1. Connecting the CF card to the server (via a CF to IDE adaptor) and booting from it.
2. Entering the gPXE prompt via Ctrl-b. At this point gPXE had configured the network interface with DHCP.
3. Boot the Debian installer with the chain command: chain http://netboot.me/2013

The Microsoft Silverlight download was automatically extracted to a virtual drive. You should manually extract the download to a physical drive, and then run it from there. Please follow these steps to complete your installation: 1. Create a new folder on drive C called SilverlightTemp. 2. Save the Silverlight download to this folder. 3. Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then click OK. 4. In the cmd.exe window, type cd C:\SilverlightTemp\, and then press Enter. 5. This step depends on which version of Silverlight you are installing. * For Silverlight 1.0 Beta: In the cmd.exe window, type Silverlight.1.0beta.exe /X, and then press Enter. * For Silverlight 1.1 Alpha: 6. In the cmd.exe window, type Silverlight.1.1alpha.exe /X, and then press Enter. 7. If you receive a User Account Control (UAC) prompt, click Continue. 8. In the Choose Directory For Extracted Files box, type C:\SilverlightTemp, and then click OK. 9. In the Extraction Complete box, click OK. 10. In the cmd.exe window, type install.exe, and then press Enter. 11. If you receive a UAC prompt, click Continue. 12. In the cmd.exe window, type cd.. and then press Enter. 13. In the cmd.exe window, type rmdir SilverlightTemp /S /Q, and then press Enter. 14. In the cmd.exe window, type exit, and then press Enter.

This installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system administrator for assistance.

b) JIT compilation to Java bytecode or ActionScript bytecode. Comment: Huge work. Currently available compiler implementations do not fit to the architecture of the JS engine.

Right. We're also reluctant to rely on code that we don't own. We've seen very large performance wins from tightly integrating and customizing all the components of the web stack. We also need the freedom to fix crashes and compatibility problems on very short notice (for example, 12 hours before a keynote address).

Methodology

Environment

Results

Small File

Medium Mono File

Large File

Large VBR File

Conclusion

#!/bin/bash
FILES=`cat patterns.txt`
for pattern in $FILES; do
    bash -c "ls -l ${pattern}"
done

...to provide a straightforward way for end users to subscribe to the data feed for a particular online resource while browsing the World Wide Web. The expectation is that clicking on a hyperlink that points at a "feed" URI will cause the Web browser to invoke the specified handler for the "feed" URI scheme which SHOULD provide the user with information about the data feed as well as the possess the ability to subscribe to the feed.

Hi, No doubt I'm one of thousands sending an email like this but still feel it necessary. I am eagerly awaiting the launch of the iPhone in Australia. I am intending to buy one on the day of release. When it was initially announced that Vodafone and Optus would be carrying the iPhone I had it in my mind that I would take the opportunity to swap to Vodafone from Optus. I have been a constant Optus customer since getting my first mobile phone in 1999.The complete lack of communication from Vodafone has put me off though. In order to make an informed decision on launch day it would have been nice to have plan details available at the very least a week before. With three days remaining its now getting beyond a joke. I understand that there may be other factors at play here. However given you have an audience that have voluntarily signed up for updates it would have been pro-active and open to communicate with these people and let them know what was holding up progress or at least when to expect more information (with more certainty than "very soon"). At this point are you able to provide any more detail than that which is publicly available already? Unfortunately unless the plans eventually announced are particularly compelling I expect I will remain an Optus customer. Regards, Wesley Moore

The quotes are mostly copied verbatim from the iPhone User Guide (PDF), Copyright Apple Inc. As noted at the end of this post the iPhone User Guide is also available for viewing directly on the iPhone at http://help.apple.com/iphone.

General Usage

[When scrolling] you can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or tap or touch anywhere on the screen to stop it immediately. Tapping or touching to stop scrolling won’t choose or activate anything on the screen. To quickly scroll to the top of a list, webpage, or email, just tap the status bar.

