Archive for the ‘Mac OS X’ Category

Accessing Ubuntu Live-CD session without configuring a password

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

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While in the process of performing some data transfer/recovery using my Jaunty Live-CD I decided that I didn’t really want to sit right beside the server while doing this work to save my sanity and hearing.

My attempts to enable remote desktop (using the Preferences > Remote Desktop applet) using Vino were hit and miss as I could only connect to the server 1 out of every 20 attempts.

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OpenSSH: Tunnels without Windows (A Linux and OSX perspective)

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

In this initial SSH tunneling tutorial you will learn how to create tunnels to allow access to systems that may not be directly accessible.  This can be handy for remote administration and securing your traffic while going over the internet.

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A Coders Font

Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Anonymous Pro Free Font from Mark Simonson Studio

Anonymous Pro Free Font from Mark Simonson Studio

While surfing around today checking out an ARS article on the demise of the Monaco font I discovered this very readable and clean OS X and Windows font.  The font, Anonymous Pro is a free download and can be grabbed at here: Anonymous Pro.

The download contains 4 variations of the font.  You will notice that it is very easy to work with courtesy of the differentiation of the O and 0, 1 and l so on.  Check it out.

Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook: Anonymous Pro Now Available.

Doing more with… Easy screen capture for your iPhone/iPod Touch

Friday, June 12th, 2009

A picture is worth a thousand words…

If you have ever felt like showing someone how cool that new app looks or needed to send your resident Mac Geek a picture of what’s “broken” Apple included the feature with your device.

The next time the need arises simply press the Home and Power buttons down together. Your screen will blink and voilà a shiny screencap in your Pictures.

From pictures you can email your photo or set as a wallpaper.

Until next time…
Cheers

Working with Pages '09 – iWork

Monday, March 9th, 2009

My first requirement for iWork and come and gone. Over the weekend my Son was attending a birthday party and wanted to have something to give to his friend since his actual present won’t be released until March 21st.

I must admit that I was a little concerned as we had a whopping 15 minutes to come up with a design and phrase it to everyone’s satisfaction… Oh before I go on, this was the first time that I had started or used pages as well…

After sitting down in front of my Mac I decided that it could be spelled out best in a certificate. So off to start pages and create a landscape document.

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