You know, I don’t remember who said it, but it was like ‘Smalltalk [the programming language] is like a drug… I suggest that you don’t try it’. Whoever said this aimed at the simplicity of the language, and that everything inside Squeak, a Smalltalk-80 environment, is an object. Everything can talk to everything at runtime. …
Category Archive: Hacking
Jan
03
Pimp My iTouch – Part Deux
Alright. So now that we have our apps running as smooth as apple pie goes down, we can begin with some more rather serious cool pimping. Let’s turn our shiny multitouch media player into a usable iPhone like device. Meaning that you can make phone calls for free. That is not a typo: it is …
Jan
03
Pimp My iTouch – Part Uno
So today I want to quickly show you two rather awesome hacks for your iPod touch. The first one, this one, will effectively make all the applications you have noticeably faster. It’s a real short thing, but super effective. My friend Allen Lowe (aka ZeroFill) has shown me this, I have tested it, and it …
Nov
30
OS X to run Windows applications natively?
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 …
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
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, …
Sep
26
Like High Definition, only with higher definition
So here’s the deal. After having gotten the 42 inch TV (about which I am still very euphoric about), I am now compiling information how to finally get into the joy of High-Def, such as watching TV in that quality, DVDs and/or movies. NTL, our provider, currently does not carry High-Def signals, which makes the …
Sep
16
Share Cover Flow across Macs and PCs
So today I had the very strange idea to clean up my room, which I incidentally did after having the thought. As I was cleaning up, I was thinking about the next cool thing I could do for my room in terms of adding additional geek value. I came up with the idea to hook …
Sep
14
Wikicodia
Today I somehow stumbled upon an very interesting project, which in time, could become a good platform for all kinds of developers. Beginners, advanced, professional. Also, the database mainly consists of code snippets for most popular programming languages, such as Java, C++ and PHP. The site is called Wikicodia, and has currently 344 code snippets, …
Sep
10
Squeak, with Aero built-in.
Alright. I know what you’re asking right now: What is Squeak? It is not easily explained. At the end of the day, it is a development environment. Anything in Squeak is entirely coded in Smalltalk, even Squeak itself is written in Smalltalk. To be able to program in Squeak, you will require the virtual machine …
