →Automated rainbow machine spreads joy
And on a similar note to the previous story, here's how to fill your neighbourhood with rainbows... Automated rainbow machine spreads joy, casual vandalism .
Read post →Headless Install of Mac OS X Server 10.6
I had to install a Mac mini Server today and couldn't get a spare monitor to plug it in to for the installer. In the past, I'm sure I've been able to use App...
Read post →NGVstudio - Everfresh - Graffiti always wins on Vimeo
Everfresh was invited by the National Gallery of Victoria to be part of the new space soon to open at Fed Square called the NGVSTUDIO. The space will be some...
Read post →Unzip Mac OS X Archives from the Command-line
I was under the impression that most, if not all, OS X command-line utilities are resource-fork aware (where they need to be anyway) It seems that this isn't...
Read post →The Thomas Beale Cipher...
Based on a true legend of the famous unsolved code. The film contains 16 hidden messages that hold clues to the characters' secrets. Eight are fairly easy re...
Read post →Setting up a Git server on Mac OS X Server
Background I'm doing a bit of web development work, for myself and for my clients, and realised that having some form of source control will be quite useful....
Read post →Skynet meets the Swarm
This is quite an interesting article about Artificial Intelligence researchers creating an AI (the Overmind) to play a realtime strategy game, StarCraft. The...
Read post →Nightscapes and other great photos
Check out Chris' Greek Sky photos - including a selection of his Favorites . There's some beautiful imagery there, including a great 24-hour photo , the wint...
Read post →Connected to twitter
If all goes well, this quick post will be automatically sent through to Twitter…
Read post →Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine
Can't find that awesome comic strip you remember from Calvin and Hobbes? It's now just a search away. Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine . It seems to index the i...
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