Mac side refresh

Well, the wiping is done. Nice, clean new Mac :) Setup the way I like it. Next, it'd be nice to get 2Gb of RAM for this to run virtual machines more efficiently and a bigger hard drive (160Gb anyone?). There's a few other things to take care of first though... I have to rebuild my website, do some jobs, sort out TAFE, sleep A LOT and... actually I think that about sums it up... so there you go...

Mac side complete

It's been a little while but I think my Mac is now completely setup. Here's the last few things I did after the last post:

Coconut Battery (monitoring battery usage + wear and tear): http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery
Installing XCode: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301408#5
Changed the logon screen background: http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/22/customize-the-mac-os-x-login-screen/
NeoOffice (OpenOffice for Mac): http://www.neooffice.org
SilverKeeper (backup): http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/index.htm
Paintbrush (come on, you gotta know what this one is!): http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home_learning/
Google Earth (you all know it and where to find it)
InsomniaX (disable sleep on lid close, control hibernation a.k.a. safe sleep): http://www.semaja2.net/insomniaxinfo/
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Max (CD ripping): http://sbooth.org
Mac The Ripper (DVD ripping): http://mactheripper.org
Witch (Alt-Tab add-on): http://www.manytricks.com/witch/
FAT32 partitioning: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040724110933265
File sharing guide: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011108161839416
OnyX (Mac OS X tweaking): http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html
MacDaddyX (MAC address imitation): http://www.updatesoup.com/macdaddy/
KisMac (Wireless hacking): http://kismac.macpirate.ch/about.php
X11 (on Mac OS X install disc)
Gimp.app (Free, open source alternative to Photoshop): http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/
Text Editor (links to CyberDuck): http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler
iStat menus: http://www.islayer.com/index.php?op=item&id=28
Email Backup: http://homepage.mac.com/minge/emailbackup/index.html

Now... to reformat :P I've figured out what I do and don't like as well as what I do and don't use so it's time for a nice fresh start :)!

*almost splat*

Another random encounter... not involving a fly this time :P I almost ran over someone the other day... keyword: ALMOST! Why? Not because I'm a bad driver, honest! I was coming up a 3-lane road in the middle lane through an intersection with a green light then this guy starts talking across just as I enter the intersection so I slow down and let him walk in front of the car (as opposed to the splat). The car next to me came closer to hitting him than I did. There was a screech of tires and much beeping of their horn. Come to think of it, I don't know why I didn't beep at him too. The guy was wearing headphones and didn't really seem to be paying attention to what was going on... Maybe he was high or something? Who knows... He seemed pretty out of it though. Hopefully nothing like that happens again. It's slightly scary...

You're all witnesses!

Session Start: Monday, 17 September 2007
Seto://Sylvester
Stacie

(9:44 PM) Stacie: do you know where adam went?
(9:44 PM) Seto://Sylvester: no idea
...
(9:45 PM) Stacie: damn it
(9:45 PM) Stacie: im going to kill him
(9:45 PM) Seto://Sylvester: I'm a witness
(9:45 PM) Seto://Sylvester: you said kill
(9:46 PM) Stacie: guess ill have to kill you too then
***
(9:53 PM) Stacie: ill make it look like an accident

There. You're all witnesses. If I suddenly disappear, you know why!

*zzz*

I've been sleeping. Lots. Unfortunately it's not doing much for me :S So, I'm going back to see the doc man tomorrow...

Fly

Just a bit of randomness... There's a fly in my room. It seems to be drugged out or something. It keeps flying around in a fairly off-perfect circle around my ceiling hitting the roof all the time before stopping then doing the same thing again.

Told you it was random :) Back to resting... if the fly shuts up...