January, 2008 archive

Must Have Mac Apps: Part I - Free Apps

January 17th, 2008 | OS X, Resource | 1 comment

A few friends of mine have recently switched over to Mac. I have been using my Macbook for some time now and have grown accustom to some applications. This will be a two part article. The following will be free applications. Part II will be paid applications. I suggest you giving them a try before [...]

Futurama: Bender’s Big Score - Binary Joke

January 15th, 2008 | General | 4 comments

In Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, Bender reads off a series of 0’s and 1’s to travel through time. Now I won’t go much into the movie1, but the writers are known for their geek humor.

Now, if you take the whole thing by itself, it’s not a 16-bit code, but 32-bit. I believe IBM made [...]

Game that makes you think: Passage

January 12th, 2008 | Linux, OS X, Windows | No comments

It’s been a long while since I’ve sat down and played a video game, especially on my macbook. Today I ran into a simple, yet very thought-provoking game, Passage. Albeit, the game can be played on Windows, Linux, and Mac. As you can see in the screenshot above, it’s a 8-bit type game with [...]

How to change bash prompt

January 3rd, 2008 | General | No comments

Some people have asked me how I changed my bash/terminal prompt from the default prompt to what I have. It’s actually a very simple process.

First, load up Terminal and open up your ~/.bash_profile file. (FYI, be sure to read the difference between .bash_profile and .bashrc.)

Then type the following:

export PS1="\w>: "
export PS2=" > "

There are a [...]

CheckUp - How to uninstall

January 3rd, 2008 | How To, OS X | 4 comments

I love installing, previewing, reviewing, alpha-, beta-, gamma- testing applications. This includes applications that might not work, might cause problems for me later on, or just plain suck. I have run into many of these programs/applications before. The last problem I want to deal with is not being able to fully remove it.
The latest of [...]