~/Library/Calendars/longstring.calendar/Events
~/Library/Calendars/longstring.calendar/Info.plist

~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook

/mac | Nov 27, 2011

1. Install 10.6.3 to Firewire drive connected to white MacBook (13-inch Late 2007)
2. Boot white MacBook from Firewire drive with 10.6.3 and update to 10.6.8
3. Boot new MacBook Pro from Firewire drive running 10.6.8
4. Clone Firewire drive to internal SSD with SuperDuper! (Carbon Copy Cloner is another excellent choice)
5. Boot MacBook Pro from SSD - success!

Here is an abbreviated version of Apple's Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers showing only the latest models:

See also Finding your Mac OS X version and build information.

Notes & Updates:

• * These machine-specific installers can be made universal as well: Make a universal 10.6.7 Snow Leopard installer.
• † I have successfully tested the 10.6.7 MacBook Pro installer DVD on a Late 2011 MacBook Pro purchased Feb 2012.
• Reportedly, a MacBook Pro 10.6.8 image can boot the latest Mac Mini as well.
• Roy Miller explains how to slipstream 10.6.8 into a 10.6.3 image via NetRestore. Note that System Image Utility 10.6.8 is found in Server Admin Tools 10.6.8, not in Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1, as mistakenly mentioned in the "Required resources" section.
  • Found a fixed and formatted version of Roy's instructions, along with a Target Disk Mode method that is much faster than using an external drive.
• Recap of downgrade methods and performance notes
• Apparently OS X system drives are largely universal, generally booting any Mac of the same basic generation.
• Apple strongly discourages downgrading: Don't install a version of Mac OS X earlier than what came with your Mac

/mac | Nov 24, 2011

/palm | Nov 14, 2011

On 11/16, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same. Join all of us on the 16th to stop this bill.

• Website Blocking - The government and corporations can order service providers to block websites for infringing links posted by any users.
• Risk of Jail for Ordinary Users - It becomes a felony with a potential 5 year sentence to stream a copyrighted work that would cost more than $2,500 to license, even if you are a totally noncommercial user, e.g. singing a pop song on Facebook.
• Chaos for the Internet - Thousands of sites that are legal under the DMCA would face new legal threats. People trying to keep the internet more secure wouldn't be able to rely on the integrity of the DNS system.

/misc | Nov 14, 2011

chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd

What this does is make pppd run with root privileges even if the binary is run by an ordinary user. This allows a normal user to run pppd with the necessary privileges to set up the network interfaces and the kernel routing table.

Programs that run 'set uid root' are potential security holes and you should be extremely cautious about making programs 'suid root'. A number of programs (including pppd) have been carefully written to minimize the danger of running suid root, so you should be safe with this one, (but no guarantees).

(from the Linux PPP HOWTO)

Programs that use this bit must be carefully designed to be immune to buffer overrun attacks. Successful buffer overrun attacks on vulnerable applications allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code under the rights of the process being exploited. In the event a vulnerable process uses the setuid bit to run as root, the code will be executed with root privileges, in effect giving the attacker root access to the system on which the vulnerable process is running.

(from Wikipedia)

/palm | Nov 08, 2011

• Timer 0.1 [8k] {S} Sound alarm at regular intervals  
• Meditation Timer 1.3.1 [15k] Beeps/vibrates at regular intervals (1 minute to 99 hours). Stops after 1-999 stages or counts forever.  
• PocketDoan 3.4.1 [100k] Single and multi-stage meditation timer with audio, vibration, and LED alerts.  

• Chimester 1.8 [22k] Can be set to play a MIDI/WAV file, vibrate, or activate the LED on the hour or any 15 minute increment thereof. Find in Prefs > Other after installation.   

• SilentCue 1.2 [54k] Vibrates Palm device at custom interval ranging from 1 to 60 minutes.  
• Chime 1.2 [781k] Sounds (via voice, chime, or vibration) on the hour, half hour, or quarter hour during a given day/time range.  

/palm | Nov 06, 2011

• markdown
• reStructuredText
• textile
• HTML
• LaTeX

• plain text
• markdown
• reStructuredText
• HTML
• LaTeX
• ConTeXt
• PDF
• RTF
• DocBook XML
• OpenDocument XML
• ODT
• GNU Texinfo
• MediaWiki markup
• textile
• groff man pages
• Emacs org-mode
• EPUB ebooks
• S5 and Slidy HTML slide shows

/nix | Nov 03, 2011

• Default location of IncrediMail email data under Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\IM\Identities\{longstring}\Message Store\
• IncrediMail email messages are stored in proprietary IMM files
• Attempting to "Export a Complete Directory" caused Reynardware Incredimail Converter to crash (known bug), but "Export a Single Database" (i.e., export a single mail folder / IMM file) worked beautifully. Simply specify an IMM file in the "Incredimail Database" line (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\IM\Identities\{longstring}\Message Store\Inbox.imm, point "Attachment Directory" to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\IM\Identities\{longstring}\Message Store\Attachments, and click "Convert".
• Once the conversion is complete, find your eml files in a new subdirectory inside MessageStore. The subdirectory will be named after the IMM file.
• Reynardware Incredimail Converter 0.6 is in the works, offering Unicode and multi-platform support.

Technical Background on the Incredimail Xe Database
An Incredimail Xe database consists of three files. The first Incredimail file is where all the emails are stored and has an extension of .imm. It should be noted that the .imm files do not contain any attachments, just the raw email. The second Incredimail file contains index information for the .imm file and this file has an extension of .imh, or also known as the header file. The information in this header file includes the sender, receiver, subject, etc. The final piece is the attachment directory. The attachment directory contains all the attachments which Incredimail receives. This includes your pictures, documents, programs, etc. All three pieces, .imm, .imh, and the attachment directory, must be present for ReynardWare Converter to properly convert a Incredimail Xe Database.

Technical Background on the Incredimail 2 Database
An Incredimail 2 database is almost exactly the same as the Incredimail Xe database except there are no longer any .imh files. The header files are replaced with one SQLite 3 database file called containers.db. This database file contains the same information as the .imh files in the Incredimail Xe format.

/windows | Nov 01, 2011