Archive for the ‘General Nerdery’ Category
How To: Keep Steam for Mac Data in an Alternate Location
Steam for Mac is great, and I’m really enjoying Portal at the moment. I recently upgraded the storage setup of my new Core i7 MacBook Pro 15″ by: – swapping the boot drive to an 80Gb SSD (Intel X-25M V2) – swapping the optical drive to a 500Gb HDD (using an Optibay) – installing the [...]
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How To: Successfully switch between multiple iTunes accounts from different countries
I have, up until just now, been vexed. Vexed by the seemingly random nature of my iPhone 3G’s reactions when switching between my Australian and my US iTunes accounts. It’s quite simple: once upon a time, I lived in Australia, and bought a number of applications for my iPhone using my Australian iTunes account; now, [...]
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How To: Use a pair of older Airport Extremes to build a Dual-Band network (802.11 N and G)
A handy guide to setting up a dual band wireless network without buying a brand spanking new Airport Extreme. Why would one want to do such a thing? Well, if you have a bunch of devices that can take advantage of 802.11N (MacBook Pro, Mac Mini) and a bunch that can only do 802.11G (iPhone [...]
In: General Nerdery, Hardware, How To..., iPhone · Tagged with: 802.11G, 802.11N, Apple, Dual-Band Network, iPhone, iphone 3g, nerdy
How To: Synchronise Contacts & Appointments between a Work Windows/Exchange/Blackberry world and a Home Mac/Mobile Me/iPhone world
Seamless synchronisation of PIM data is the Holy Grail, right?
This ain’t it, but it’s a good enough solution until Monty Python turn up with the real thing.
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MacHeist 3
MacHeist 3
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Apple OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server
A tidied up version of a collection of posts on MacTalk.com.au. This thread, for reference. I’ve been trying to find info on Snow Leopard Server for a while, as it seems pretty interesting from a few perspectives, even for individuals. My main interest is as to whether Snow Leopard Server is a possible replacement for [...]
In: General Nerdery, iPhone, Server, Software · Tagged with: Apple, calendar, contacts, Home Server, iPhone, Mobile Me, push email, Server, Snow Leopard Server, storage, synchronisation
eCods now has a Twitter account. No, I don’t know why either…
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Review: Panasonic DMC-LX3 Digital Camera
Panasonic DMC-LX3 compact digital camera.
f/2.0 lens, tiny size, great low light capability.
Nice.
In: Cool Kit, Dad Stuff, General Nerdery, Hardware, Review · Tagged with: compact camera, digital camera, DMC-LX3-K, LX3, panasonic, recommended
Un-Jailbreaking – “Re-virginising” the iPhone 3G
iPhone Hacks has a great guide to re-virginising the iPhone 3G – http://www.iphonehacks.com/2008/10/virginizeiphone.html. Main points reposted here because the internet is a fickle beast. Apologies to iPhoneHacks if they’re not impressed with the re-post of their guide; if so, please contact me. Step-By-Step Guide to ReVirginize or Restore iPhone One of the most commonly asked [...]
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Arc-AAA Torch / Flashlight
The Arc-AAA is a rather useful, bright, small LED torch.
I suggest you buy one.
In: Cool Kit, General Nerdery, Review · Tagged with: arc, arc-aaa, BOB, DansData, flashlight, LED, torch
Jailbreaking the iPhone 3G – Part 1 – iPhone Firmware 2.2 / OS X 10.5.6
Where I try to jailbreak my iPhone 3G from Apple’s 2.2 firmware, using a Mac upgraded to the latest OS X 10.5.6.
And I fail, multiple times, for a number of reasons.
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