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Sparkle is a module that developers can stick in their Cocoa applications (five-step install!) to get instant self-update functionality.

Overheard: woman issues “rm -r *” command over the phone.

I have been asked “how to wrap text” a handful of times in the last year or so, and I have needed to do it myself a couple of times as well, so here is a Ruby function which does the job:

Trailers of Historically Significant Films: This database contains trailers of films for educational use.

Tiffany Screens is a presentation tool, able to capture the content of the presenter’s screen and send it to multiple other computer screens at the same time.

Sensationalism aside, sometimes you have a folder of data that you really don’t want someone to see or use on your computer. This could be financial data, old email, files you shouldn’t have, or, well, porn. Whatever it is, and we’re not judging, yo

use htttp instead of fastcgi

Now that I’ve completed my move to Linux (sorry Mac fanboys, the install was flawless and everything worked out of the box), someone emailed me to suggest that I update my essential software list.

Now that Mark Pilgrim has switched to Ubuntu he’s updated his essential software list. Here’s mine:

Herewith I present The Best Mac OS X Features That Most People Don’t Seem To Use.

what is a user supposed to do when he finds himself on a public wireless network, wishes to maintain proper security and doesn’t have the time, money, or will to invest in a VPN solution? Impossible I hear you say? Not really!

mt-daapd is a program which acts as an iTunes (DAAP) server for Linux and other POSIX unixes. It may eventually support Win32 as well.

daapd scans a directory for music files (mp3, aac, uncompressed) and makes them available via the Apple proprietary protocol DAAP. DAAP clients can browse the directory and retrieve individual files, either by streaming or by downloading them.

Intel Macs are far more restrictive of the image than PowerPC Macs, but I was able to do it. I’m going to walk through how I reverse engineered the Intel boot loader and replaced the the standard gray Apple with the Chalice from the Atari 2600 Adventure g

apple tech note guide to creating kiosks on mac os x

we developed Undercover: a unique theft-recovery application designed from the ground up for Mac OS X.

smartmontools which consists of smartctl and smartd that together will report on a whole lot of low-level SMART information, including showing the drive’s error log, and other useful information.

Strange statues around the world