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Opinions surround iPad

Published on January 28, 2010 in funny and mac. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Artists: “This iPad will benefit us a lot.”
Someone: “How so?”
Artists: “For starter, we need only to rent a one-by-one exhibition hall.”

“$500 is okay but what will I do with that?”
“Well, at the worst case, you can just hang it on the wall to show your photos.”

“Honey, I’m going to order an iPad.”
“What is that and how much does it cost?”
“It’s gorgeous new product from Apple which has 10′ display and it costs $500.”
“Okay, but make it two, will you?”

Someone: “With iPhone and iPad, why do we need Mac anymore?”
Software developer: “Well, you need one to develop apps for them.”

Analysts: “One year from now, students around the country will be laying on parks reading iPad.”
Students: “But… One year from now it will be another winter.”

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Review: Talking Carl

Published on January 7, 2010 in mac and review. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Talking Carl is a simple application you can get from AppStore. Its idea is very simple. You’ll get Carl on your screen and if you touch him, tickle him, pinch him, he will react funnily. If you speak to him, it will repeat your sentence with funnier voice. It’s hilarious and both of my kids love it, even the one who is not yet 1 year.

It will be better if they add more interactions in the future though, like the background adjusted to the time of the day and something to see when we shake the device.

Anyway… it’s highly recommended.

multitail: colorize your log files

Published on January 7, 2010 in linux and mac. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

Love watching those log file flying on your screen? How about having that WITH color?

MultiTail is small program that exactly does that. This application is available in *nix system and mac users can even use it from Macports.

According to the website, the program is released with many color schemes for different log formats including: Postfix, Apache, RSStail, Acctail, WTMPtail, Squid, Asterisk, Sendmail, Mailscanner, Samba, Exim, HTTPing, TCPdump, ISC-DHCPD, Bind, Smartmontools, Kerberos, NTPd, nagtail, WebSphere (SystemErr), NNTPcache, Veritas Netbackup procmail, Checkpoint Firewall-1, Netscape directory server (LDAP), log4j, ClamAV, p0f, sysstat, portsentry, pppd, strace, Linux firewall (netfilter) logging, Argus, Snort, Motion, IBM AIX errpt, MySQL error log, BOINC, acpitail, netstat.

Forgotten Bash Variable: CDPATH

Published on January 4, 2010 in linux and mac. 1 Comment Tags: , .

Forgive me if this is just my ignorance, but I think this Bash variable CDPATH is just too rarely used.

I believe almost all know about PATH and the use of it. By defining a PATH, all the executable file under it will be available anywhere in the console without specifying the path.

CDPATH means that all the folder under this path can be directly accessed directly anywhere in the console without the hustle of defining the parent path.

Let me give an example. Say I have a directory ‘/Volumes/2nd/docs’ and under it I have several folders like ‘work’, ‘private’, and ‘images’. This docs folder is a place where I put all of my documents. Obviously, this folder will be accessed very often during my work.

Instead of doing ‘cd /Volumes/2nd/docs/work’ and so on and so on, I define a CDPATH to ‘/Volumes/2nd/docs’. Once it’s done, I can access my folders by simply doing ‘cd work’, ‘cd private’, and ‘cd images’ regardless of where my current path is.

My current desktop v.2

Published on January 2, 2010 in mac. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

I added a prayer times on the desktop. I take the time from islam.de. Yes I know I’ve been suggesting Guidance for a long time, but it’s inaccuracy with the standard used around here is not that acceptable. So here it is…