Chris Carey

Geekin’ Out: for the love of computers.

  • Turning Ubuntu Hardy into OS X

    Since I’m an Apple fanboy now of course I love the OS X experience. I wanted to theme my Ubuntu to look nicer and came across this link. I love the new fonts the most! They kick the trash out of the built in fonts. http://maketecheasier.com/turn-your-ubuntu-hardy-to-mac-osx-leopard/2008/07/23

  • SUID Search

    find / \( -perm -004000 -o -perm -002000 \) -type f -print

  • Free Flash Charts / Graphs

    http://www.fusioncharts.com/free/ http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart/

  • Google Maps was updated today

    As of today I noticed some changes with Google Maps. There is one search bar up there and it is now a drop-down combobox. No story on Google’s Blog, or News outlets about the change.

  • Considering the AppleTV

    Now that I’m using iTunes, and we have canceled our Cable TV down to “basic”, I’m considering taking a new approach to traditional television viewing.

  • Setting up “Time Capsule” for free with Linux

    I read that it is possible to set up a network based “Time Capsule” service for use with “Time Machine” in OS X. This requires setting up Apple File Sharing (AFP) with Ubuntu Linux. This was a bit of a pain to set up. Got it working after a couple hours of struggle. Set up…

  • CraigsList is as dangerous as ever

    Received an email scam from a Craigslist posting. From: Clint Davidson <clint_dave71@hotmail.com> Did some searching and found this site with lots of information: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-206-666-1926 This is just a reminder that on the Internet, it’s buyer/seller beware. I still love Craigslist

  • Webcam won’t work with OS X? Try Macam

    Trying to install a Logitech Quickcam for notebooks webcam on my wife’s Mac and it doesn’t detect it. After a little searching, I found macam. It supports hundreds of webcams previously unsupported with OS X. Installed it, camera works! However, the camera was underpowered for use with Photo Booth and iChat. I resorted to purchasing…

  • Got a MacBook!

    I took the plunge and purchased a Macintosh MacBook. So for the first time in 13 years, my main computer is a Mac. I started on Mac with the SE/30 and used the Macs during the System 6 and 7 days. OS X is very exciting. I kick myself for not trying it sooner. This…

  • Looks like iPhone 2.0 is pwned

    Check out the iPhone Dev Team’s Blog for more info. http://blog.iphone-dev.org