/nix | Aug 29, 2010

1. Download the Linux version
2. Extract unstopcp from unstopcp.gz
3. chmod +x unstopcp or from the GUI: right click unstopcp > Properties > Permissions > check "Allow executing file as a program" > Close
4. Kubuntu users (or others running KDE) can simply double click unstopcp to launch it. GNOME users may find nothing happens after double clicking. Running unstopcp from the Terminal reveals: unstopcp: error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. libqt-mt is the Trolltech Qt library, necessary for running KDE3 apps.
5. Head to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, do a quick search for "libqt3-mt" and install it.
6. Now GNOME users should be able to launch unstopcp successfully:
   
7. Notes:
   • Logging and auto skipping of damaged files can be enabled under the "Settings" tab.
   • Had to launch with sudo in order to copy user files from an OS X HFS+ volume (as permissions are maintained across platforms).
   • To copy directories instead of a single file, put a trailing asterisk in the Source path (see screenshot above), otherwise nothing will be copied.

/nix | Aug 24, 2010

•  Pich [7k] + Generates an HTML page of all images (JPG, GIF, PNG) in the current directory and (optionally) subdirectories.  
•  HTI (Hyper-Text Index) 0.5 [16k] {S}+ Generates an index page of HTML files. Includes titles, meta descriptions, and H1 - H6 headings. ANSI C source code available on request, on a "don't laugh" basis.  

/windows | Aug 23, 2010

• Small rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray. -- Leonardo da Vinci
• For my part, as I grow older I am more and more inclined to reduce my baggage, to lop off superfluities. I become more and more in love with simple things and simple folk -- a small house, a hut in the woods, a tent on the shore. The show and splendor of great houses, elaborate furnishings, stately halls, oppress me, impose upon me. They fix the attention upon false values, they set up a false standard of beauty; they stand between me and the real feeders of character and thought. -- John Burroughs
• Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement. -- William Morris
• There is an old story about a famous rabbi living in Europe who was visited one day by a man who had traveled by ship from New York to see him. The man came to the great rabbi's dwelling, a large house on a street in a European city, and was directed to the rabbi's room, which was in the attic. He entered to find the master living in a room with a bed, a chair, and a few books. The man expected much more. After greetings, he asked, "Rabbi, where are your things?" The rabbi asked in return, "Well, where are yours?" His visitor replied, "But, Rabbi, I'm only passing through," and the master answered, "So am I, so am I." -- Jack Kornfield
• Turn yourself into gold and then live wherever you please. -- Sri Ramakrishna

/misc | Aug 20, 2010

• biovizier's sudo chflags uchg /Volumes
• Ryan Kubasiak's backup and removal of /etc/mach_init.d/diskarbitrationd.plist for Tiger. This one was new to me, and Ryan kindly informs us that it is the only way to disable Disk Arbitration under 10.4.
• Charles Edge's launchctl stop 0×10abe0.diskarbitrationd for Leopard
• Matt's sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.diskarbitrationd.plist for Snow Leopard. This method (and probably the one above) has the unfortunate side effect of disabling diskutil: "Unable to run because unable to use the DiskManagement framework. Common reasons include, but are not limited to, the DiskArbitration framework being unavailable due to being booted in single-user mode."

   $ sudo launchctl list | grep diskarbitrationd
   188 -   com.apple.diskarbitrationd
   $ sudo kill -SIGSTOP 188 # pauses diskarbitrationd, disabling automount
   $ sudo kill -SIGCONT 188 # resumes diskarbitrationd, reenabling automount

UPDATE 2: More on disabling Disk Arbitration from Apple Examiner.

/mac | Aug 17, 2010

• Windows OS support expiration
• Browser version (IE 6.0+, Firefox 3.0+, Chrome 4.0+)
• Adobe Flash Player
• Adobe Reader 5.x and above
• Adobe Shockwave Player
• Apple Quicktime
• BEA JRockit
• Microsoft Silverlight
• Microsoft Windows Media Player
• Real Player
• Sun Java
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers

/misc | Aug 14, 2010

$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.6.4
BuildVersion:   10F569
$ sw_vers -productVersion
10.6.4

/mac | Aug 14, 2010

• its own unique URL
• a place in the topic index
• a place in the month index
• a place in the year index

/blosxom | Aug 13, 2010

1. Paper Type/Quality
2. Color Options
3. Grayscale
4. Black Print Cartridge Only

/mac | Aug 07, 2010