Geekin’ Out: for the love of computers.
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Super Mario Bros Blocks
As a distraction from all the Calculus I had to do this weekend, here is my weekend art project Super Mario Bros Blocks
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Fixing TinyUmbrella 4.1.4 on Mac OS X Error
If you are having errors with TinyUmbrella on Mac OS X Something is wrong: You don’t have admin privileges or You have something running on port 80 or Your hosts file is not modifiable Please check Anti-Virus software or shutdown Skype/Teamviewer/etc as these apps block access to port 80. Try this method: [bash] cd Umbrella.app/Contents/Resources/Java…
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Tricking out your AppleTV running Linux
Upset that your old AppleTV is left in the dust following the release of the new $99 AppleTV? Get Linux installed on that thing, and make it useful again! After getting Debian successfully installed on the AppleTV, I wondered exactly how many services can run on it without overloading it. So far, the following services…
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Running Debian on AppleTV
I decided to install the latest Debian to my old AppleTV in order to use it as a server in the house. It has 160GB hard drive, 256MB RAM and a 1GHz processor. I think it could work well for NAS and VPN. I pulled the drive out of the AppleTV and hooked it up…
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Netatalk with Debian or Ubuntu
By default, it is compiled without SSL support. Mac clients will not be able to connect. Here is how you get Netatalk working on Debian or Ubuntu the clean way, with custom compiled packages. [bash] apt-get source netatalk apt-get install devscripts fakeroot libssl-dev cracklib2-dev apt-get build-dep netatalk cd netatalk-2.0.3 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl debuild dpkg -i ../netatalk*.deb [/bash]…
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UtahFM hits the App Store!
Utah Free Media (UFM) is a non-profit entity, founded by people who know community broadcasting. UtahFM staff and programmers are all volunteers who are dedicated to quality programming. This iPhone app allows you to listen to UtahFM on your iPhone. iTunes Link
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passfail.pl – Prevent password entry in IRSSI
Here is a little irssi script that will help prevent you entering your passwords into IRSSI Click here to download the script: passfail.pl Instructions are inside the file and below: [perl] use strict; use Digest::MD5 qw(md5 md5_hex md5_base64); use vars qw($VERSION %IRSSI); #—————————————————————————— # passfail.pl – Help prevent you entering your passwords into IRC by…
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Cydia crashing on launch. How to fix
Delete all files except ‘partial’ in /root/private/var/lib/apt/lists Delete all files in /private/var/lib/dpkg/updates
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Wireless on Dell Mini 10v with Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix
Here are the commands to get wireless working: [bash] #!/bin/bash sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source [/bash]
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Slackers (2002)
My butt on the big screen in the feature film Slackers (2002) I was able to be an extra in the feature film Slackers. Here I am, the only one in the shot riding a 36 inch Coker wheel. It was a lot of fun unicycling with the folks from Harvey Mudd College where a…