Version Zero Zero : v00.org : SysAdmin Musings http://v00.org Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:52:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://v00.org/content/view/59/32/ Yes, my state, and even my city now have made me wonder about the average IQ of it's citizens. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that a woman managed to lock her self in her car and called 911 because she could get out. Here's some of the story: A woman called Kissimmee police to say she was locked inside her car at the Walgreen's on John Young Parkway near Poinciana. My car will not start. I'm locked inside my car, the unidentified woman said. Nothing electrical works. And it's getting very hot in here, and I'm not feeling well. The dispatcher asked the woman if she was able to manually pull the lock up on the door. The woman said she would try, and then, she said, Yes, I got the door open. Ah, the old electrical lock locker-outer-ro o. Seriously people...I really wish this was an April Fool's day joke. At least she didn't have her kid locked in the car with her, then we'd have the Department of Child Services out there trying to take the kid from the mother. Which, in this case, I'd have to agree with their actions. Full story here (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-kissimmee-911-locked-car-040109,0,270094.story). And now, we also have the audio here (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-audio-locked-car-911-call-040109,0,574765.mp3file) News - Latest Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:07:54 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/58/32/ In keeping up with the times, though not always updating my blog as often as I would like, I'm very pleased to announce my web hosting service Ni-on.com (http://www.ni-on.com/) has now been upgraded to Plesk 9 for our Plesk based customers. 8 was fun, but 9 will be better! Here's some reviews we've gotten over the years: ni-on Rawks the Casbah!!! - by Rhiannon ni-on.com was the company I chose when I started my website and I've been so happy w/it! It's been 3 years so far and it's worked out great! I use my site to sell artwork and post a photo gallery page as well as a few other things and whenever I need anything...espe cially more space. ni-on is on the ball! Very accomodating and knows exactly what you need, especially if you're not sure what your needs are, haha! We love ni-on!!! Well, we didn't know our hosting service was as exciting as Casbah...but... we thank you anyways Rhiannon! Excellent Service and Support !!! - by Didier Grieten We have selected ni-on back in 2006 and have not had any regrets. We mostly experiment with sites so sometimes do funny things or just have an empty page. Any request to ni-on always has been promptly and correctly answered. Super Service !!! Great Pricing and Excellent Support, a Big +++ First off reviews that don't reference houses of love making or old market places are a nice addition to the mix. Secondly, it's loyal clients such as Didier that we've been able to serve over the past 8 years that have enabled us to be a thriving success even in today's troubled markets. Your mortgage may be way over priced, but why should your hosting be too? Make the switch today with plans starting as low as $5 a month! (http://www.ni-on.com/) News - Latest Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:56:49 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/57/32/ Ah, I suspect a marketing guru, in the corporate office, with the G3 iPhone! *gasps* No one passed a card?!?! Rhode Island based Hasbro has announced that they'll be updating the classic game of Clue with a more modern take. All of the characters last names will remain the same but get new first names. Mr. Green? Jacob Green, an African-American. Colonel Mustard? Jack Mustard, ex football star. Mrs. Peacock? Eleanor Peacock Professor Plum? Victor Plum, billionaire video game designer. Miss Scarlet? Cassandra Scarlet, an actress. Ms. White? Diane White Also a few new weapons such as an ax, baseball bat, dumbbell, pistol, poison and a trophy have been added while the lead pipe, revolver and wrench have been left out. Also new rooms in which well known anthropologist John Boddy could have been murdered now includes the theater, spa and guest house. Just updating the style? Nope, more than superficial flair, they're adding a 2nd deck of intrigue and clock cards that can add clues and possibly dash players hopes of finding the murderer. The goal was to create a more tabloid style game that the younger generation can relate to. I've played the current version many times with my nieces, and they have no trouble adapting. Time will tell if this was a grand or gruesome idea for Hasbro. What does this mean for the classic clue? According to Hasbro this new version will replace the current version this fall with a retail price around $15.99...so...Classic Clue fans buy up your games now! Well, if you're really a fan, you already have one around anyways. News - August 2008 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:29:17 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/56/32/ While shopping at a larger retailer who's main color is red recently; I picked up an item that shocked and appalled my wife. The new razor system for men called the ManGroomer had definitely caught my eye. The ManGroomer bills itself as The essential do-it-yourself electric back shaver. With it's large 1.5 blade it's perfect for removing all back hair or just shaving your initials into your carpet-like back. Yeah...that's what appalled the wife... Anyways...as you can see from the photo the extendable handle opens 135 degrees to double it's length so you don't have to ask your significant other, best friend or kid down the street to shave your back for you. ManGroomer also offers some other razor systems separate from this back focusing product. They also have the Essential Private Body Shaver (Yeah, that's pretty self-explanatory) as well as the more traditional Nose and Ear Trimmer . And no...I didn't actually buy any of these items, merely picked them up to investigate them