Monthly Archives: Oktober 2003

Whirr… shhwip! :>POOF!<: *gleam*

Oh my god! They‘ve done it! As it seems, Apple has introduced a really cool under-the-hood feature into Mac OS X 10.3 (you know, the black cat thing). It is some kind of auto-defragmentation within the HFS+ file system. As … Continue reading

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Konfabulator makes the Desktop a reality and iChat even more useful

I was a bit picky when taking a look at Konfabulator, a subsystem for Mac OS X allowing you to run menu-less widgets on your desktop. Widgets are written in JavaScript and usually do just a small thing much in … Continue reading

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Chaos Computer Club Public Wiki

Huh. We have finally managed to convert the Camp Wiki to a general Chaos Computer Club Public Wiki System. Radar has spent many hours separating the Camp content and putting it in its own section (called a “Web” in Twiki … Continue reading

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The Commodore Billboard

The Commodore Billboard is a nice site with a extensive collection of Commodore adverts, brochures and TV commercials from the 80ies. Vintage Fun!. My recommendation: a TV spot comparing the C64 to the Apple II (MPEG-1). The Commodore Billboard is … Continue reading

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Custom headers with Mail.app

The new Mail program in Mac OS X finally allows the setting of user-defined headers. So you can customize outgoing mails to your needs. Have a look at karelia to see how it works, showing an example of adding these … Continue reading

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Encryption galore in Mac OS X 10.3

Mac OS X has improved support for encryption on many levels. There is the FileVault feature storing your home directory in a dynamically growing disk image that is encrypted using the AES-256 encryption standard which can currently be considered to … Continue reading

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Mark reviews Panther

Mark Pilgrim, author of the always-so-excellent Dive Into Mark blog, has made an extensive review of Panther worth checking out. Mark Pilgrim, author of the always-so-excellent Dive Into Mark blog, has made an extensive review of Panther worth checking out.

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Iraq is in Germany

Did you know? The middle east does no longer exist and the birthplace of civilization is right in the heart of Germany! On the other hand, does this mean the USA is planning a regime change here as well? You … Continue reading

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Help wanted: usable RSS readers on Windows?

Hmm. Just started a small weblog project on the University Of Arts Berlin to give the students something to communicate and design with. Interest seems to be high but as I failed turning everybody into Macheads so far I am … Continue reading

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My favorite net things

“My favorite net things”, available in an audio version as MP3 (6.4M) and video version as MPEG-1 (46.8M) sings the lovely tune of the nerd in a digital world. [via 0x2a] "My favorite net things", available in an audio version … Continue reading

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