How to limit the size of a Time Machine networked backup

February 2nd, 2009 No comments

As a little reminder to self, here is how you do it – from macosoxhints.com via Bytex. If you don’t limit the size of the DMG you will apparently run into problems with Time Machine (TM) killing off your entire backup. I currently use a smallish USB disk for backup, but I would much rather have TM back up over the network, preferrably via SSH. Unfortunately, ExpanDrive does not support this officially. I am planning on giving it a try over ordinary sshfs in Fuse. I’ll be back with more.

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Someone should seriously clean their lenses

January 30th, 2009 No comments

I was planning a sailing trip from Holland to Norway, and discovered this in the Kiel canal :D


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Norways largest online newspaper rickrolls all it’s readers

December 1st, 2008 3 comments

However subtle, it must still count as a rickroll. The actual rolling is performed by inserting the response header X-Rick-Would-Never, with a content of “Run around and desert you” or “Give you up”.

How to test on Mac OS X or Linux:

oo@probo:~$ curl -s  –head http://www.vg.no | grep X-Rick
X-Rick-Would-Never: Run around and desert you
oo@probo:~$ curl -s  –head http://www.vg.no | grep X-Rick
X-Rick-Would-Never: Give you up

Kind of hilarious, imagine all the hundreds of thousands of people being rickrolled every single day!

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At last – silent fans on the Acer Aspire One

September 12th, 2008 No comments

My friend ez tipped me off about acerfand, which effectively silences the very annoying fans on the aa1. Just follw the instructions in the README file and you are good to go!


Basic fan control for the Acer Aspire One
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Rachel Greenham and others, 2008. See http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=300&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a for details.

In particular, acer_ec.pl is not my own work. :-)

Simple install:

1: Download acerfand and acer_ec.pl from this folder into /usr/local/bin. Ensure they're executable.

2: Add "/usr/local/bin/acerfand" into your /etc/rc.local file.

3: Reboot. Or just run acerfand to start it immediately.

--
Rachel

P.S. The mail-notification .deb is prebuilt for ubuntu with SSL support enabled, unlike the one in the Ubuntu repository.

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Hurra for posten

September 5th, 2008 1 comment

Etter å ha venta i to veker på HD-tuneren min frå Canal Digital kjem den endelig i posten.Glad og forventningsfull spretter eg ned til postkontoret for å hente den nye dippedutten min! Og kva møter meg der? Jau, dette:

Det er vel kanskje ei trøyst at pakken i det heile teke kom fram, men at dei klarte å knuse den såpass er ganske utruleg. Hadde vore fint om Canal Digital kunne bruke ein seriøs aktør som UPS eller DHL neste gong.

Det artige er jo at posten i dag bytta logo og fekk det nye slagordet “Nå skal vi levere dobbelt så bra – i hele Norden” – hadde pakka mi vore dobbelt så ødelagt om ho blei levert for to veker sidan da, eller? *sukk*

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