The point about tapping status bar is useful. It also mentions that in Safari tapping the status bar will reveal the address bar allowing you to search or enter a URL.

Handy tips for more efficient typing:

Quickly type a period and space

Double-tap the space bar.

Turn caps lock on

Enable caps lock (see “Keyboard” on page 108), then double-tap the Shift key. The Shift key turns blue, and all letters you type are uppercase. Tap the Shift key again to turn caps lock off.

Type letters or symbols that aren’t on the keyboard

Press and hold the related letter or symbol, then slide to choose a variation.

See a link’s destination address:

[In Mail, Safari] touch and hold the link. The address pops up next to your finger. You can touch and hold an image to see if it has a link.

Save a photo attachment to your Camera Roll album:

Press and hold the image, then tap “Save Image.”

Applies to images in Safari too.

Deleting messages in Mail or SMS:

You can also delete a message directly from the mailbox message list by swiping left or right over the message title, then tapping Delete.

Phone

Jump to favorites from anywhere:

Double-click the Home button.

Requires setting to be enabled under Settings > General > Home Button.

Bring up the last number you dialed:

Tap Keypad, then tap Call. Tap Call again to dial the number.

Block calls and maintain Wi-Fi access to the Internet:

In Settings, turn on Airplane Mode, then tap Wi-Fi and turn it on.

Set iPhone to add the correct prefix when dialing from another country:

In Settings, tap Phone, then turn International Assist on. This lets you make calls to your home country using the numbers in your contacts and favorites, without having to add a prefix or your country code.

Safari

Scroll within a frame on a webpage:

Use two fingers to scroll within a frame on a webpage. Use one finger to scroll the entire webpage.

Submit a form:

Once you finish filling out a form, tap Go or Search. Most pages also have a link you can tap to submit the form.

Close the keyboard without submitting the form: Tap Done.

iPod

Convert a video to work with iPhone in iTunes:

Select the video in your iTunes library and choose Advanced > “Convert Selection for iPod/iPhone.” Then add the converted video to iPhone.

Return to the iPod browse lists:

Tap ← Or swipe to the right over the album cover.

You can display playback controls at any time when you’re listening to music and using another application—or even when iPhone is locked—by double-clicking the Home button.

Requires iPod Controls to be enabled in Settings > General > Home Button

Unlike music you can delete videos on iPhone:

In the videos list, swipe left or right over the video, then tap Delete.

Set a sleep timer:

From the Home screen choose Clock > Timer, then flick to set the number of hours and minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Sleep iPod, tap Set, then tap Start to start the timer.

Photos

Add a photo to your Photo Library:

Press and hold the photo, then tap Save Image.

Maps

To conserve battery life, turn Locations Services off when you’re not using it. In Settings, choose General > Location Services.

Just speculation but this might help when location services go AWOL

Zooming out:

Pinch the map. Or tap the map with two fingers. Tap with two fingers again to zoom out further.

See a list of the businesses found in the search: From the Map screen, tap List.

I wasn't sure what the List option was for. It seems kind of out of place next to Map, Satellite and Hybrid.

Settings

Setting the double click function of the home button:

Choose General > Home Button to set preferences for double-clicking the Home button. You can set iPhone so that double-clicking the Home button goes to either to the Home screen, Phone Favorites, or the iPod screen.

Reset the keyboard dictionary:

Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Keyboard Dictionary. You add words to the keyboard dictionary by rejecting words iPhone suggests as you type. Tap a word to reject the correction and add the word to the keyboard dictionary. Resetting the keyboard dictionary erases all words you’ve added.

Reset the location warnings:

Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Location Warnings. Locations warnings are the requests made by applications (such as Camera and Maps) to use Location Services with those applications. iPhone stops presenting the warning for an application the second time you tap OK. Tap Reset Location Warnings to resume the warnings.

Its a pity this and the one above it are all or nothing.

