01-08-10 \\ OSX
OSX Dark Terminal Theme for Mac Snow Leopard with Custom Bash Prompt
OSX Dark Terminal Theme for Mac Snow Leopard with Custom Bash Prompt
01-08-10 \\ OSX
AppZapper 2 – The uninstaller Apple forgot.
One of the most simple and useful apps that every OSX users should have: AppZapper. A clean and simple way to uninstall files from your mac. Simply drag one or more apps onto AppZapper. Then, watch as it finds the extra files and lets you delete them with one click.
01-02-10 \\ Technology
Machine Translates Thoughts Into Speech
Brain wave applications in the laboratory –- whether using EEG or the more invasive ECoG –- now include the ability to “mind read” vowels, consonants, and individual letters; algorithms to turn brain waves into musical scores; and even twittering by thought alone. Who needs a keyboard when you can simply think about what you want to say (or play musically) and have it recorded and/or communicated?
12-23-09 \\ Technology
The Known Universe, Scientifically Rendered for All to See
The Known Universe, a new film produced by the American Museum of Natural History that is part of a new exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. The structure of The Known Universe is based on precise, scientifically-accurate observations and research.The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History maintains the Digital Universe Atlas, the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe. The Digital Universe started nearly a decade ago.
12-19-09 \\ Guides
Mac OSX Address Book to Thunderbird 3 Contacts Converter (vCard to CSV or LDIF)
Online converter to migrate your OSX Address Book contacts to Thunderbird.
12-19-09 \\ Technology
Robot shows how to Solve Rubicks Cube
Deemed ‘the cubinator’, a robot with a series of camera can see and work through a Rubicks Cube Puzzle. Watch the video.
12-11-09 \\ Technology
Splitting Time from Space—New Quantum Theory Topples Einstein’s Spacetime
Was Newton right and Einstein wrong? It seems that unzipping the fabric of spacetime and harking back to 19th-century notions of time could lead to a theory of quantum gravity. Physicists have struggled to marry quantum mechanics with gravity for decades. In contrast, the other forces of nature have obediently fallen into line. For instance, [...]
12-07-09 \\ Web
Custom Fonts on your website: Fast, Free and Cross Browser compatible, with TTFGen
Definitely worth checking out, TTFGen provides a great way to embed custom TTF (true type) fonts on your website. The TTFGen script uses a PHP image renderer and your TTF giles to generate the image. The generated image takes parameters from your CSS file, and even includes support for rollover images. TTFGen is fast, SEO complaint, integrates seamlessly with CSS, and even has a WordPress version for ease of use.
11-21-09 \\ Technology
Mind Over Matter: Neural Decoding – The Control of the Movement of Objects Using Thought
What was once speculative fiction — the ability to read minds and to control the movement of objects using thought alone, sometimes called mind-over-matter –- is rapidly becoming neurotechnological fact. In light of a recent announcement at the 2009 Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago, “mind reading” has taken another scientific leap forward. Researchers are now able to determine what vowel and consonants a person is thinking of by recording activity from the surface of the brain.
11-18-09 \\ OSX
Subversion SVN, OSX and Finder Integration: SmartSVN (Finally, a Tortoise equivalent)
I’ve spent the last few months looking for a suitable subversion client that integrates with the Mac OSX finder. Mainly, I have been looking the closest equivalent to Tortoise SVN for OSX. SCPlugin is decent, but very limited. In short: SmartSVN Rocks.
11-13-09 \\ Guides
Use Aptana’s PHP Development Environment with Aptana 2.0 +
The team at Aptana must have heard our cries, because now with version 2.02, they have allowed use and installation of their original PHP 1.1 development environment. Read the full article for detailed steps on installing the original Aptana PHP development environment with Aptana 2.02+
11-12-09 \\ Guides
Create an SSH Tunnel in OSX to bypass Firewall
SSH Tunnel Manager is a front-end for the ssh command when used to open tunnels between two hosts. Those command lines are particulary long and confusing, especially for novices, and I never remember which argument comes first, if I have to open local or remote tunnels and so on…
11-06-09 \\ Technology
Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb, by Lennart Nilsson
Some of these pictures were taken with conventional cameras with macro lenses, while others were taken with the use of an endoscope. Scanning electron microscope technology enabled Nilsson to take pictures at a magnification of hundreds of thousands.
11-02-09 \\ Guides
Thunderbird 3 Tag CSS Background Colors Styling with Stylish
I’m a big fan of Thunderbrid, however one of the things that bugs me is that the labels don’t stand out enough. I feel as if they kind of blend into the background. This post will show you how to modify the default Thunderbird CSS using the stylish addon.
10-30-09 \\ Themes
Aptana Studio 2 IDE Dark Color Theme
Custom Light on Dark Color theme for Aptana IDE (Eclipse) by NightLion
10-27-09 \\ News
Experimenter Breeds Swarm Intelligence – Robots ‘Evolve’ the Ability to Deceive
An experiment shows how “deceptive” behavior can emerge from simple rules.
Researchers simulated evolution with multiple generations of food-seeking robots in a new study of artificial swarm intelligence. Under some conditions, sophisticated communication evolved. in a more recent study, the swarms of bots didnt just evolve cooperative strategies — they also evolved the ability to deceive.
10-23-09 \\ Web
My Favorite Social Networking Icon Pack
With so many sites out there giving you the top 5 or top 50 best social networking icon pack websites, I thought I would cut to the chase and give you my favorite pack. Komodo Meedia has developed over 80 refined, amazing social networking icons for the top networks around.
10-23-09 \\ Guides
Reading XML with jQuery
Hands down the best tutorial I’ve read for learning how to process XML data using jQuery. Provided by Think2Loud. Click here to view the tutorial.
10-19-09 \\ Guides
CuteFTP to FileZilla Site Manager TXT to XML Converter
Export / Import your FTP sites from CuteFTP to FileZilla quickly and easily. This free php script will take an exported CuteFTP site manager txt file and convert it into an XML file which can be imported by FileZilla.
10-19-09 \\ Guides
Connect to OSX shared folders from Vista using Samba
After my recent switch to OSX, I have been having some issues getting Vista to access shared folders with OSX. Specifically, authentication to the OSX machine from Vista across the network would not work. As it turns out, the default Windows Vista is set to use only NTLMv2 authentication, which Samba (OSX’s authentication handler) does not work with.