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First impressions on AutoCAD for Mac OS
It should have been premonitory – while looking for other reviews or info on the upcoming AutoCAD for Mac OS release, I stumbled upon this post by Steve Johnson, owner of cad nauseam, in which he...
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Hey @Twitter, here are some suggestions for dealing with spam
I am befuddled by how @Twitter can miss some blatant cases of spam accounts. So much that I have come close to conclude that these are paid accounts, thus won’t be removed no matter how much they are...
View ArticleYour Smart-UPS no longer shows up in Mac OS Energy Saver?
If you are positive that your UPS is correctly connected (check System Profiler etc.), then look for a ‘dummy’ kext installed by apcupsd, an alternative UPS monitoring tool, here:...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu on a Soekris net6501
After frustration with FreeBSD’s ports system on a slow box such as the net6501 (it took literally 7 hours and endless “continue” buttons to get subversion installed), I decided to try and install...
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Getting your Facebook App logo icons right
This is a short post distilled from hours of frustration at the mangling of App logos by Facebook. Basically, if you want this: instead of this: make sure you flatten your image in Photoshop, and save...
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NSFW Corporation – a review
So finally I managed to get in the NSFW Corporation beta – after some back-and-forth involving a mysterious bug that caused my email to not make it in the beta on time. I have one word to start off...
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Replacing your Mac OS login with a Yubikey
So yesterday I got a couple of normal Yubikey OTP devices (plus one beta NFC version) from Yubico – in a surprisingly quick time! I’m not going to get into a review of the Yubikey, other than saying...
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Off to Abu Dhabi, without Movistar
So these are the rates for calling Spain from Abu Dhabi if you have a Movistar contract SIM: There’s NO way I’m going to pay 17€ for a 5-minute phone call home once I get there. It’s amazing...
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GNU Radio & Mac OS X – The Adventure
A few days ago my USRP B100 with WBX daughterboard arrived. It is an awesome piece of kit, judging just from how the PCBs are designed and laid out. The online reviews and demos also agree. My first...
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The battle of the Sesame smart locks
I have been following recent events in the smart lock space, particularly in the wake of Sesame (London) stopping their Indiegogo campaign, after Sesame (US) launched theirs a few days earlier on...
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