Set iPhone to add the correct prefix when dialing from another country:

In Settings, tap Phone, then turn International Assist on. This lets you make calls to your home country using the numbers in your contacts and favorites, without having to add a prefix or your country code (not available in all areas).

Store

Checking for updates to App Store apps is all automatic:

Whenever you access the App Store, it checks for updates to applications you’ve installed. By default, the App Store also automatically checks for updates every week. The App Store icon shows the total number of application updates available. If an update is available and you access the App Store, the Updates screen appears immediately.

Ensure all iTunes and App Store items on the phone are listed in iTunes:

You can use iTunes to verify that all the music, videos, applications, and other items you bought from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store or App Store are in your iTunes library. You might want to do this if a download was interrupted. Verify your purchases:

1. Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
2. In iTunes, choose Store > Check for Purchases.
3. Enter your iTunes Store account ID and password, then click Check.

Purchases not yet on your computer are downloaded.

Troubleshooting

Restart iPhone:

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.

Reset iPhone:

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

It isn't made clear what the difference between restart and reset is.

iPhone Doesn’t Respond

• iPhone may be low on power. Connect iPhone to your computer or to its power adapter to charge. See “Charging the Battery” on page 33.
• Press and hold the Home button below the screen for at least six seconds, until the application you were using quits.
• If that doesn’t work, turn iPhone off and turn it on again. [See Restart iPhone above]
• If that doesn’t work, reset iPhone. [See Reset iPhone above]

Mainly included this quote for this point on force quitting apps.

iPhone Is Too Warm

If the interior temperature of iPhone 3G exceeds normal operating temperatures, you may experience the following as it attempts to regulate its temperature:

• iPhone stops charging
• display dims
• weak cellular signal
• temperature warning screen appears

Important: You cannot use iPhone while the temperature warning screen is displayed except to make an emergency call. If none of the above measures succeeds in lowering the internal temperature, iPhone automatically goes into a deep sleep mode until it cools. You cannot make an emergency call when iPhone is in this mode. Move iPhone to a cooler location and wait a few minutes before trying to use iPhone again.

Interesting that this calls out the iPhone 3G specifically.

Final Notes

The iPhone User Guide, optimized for viewing on iPhone, is available at: help.apple.com/iphone

My Notes

Pressing the number/symbol button and sliding to the appropriate key is a quick way of adding punctuation and single numerals.

Time scanning after sitting idle is a strange UI anomaly. Could be related to network time.

There's an interesting section on Backups and managing them in iTunes that I won't repeat here, pp. 139.

> Sent from my iPhone thats going to get annoying soon.. heheh :-P

To answer you question "why do you hate the sig", i think its mainly because of the blatant "zomg look at me i have an iPhone!!"".. There are many better options if you MUST have a sig just to say sorry to your reader.. eg Please excuse the brevity and/or any misspellings. The fact that it is the default, so it comes from everyone and is just such a blatant advertiser just gives me the shits to be totally honest :-)

1. Have a signature like Hayden suggested that is device non-specic. E.g. "Sent from my phone"
2. Set my name in the account settings to "Wesley Moore (Mobile)" or something along those lines.

BRILLIANT! love your work :-)

Disco (Disc burning software)

There are some amazing things in the works for Disco. First and foremost, as Apple adds support for Blu-ray to their computers we intend to be right there with them. As soon as possible, Disco will support these new media technologies to the fullest. We're also planning on introducing more innovative features in the vein of Discography, Spanning and the new Disc Naming.

AppZapper (Application removal tool)

Xtorrent (BitTorrent client)

1. Although this is taken care of by built-in updaters like Sparkle and derivatives in a lot of cases.
2. http://discoapp.com/releasenotes.html
3. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20306/appzapper
4. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22815/xtorrent
5. I probably should admit here that no, I haven't reported this to him. I'll get on it after this post.

