Archive for the ‘apple’ Category

Linux/OSX: find out what network ports are in use

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

To get a quick idea of what ports you have open on your local box, you can use nmap. ~ jhaddad$ nmap localhost Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-01-05 11:06 PST Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1): Not shown: 499 closed ports, 492 filtered ports PORT STATE SERVICE 80/tcp ...

MacBook Air Battery Drain While Sleeping

Friday, December 11th, 2009

I bought a MacBook Air in June this year, refurbished. I didn't really use it a lot for day to day work, and when I didn't use it I was charging it. It was very convenient - it weighs practically nothing and has almost no impact on me ...

Mono Install Bug (Found when using Eclipse)

Friday, May 8th, 2009

I got this error after installing the Mono framework on MacOS X 10.5.6 and trying to set up a new project with eclipse. NAnt 0.86 (Build 0.86.2898.0; beta1; 12/08/2007) Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Gerry Shaw http://nant.sourceforge.net For more information regarding the cause of the build failure, run the build again in debug mode. Try 'nant -help' ...

Geek Links

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

PHP Quick Profiler This looks like a pretty cool tool to get a good idea of what's going on in your PHP script without having to install tools like XDebug and Webgrind / KCacheGrind. Apple files patent for browser specific volume I'm not sure how this is anything new, tons of applications have ...

The Mac Mini Now Supports Dual Monitors

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The Mac Mini is now capable of running dual monitors. This, to me, is huge. It's a machine that comes in a decent price that developers are used to, while allowing us to keep our dignity and use our own monitors. A few months ago, I bought ...

I Like the Genius feature of iTunes

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

There's a lot of people who don't seem to like the genius feature of iTunes. In fact, quite a few seem to hate it. The complaints vary. I'm still confused by this complaint by my friend David. He wants iTunes to recognize band names after he's changed them. ...

Apple: “It’s Showtime”

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Might as well list the latest Apple stuff they're announcing today. Games: Interesting. I've always been a pacman fan. They will be starting with the following: Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, pac man, tetris, texas holdem, vortex, and zuma. Glad they're compatible with my 5th gen iPod. iTunes 7: According to ...