nerd Archive

  • 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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  • 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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  • Dualbooting iDeneb and Windows XP on a Pentium 4

    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

    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!

    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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  • Instant rimshot

    Instant rimshot

    Just, because we can. Click! Be sure to turn on your sound.

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  • The IPV4 exhaustion counter

    The IPV4 exhaustion counter

    Curious when no more IPV4 addresses are available? In about two years from now, all IPV4 addresses are considered “used”. Paste the IPV4-exhaustion-counter on your website, use it in your Windows Sidebar or as a dashboard widget in Mac OS X. You can find it here.

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  • jSQL

    jSQL

    I ran into some cool javascript, hacked together by Matt Hackett. He was disappointed in jQuery because he expected it to be some kind of SQL for javascript. After he discovered what jQuery in fact is, he decided to throw some javascript together, and jSQL was born. Using jSQL, you can talk to your DOM [...]

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