Many in the IT world consider this to be a Holy Grail, a true ultimate in software milestones. Imagine you have a Mac, you like it, but you need to run Excel – and then running it without any other tool in between, just doubleclick it. No Parallels, no VMWare, not even Boot Camp. How …
Monthly Archive: November 2007
Nov
29
The touch is jailbroken
I made a video showing the possibilities of a jailbroken iPod touch, in case you haven’t seen what the device can do with a little bit of work.
Nov
28
What do if my PC suddenly plays Fur Elise?
Luckily this never happened to me. And it certainly won’t as I use Macs now. But what to do, if this should happen to you? Microsoft explains it to you. In detail. And why. Click on the image, and read the information very carefully! And if you don’t believe this is a real entry in …
Nov
26
Get me out of jail – with Touch
Don’t worry. I’m not in a jail right now. And luckily, my iPod touch which I got yesterday, also is no more in jail. I helped him out with a procedure that is commonly known as “Jailbreak”. The legality of this is pretty much open to interpretation, as the procedure changes a device you own, …
Nov
25
My music is where I’d like you touch
Alright. So after having saved a little bit of money, I was finally able to replace my aged iPod Video, and it was time to come up with something new. So I went into the store, and got myself a brand new and shiny iPod touch today. Don’t touch me now: synchronizing the iPod touch …
Nov
22
Facebook runs CentOS!
In case you didn’t know, Facebook, the popular social networking site, runs on CentOS servers. I found this out after trying to add the Extended Info Application, and got this screen which I should probably not be seeing. CentOS stands for Community Enterprise OS and is basically a community version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Nov
22
20 years on: the Max Headroom TV hack
Many of you may not know this. Many of you may not even know Max Headroom. This was a fairly successful and popular Sci-Fi TV show, set in a post-apocalyptic world in which TV networks rule the world, and a liberation movements constantly tries to transmit their messages by hijacking the TV network’s signals with …
Nov
20
Do Not Laugh!
Why do the Japanese people have the best TV shows? This one’s called ‘Do Not Laugh’ or something like that. The goal is to keep a straight face. Failing to do so will be punished severely. Man, this show would be great over here!! Do Not Laugh And if you can’t get enough: Do Not …
Nov
18
Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron vs. Eurofighter
Sounds like an insane test? It sure does. This is why Richard Hammond of Top Gear takes on the challenge of going against the cutting edge of military airplane technology, the Eurofighter. He does so in a £1,000,000 super car, the Bugatti Veyron. ‘Nuff said!
Nov
18
Going on a galaxy quest
Who is into video games, knows this guy. Red cap with a capital M, blue overall. He has defeated the enemy in countless adventures just to save his princess, and he doesn’t get tired of it, nor do his enemies, especially Bowser, the boss of the bad guys. I am speaking of course of Mario, …
