Quinn
Posted by BM5k on February 09, 2008 at 08:41 AM
Quinn is a OS X Tetris clone that includes multiplayer support & customization.
Startup Disk Round 1
Posted by BM5k on October 31, 2007 at 05:11 AM
In the never ending battle for hard drive space, the first place any sane person will look is media. Movies. Music. Photos.
Using an external disk for your iTunes library has one downside: If you use a laptop, your library and your computer might not be in the same place at the same time. You’ll be able to sync your devices and browse your library, but obviously you’ll be unable to partake in any media consumption.
This should be of little consequence as your iPod will probably be with you, and probably has some of your media on it. However, if you must have everything, all the time, consider getting a small external drive before abandoning this approach all together.
Passwd
Posted by BM5k on August 14, 2007 at 08:49 PM
It is probably a great idea to change the default password on your iPhone, especially if you are using ssh or sftp (which I’ll get around to telling you how to set up) to install programs.
(Based on the info provided here)
From your local working directory, ie /Users/YOU/iPhone/, run (in Terminal, of course)scp root@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/etc/master.passwd master.passwd
Where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is your iPhone’s IP address. This will download the password file to your working directory.
Before you do anything else, make a backup of this file. DO IT!!!!
Next, run the command perl -e 'print "\n".crypt("XXXXXX", "YZ")."\n\n"'
Where XXXXXX is your new password, and YZ are two random characters. This script will output an encrypted string. Paste this string in between the first two colons of the rows root and mobile in the master.passwd file you downloaded. Then re-upload the file using the same command used to install applications. Modified, obviously, to change the upload directory.
scp -rp master.passwd root@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/etc
Reboot your iPhone. Any future SSH or SFTP connections will use the new password.
Defrag & OS X
Posted by BM5k on August 06, 2007 at 06:05 AM
Ok. I know that OS X doesn’t normally require disk defrag. However, I have a sizeable external storage RAID (1TB) with hundreds of files in the 600 mb to 1.5 gb size range. These have all been added & edited & moved around at random over the last year or so. Not to mention the drive also houses my & my wifey’s iTunes libraries. I tend to use the internal drive in my MacBook Pro to create & organize the files, then store them on the external drive. Most, if not all, editing happens once the files are on the external drive.
Long rant. Short questions.
Is it worth paying money for a 3rd party defrag utility?
Are there any “better” programs?