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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 | 8 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 movie ((You should really go buy the movie. It’s pretty cheap at Amazon.)), but the writers are known for their geek humor.

Now, if you take the whole thing by [...]

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 | 6 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 [...]