For security reasons compinit also checks if the completion system would use files not owned by root or by the current user, or files in directories that are world- or group-writable or that are not owned by root or by the current user. If such files or directories are found, compinit will ask if the completion system should really be used. To avoid these tests and make all files found be used without asking, use the option -u, and to make compinit silently ignore all insecure files and directories use the option -i. This security check is skipped entirely when the -C option is given. The security check can be retried at any time by running the function compaudit.

if has("gui_win32")
    :set guifont=Consolas:h8,ProggyTiny:h8,Luxi_Mono:h12:cANSI
endif

" Make Windows use my UNIX vimfiles
if has("win32")
    set runtimepath=$HOME/.vim,$HOME/vimfiles,$VIM/vimfiles,$VIMRUNTIME,$VIM/vimfiles/after,$HOME/vimfiles/after
endif

• Depression affects 1 in 6 men. Most don't seek help and untreated depression is a leading risk factor for suicide. Having seen the effect of depression first hand this year its certainly not something I would wish to see go untreated.
• Last year 18,700 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in Australia and more than 2,900 died from it. This is equivalent to the number of women that die of breast cancer annually.

• Come up with an overview of requirements
• Sketch out several possible UI designs
• Benchmark MP3 decoders
• Learn and use the new features in Obj-C 2.0
• Learn OCUint and add unit tests to the project
• Implement an MPEG header parser
• Implement MPEG file splitting
• Implement a CUE sheet parser
• Implement splitting on CUE sheet track boundaries
• Hook up a basic UI that uses bindings

The headset included with iPhone features a microphone and an integrated button that allows you to answer and end calls easily, and control audio and video playback. Plug in the headset to listen to music or a phone call. Callers hear you through the headset microphone. Click the mic button to control music playback and answer or end calls, even when iPhone is locked.

# On old server
aptitude search '~i' | grep -v 'i A' > ~/installed.txt
# scp installed.txt to new server
# Then on new server
aptitude search '~i' | grep -v 'i A' > ~/installed2.txt
# Then determine which ones the new server doesn't have already
diff installed*.txt | awk '{ print $3 }'|sort |uniq

1. Download the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac from the Microsoft Mactopia download page.
2. Double click the disk image if it wasn't automatically mounted. You will see an Open XML File Format Converter meta package (.mpkg). This is an installer package comprised of several sub-installer packages. One of which is the fonts I was after.
3. Run the Open XML Fonts Installer package. Running the following in the Terminal will achieve this in a typical Mac OS X install: open "/Volumes/Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0.2/Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0.2.mpkg/Contents/Packages/OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg"
4. Follow the prompts and you're done. You can now configure you text editor and Terminal to use Consolas.

$ lsbom -s /Volumes/Open\ XML\ File\ Format\ Converter\ for\ Mac\ 1.0.2/Open\ XML\ File\ Format\ Converter\ for\ Mac\ 1.0.2.mpkg/Contents/Packages/OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom 
.
./Calibri Bold Italic.ttf
./Calibri Bold.ttf
./Calibri Italic.ttf
./Calibri.ttf
./Cambria Bold Italic.ttf
./Cambria Bold.ttf
./Cambria Italic.ttf
./Cambria.ttf
./Candara Bold Italic.ttf
./Candara Bold.ttf
./Candara Italic.ttf
./Candara.ttf
./Consolas Bold Italic.ttf
./Consolas Bold.ttf
./Consolas Italic.ttf
./Consolas.ttf
./Constantia Bold Italic.ttf
./Constantia Bold.ttf
./Constantia Italic.ttf
./Constantia.ttf
./Corbel Bold Italic.ttf
./Corbel Bold.ttf
./Corbel Italic.ttf
./Corbel.ttf

Tracking My Rides

Road Rage

• Mac Remote Desktop Connection Without Installer
• Install Microsoft’s Consolas Font on Mac OS X
• My First New Site is Live
• Debian 5.0 ‘Lenny’ Released
• Determining Non-Automatically Installed Debian Packages

