Twitter is still down… And it’s my problem..

Well, I’m communicating with the author of the Twitoaster package, to see if we can isolate what is causing the failure of the package…  (It’s probably something related to my wordpress configuration…) Twitoaster, automatically posts the wordpress posts to Twitter, but it also allows the Retweets, and Tweetbacks, to show up in the posts on […]

Start screen sharing remotely in Terminal

Assume you want to do some work on a remote Mac via 10.5's Screen Sharing, but you forgot to enable Screen Sharing before you left the remote Mac. Since the screen sharing system uses launchd to monitor its state, enabling and disabling is as simple as adding a file in the/Libary/Preferences folder. Of course, this […]

You shot me! That’s unfair, my monitor was refreshing…

Well, in this post, Monitor Interlacing? What’s the refresh rate, kenneth? I attempted to address the concept of a Monitor’s refresh rate…  But I noticed an odd search request: How Does Reaction time related to Vertical refresh rate For those that missed the earlier post, a Monitor’s refresh rate is a measurement of of the number […]

Monitor Interlacing? What’s the refresh rate, kenneth?

What’s a monitor refresh rate? And what does it do? That’s a multifaceted question, but here we go. The “Vertical Refresh Rate” is the number of times a second that the video is displayed on the CRT monitor. (On LCD monitors, a vertical refresh is a fixed rate, and does not change…) Older CRT monitors […]

How to find out what display is connected to your Mac…

How can you find out what display is connected to your macintosh?  Well, on the desktop’s you can examine the monitor, probably…  But what about your laptop? Open a terminal window, and type this in: ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed “/[^<]*</s///” | xxd -p -r | strings -6 For example: [nerv:~] benjamin% ioreg […]

Faking a second monitor

Here’s a how to that will allow you to “fake” a monitor… How to setup a false monitor.” Please note, I have not tried this. This is certainly an “at your own risk” procedure… But I can’t see how any damage could be caused… (View the rest of the article at Faking a second monitor)

Note to Self: Don’t Pack Tech When Flying

This is just another reason to not fly, if possible. Or to keep your valuables, and expensive items, on your person (or in Carry on luggage). But it’s also another example of “we don’t take responsibility” for anything from companies. How many times do you see a sign saying: “Not responsible for lost items” In […]