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Congratulations Arpanet!
Congratulations Arpanet!

Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET: The first message ever sent over the ARPANET (sent over the first host-to-host connection) occurred at 10:30 PM on October 29, 1969. It was sent by UCLA student programmer Charley Kline and supervised by UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock. The message was sent from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the [...]
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The future of the GUI
The future of the GUI

Since we’ve all been working with a mouse and a keyboard for a while, that seems to be the perfect match for user interaction with computers. But hey, nothing is perfect! Why would we ignore the power of our hands and just use a single point of interaction (the mouse pointer) ? Let’s use all [...]
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More nice icons
More nice icons

Right here. 2233 first class icons, nice and small!
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How to install Snow Leopard on a PC
How to install Snow Leopard on a PC

Since Apple Mac OS X 10.6 (better known as better known as Snow Leopard) was released, hackintosh users have been trying to install Snow Leopard on PC’s. A few nice howto’s were produced, according to wiki.osx86project.org: Installation_Guides/Existing Leopard Method – Using an existing Leopard install and a separate partition for Snow Leopard, install Snow Leopard. Install [...]
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Getting rid of the weird :2e and :2f files while using netatalk

Since I’m working with Mac OS X Leopard as my desktop OS, I’ve installed netatalk on my Debian Lenny server using this guide by Stefan LH. While compiling, I got some GPG errors; but they were fixed thanks to the comment of didier. It rocks, since AFP is much faster from Linux to OS X [...]
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Dualbooting iDeneb and Windows XP on a Pentium 4

Always willing to screw around with software, this time I decided to have a go with iDeneb. iDeneb is an OSX86 distribution, targeted to install Apple Mac OS X on non-apple hardware. Since OS X runs in Intel machines since Apple switched to Intel CPU’s, hackers have been trying to install OS X on non-apple [...]
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Too bad, iPhone Activation Server unavailable

After waiting for ages on the new iPhone OS (version 3), today was the big day. As soon as the update was available, I plugged my iPhone to my Macbook and fired up iTunes. Yeehaa! iTunes reports there’s a software update for the iPhone. Downloaded the update, and started installing. And then: Argh! After trying [...]
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HTTP transport in Audacious 2
HTTP transport in Audacious 2

Maybe you guys out there think “Uuhh? HTTP transport in Audacious 2? Just compile with Neon support?”. Well, I’ve been screwing around a bit before my brains realized that. Be sure you have installed libneon, a HTTP and WebDAV library. In my case on Debian Lenny, an apt-get install libneon27-dev did the trick. Compile the [...]
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Don’t mess with the Certified System Professional!

Because I am one now! At my workplace we prefer WatchGuard Technologies firewall products. WatchGuard Technologies is a provider of Internet security solutions for small- to mid-sized enterprises worldwide and a pioneer in security appliances. WatchGuard products include the Firebox line of firewall and VPN appliances. We use them everywhere, from small offices to datacenters. [...]
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Citrix client on your iPhone
Citrix client on your iPhone

Get it while it’s hot. Here is more information from the Citrix Blog. When I heard about the Citrix App for the iPhone, I was quite excited, as I’ve been playing with Citrix before on non-Windows platforms. I’ve just grabbed it from the App Store and I must admit that it works quite well. At [...]
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