One particularly nifty feature if you're on a Windows PC without Administrator privileges is VirtualBox will install and run as an unprivileged user. This means if you're forced to use Windows at work you might be able to install Linux via VirtualBox and become a bit more productive.

open "/Volumes/Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0/Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0.mpkg/Contents/Packages/OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg"

A view of a Karri tree being lifted prior to loading on to a truck at Pemberton Western Australia

Capturing an RTMP Video Stream with FLV Recorder

1. Set the network interface in the FLV Recorder options to the one that you use to connect to the Internet (This is a once off setting).
2. Click the record button in FLV Recorder (bottom left).
3. Browse to the page that has the video on it in your web browser.
4. Start the video playing that you want to record. FLV Recorder should start recording.
5. Let the video play all the way through and you're done!

wget --quiet http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml --output-document - | egrep -o "http://www\.example\.com[^<]+" | wget --spider -i - --wait 1

Consolas

Inconsolata

Anonymous Pro

Bitstream Vera Sans Mono

Menlo

./configure --prefix=$HOME/Local/vala

• radiopaedia
• radiopaedia-stable
• radiant-sites

Contents

• The iPod Solution
• ExaVault
• Amazon S3
• Backblaze
• Conclusion

The iPod Solution

ExaVault

Amazon S3

S3 Problems

Moving to Backblaze

Deleting All Data in an S3 Bucket

S3CONF=/path/to/conf.yml s3cmd -s -v deleteall bucket-name

-v : verbose - show files
-s : SSL

• S3 Hub could see but not delete
• S3 Browser couldn't delete
• s3cmd looked like it deleted but didn't

Conclusion

• Free for all 1.x customers!
• Completely rewritten from the ground up for Snow Leopard
• Faster, smarter, easier to use zapping
• New 'Hit List' feature lets you browse and filter all of your apps
• New 'My Apps' feature lets you store license info for purchased applications
• Many overall improvements

git clone ssh://localhost:2222/~username/path/to/repo

The iPad announcement last week created a cacophony of commentary ranging from, "Meh, its just a big iPod touch", to, "Wow, we're witnessing the future of computing". On announcement day I was firmly in the former camp. There appeared to be nothing new aside from the larger screen and a custom Apple SoC inside.

Since then I've read a lot of smart commentary on the iPad, which has swayed my opinion quite a bit.

Computing For Everyone Else

Rob Foster suggests its not the geeks that are excited about the iPad:

The darndest thing happened in the last five days and I was fortunate to be privy to it. Apple has gotten people excited about computing.

But this time, it’s not nerds or geeks and certainly not IT industry analysts. It’s everyone else.

I'm a programmer, I write software both as a profession and a hobby. On my computer I frequently use compilers, interpreters, an IDE, advanced text editors, web servers, database servers and command line tools in addition to the more common web browsers, email client, music player, video player and chat client. The iPad feels weak to me because I clearly can't do a lot of those things on it. I am of course in a minority. For everyone else a computer that just works is all they ask. Your typical computer user shouldn't have to know about drivers, viruses, file permissions, software installers.

The Console of Computing

Think of it as a video game console where you download the games. Now extend that thinking to all the applications. -- John Debs

I realized today that we think of the iPad as a computer, when it's really a console. No outcries about the Wii being closed -- Cory Foy

There's a class of computers that has been operating like Apple's mobile platform for decades: video game consoles. The model of computing that Apple is using for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is very similar to that of say Nintendo. Closed systems, software approval, single main task at a time, limited expandability, ease of use, hardware abstraction are all features of both consoles and Apple's mobile devices.

Steven Frank and Fraser Speirs suggest we're entering the future of computing with the iPad and I now think they may be right. The iPad and its successors will make computing a bit less general but a lot more approachable for the typical consumer.

All is not lost for us tinkerers though. Just like game consoles the iPad needs software too. And whilst the iPad is not self-hosting (yet) there's still a need for "real" computers and programmers to write the software.

