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OSX 10.5: How to create a public share folder…..
This problem has been around (I think) ever since the introduction of POSIX permissions. In pre-10.5 versions you could sorta do something like this by changing the default umask on the system, but that was system wide and applied to all folders/files a user created on the entire filesystem…..not nice. The real question is how…
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OSX 10.5: How to delete user accounts from Command Line….
I ran into this problem a little while back and thought I should document it. It’s kinda similar to the “How to get Admin rights in OSX Leopard using single user mode…” document from earlier this year. Here is the procedure: Boot into single user mode. Hold Command-s at startup. Check the filesystem: /sbin/fsck -fy…
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Red Rocket plays back 4K Red codec files in realtime….
RED has just announced a realtime 4k/5k debayer PCI-E card for your Mac or PC (OSX/Linux/Windows). You get 30fps at 4k and 25fps at 5k. RED Rocket board with Quad DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI- $4750 Decode and debayer 4K R3D files realtime. Hyper-accelerated transcode to any system codec. Specs to be posted upon completion…
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DesktopOK saves your desktop icon positions and your sanity
Yeah, it happens to everyone. Either you go do a presentation and/or you play a game that resizes your Windows desktop and all hell breaks loose…..ICONS EVERYWHERE…..YUCK. Well since windows (as usual) comes up short in this area, some smart soul has programmed DesktopOK to save our collective sanity :-). DesktopOK saves and restores your…
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Nvidia delivers 2 Teraflops in 1U GPU-powered server
Yep, just leave it to Nvidia to do all the cool stuff…..I wonder how long it will be before a GPU centric OS (Ninux/Nubuntu anyone?) comes out that will squeeze that GPU for all it´s worth. Intel should be worried :-). NVIDIA Corporation and Supermicro today announced the immediate availability of a new class of…
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Flowers, People, Skaters and BMXers…..
Well, I finally got around to edit last weeks outdoor shoot in the backyard. I used strobes on some of the shots, played around with my new/old Lensbaby Composer and my Zeiss Jena 135mm Sonnar lens…. Next in the queue were the shots from the Toronto Flickr meetup group. The meeting was happening (I guess…
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Happy 2nd Birthday N.E.R.D.logger…..
This week marks N.E.R.D.logger’s 2nd birthday — and we couldn’t be happier about that. It has been a great year for N.E.R.D. with lots of encouraging feedback. We launched on the 24th May 2007 and have seen the site grow, and grow, and grow… Not only in terms of features but members/subscribers aswell. A big…
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ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
I was looking for a fast small (read: mini-ITX) mobo that had enough power to drive 1080P monitor/panel and I came across Zotac IonITX-A-U board. According to manufacturer’s website: The mini-ITX form factor ZOTAC® ION combines a high-performance NVIDIA® ION graphics processor with a power-efficient Intel® Atom processor for the ultimate eco-friendly platform that has…
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Beagleboard is your friend…..
The USB-powered Beagle Board is a low-cost, fan-less single board computer utilizing Texas Instruments’ OMAP3530 application processor that unleashes laptop-like performance and expansion without the bulk, expense, or noise of typical desktop machines. Beagle Board is based on an OMAP3530 application processor featuring an ARM® Cortex™-A8 running at up to 600MHz and delivering over 1,200…
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Could this be the Google Tablet…..
Not too sure, but the Zoom OMAP34x-II Mobile Development Platform looks too “finished/flashy” to be a Mobile Development Platform (MDP). I guess time will tell……For now we can all drool over the pics….and btw, if you have $1150, you can beat the crowd and own one today. Out of the box features of the Zoom…