Airborne Warfare

The mark of a good system administrator is laziness. I mean this in the sense that laziness in the computing world fuels automation and thereby lower costs. In this quest for automation it is my belief that we have opened ourselves to a real danger in the air. Most computers by default have running applications. Wether they be in the taskbar or a Linux daemon, our machines are set to take care of their users. The biggest offenders are communication based services. Programs that login to our Lotus Smarttime, Windows Messenger, or Jabber corporate servers transmit userid and password information upon recognizing network connections. Email programs set to auto-check for mail ping into the ether in search of new messages to delight the warm body clicking away on its keyboard. ...

September 2, 2008 · 3 min · Nick

GBA PSP Emulator SDTV

Load up the emulator Plug in the Composite Cable Without getting a wretched headache, get into the Graphics and Sounds menu option Set Video to: Scaled 3:2 Filter Yes Ratio: ratio 4:3 interlaced Tadda! MarioKart on your hotel TV

February 9, 2008 · 1 min · Nick

Oh how the times have changed…

Thanks to Joy of Tech for a great comic!

August 24, 2007 · 1 min · Nick

Patchstick AppleTV Hack

I was really excited to have SSH on the AppleTV…why? No Clue. I am a geek. I use my Logitech remote for my roomba. This is simply something I do. Here is the steps to get the Patchstick working with 1.1 Firmware. Find the patchstick torrent of the original version or create your own. I will not tell you where to find the torrent. Download the AppleTV 1.1 DMG: Click Here! ...

July 23, 2007 · 1 min · Nick