A Dark Future?

Alex Payne is wary of the future that iPad style computing may bring:

For now, though, I remain disturbed. The future of personal computing that the iPad shows us is both seductive and dystopian. It’s not a future I want to bring into my home.

He makes a good point. If every computer out there were an iPad style device, totally locked down and under the control of its parent company there would be little room for exploration. However that's never stopped people before, just look at the efforts of the iPhone jail-breaking teams or the ongoing efforts to conquer the Xbox 360. Not only that, there's the open source movement fuelled by a desire to make everything from hardware to software totally visible and free to modify.

The products of open source projects don't have a great reputation for having a fine attention to detail or remarkable ease of use but they exist. And just by existing they ensure that there will always be things for the budding tinkerers out there to explore, modify, extend and learn from.

Single Focus Computing

Much attention has been made of the fact that its only possible to run one app at a time. Many people seem to attributing this to a limitation of the processor used in the iPad or the iPhone OS itself. Both of these are of course totally wrong. The iPad, along with the iPhone and iPod touch are quite capable of running more that one process at a time. In fact that's how email gets sent and received in the background and how your music keeps playing when you're in the Facebook app. Milind Alvares attempts to clear up some of these misconceptions in, Understanding Multi-tasking on the iPad: What is it really?.

The iPad is promoting single focus computing. It does away with the memory requirements, power use, and task management that comes along with running more than one major app at a time. Just like hiding the underlying file layout simplifies things, so does this.

As the iPhone has shown us, there's very little actual need for more than one app running at a time. As long as the experience of switching between apps is fast and state preserving it often doesn't really matter if an app is stopped and started or just switched to. There are of some widely cited exceptions to this though: Chat clients and third party music players.

iPad doubters -- remember how iPhone didn't have COPY-PASTE for 2 years? Now compare THAT to multitasking! -- Jevgeni Kabanov

The inability to run a chat client or third party music player in the background right now does not mean that it won't be added in the future. I'm sure Apple is well aware of these use cases, just like it proved to be well aware of the need for copy-and-paste on the iPhone.

There are solutions to both these problems that don't require full graphical apps to be run in parallel. The music player problem would be solved if the iPad SDK permitted a non-graphical background process to be left running. The OS could even impose strict limitations on the system resources that the process may use. In fact this is already possible in Mac OS X¹, so given iPhone OS's pedigree may already be present.

The chat client problem could be addressed in a similar fashion: A non-graphical background process with the added ability to send notifications. This is already possible with push notifications, however imagine they could be generated by the background app and perhaps also include standard user interface elements, much like third party apps in the Settings app. This way a new chat message could be displayed, with a field to allow a reply. Obviously these notifications would need to be less intrusive than they are now but it shows its possible.

Flash Must Die

RT @mashable: Apple's iPad: Will it Improve the Web? (Cashmore/CNN)- http://bit.ly/d1UgWF flash, like IE6, must die -- Jevgeni Kabanov

From my geeky point of view Flash is a rash on the web and the quicker it just goes away the better. However I know there's a lot of people out there that are writing the iPad off due its lack of support for Flash. The thing is, if Apple sticks to its guns and doesn't include Flash on the iPad it can only help push the adoption of alternatives like the HTML5 canvas and video tags. Sure there's going to be some pain until that time but we'll all be better off at the end.

the git model requires about 37 times the space that CVS does

that's not counting the overhead of 962 inodes and the related directory bookkeeping

I know that git offers some more efficient storage methods via "pack" files, but investigating those is left as an exercise to the reader.

mkdir git
cd git
git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/wmoore/Source/NetBSD i386 GENERIC/git/.git/

du -sk .

find . | wc -l

git gc
Counting objects: 2871, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (1914/1914), done.
Writing objects: 100% (2871/2871), done.
Total 2871 (delta 951), reused 0 (delta 0)
Removing duplicate objects: 100% (256/256), done.