further. No, there's nothing wrong if you need these products. Maybe if Bigfoot were to use this great ManGroomer people would leave the hairy dude in peace. Of course some of the FAQ's on their site are quite funny: Q. Will shaving make my hair grow back thicker? A. No, shaving does not make hair grow back thicker – that is merely a myth. Each individual’s genetics and hormone levels affect their hair growth. Q. How long does it take to shave my back with the MANGROOMER Electric Back Hair Shaver? A. The length of time will depend on how much hair you have and its thickness. The MANGROOMER Electric Back Hair Shaver’s large 1 ½ inch blade covers a large surface area, while still remaining small enough to easily maneuver within different / difficult angles of the back. Q. When is the best time to shave my back? A. The best time to shave your back is when it is clean and dry, usually before shower. Avoid shaving right after shower when skin is most sensitive and still retaining moisture. Definitely something to think about giving to the guy who has everything including unwanted body hair, more info here (http://www.mangroomer.com/). News - August 2008 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:42:59 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/55/32/ here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav). News - August 2008 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:13:02 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/54/32/ On my usual morning read through over at BoingBoint.net I stumbled across this great looking 0.77 thick compact. Here's the scoop from BoingBoing Gadgets: Toshiba's entry in the superthin stakes is the Portege R500-S5007v (http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/portege/R500), a 2.4lb notebook with a 128GB flash drive and integrated optical. Topped by a 12.1 1280x800 widescreen display, it comes with 2GB of RAM, a U7700 Core 2 Duo CPU and Intel GMA video. There's no WWAN, and it comes with Vista Business. The only downside I see is Vista, but with a 128GB solid state flash drive, you can't go wrong. Also in it's favor vs. the .076 MacBook Air is the internal DVD-RW drive. What's the point of having a small laptop if you have to lug around all these other tethered devices? Also while the MacBook Airs weighs around 3lbs, this Protege weighs in at only 1.72lbs. The downside? Toshiba's sleek new device comes with a price almost twice that of the Air's $1,700. But for the budget conscious business person on the go, their appears to be several other cheaper models along this same class in Toshiba's line up. Here's the link over to BoingBoing Gadgets (http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/17/toshibas-portege-r50.html)as well as the link to Toshiba (http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/portege/R500). If you are a lover of all things gadgets and gizmos with bells and whistles be sure to make your way over to (http://gadgets.boingboing.net/)BoingBoing Gadgets (http://gadgets.boingboing.net/) often as they add a ton of new stuff everyday. News - June 2008 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:25:20 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/53/32/ As usual all the weird people come out of my home state...today a Florida man was arrested about 5 blocks from my office for attempting to steal gas from a Hess station using an 800 gallon gas tank in the back of his truck. Here's a quote from the Orlando Sentinel: Deputies were called out to the Hess gas station at 2902 W. Sand Lake Road around 9:40 a.m. and found a man pumping fuel into a 800 gallon tank that was in the back of a covered pick up truck, according to spokesman Jim Solomons. The gas was being pumped out of the underground fuel tank. A deputy had to deploy a Taser to get the suspect to comply with orders, Solomons said. link (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-bk-gas-theft-061708,0,1003872.story?track=rss) to the Orlando Sentinel write up. News - June 2008 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:55:48 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/52/32/ Talk about politics being a dead issue...a small village in Romania decided that the dead candidate was preferred to the living. The late incumbent Neculai Ivascu who was mayor for over 20 years died from liver disease shortly after the polls opened. Yet he still won re-election by 23 votes. I know he died, but I don't want change, a pro-Ivascu villager told Romanian television. I feel sorry for his opponent though knowing that the citizens of your fair village thought the dead guy was a better bet. But he who still breathes gets the last laugh as his opponent Gheorghe Dobrescu will assume office as the runner up. Ivascu's Social Democrat Party has called for a new vote in the wake of the event. Rest in peace Mayor Ivascu, your legacy shall continue from the grave. Link (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1626574720080616) to Reuters story. News - June 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:03 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/51/32/ You know you have a true masterpiece when even nature imitates your work. Check out this log that looks very similar to Edvard Munch's awesome piece The Scream . The wood itself hasn't been tampered with aside from chopping it it half as they were about to toss it into a fire. Apparently, that chop was all that was needed to reveal the masterpiece within. Check out the pix below and see for yourself! And for a limited time, it looks like you can also purchase this unique one-of-a-kind natural masterpiece on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem item=170227893518)! I think this is better then the Mary toast or the state cornflake. Here's an excerpt from the listing: On a chilly Friday evening two figures gathered wood and kindling for a fire on the banks of the Suwannee River. After clearing the thick brush that surrounded a small cabin the two made their way back to an open stone pit and began preparing the wood for it's incineration and provision of warmth. Carefully each selection of gathered wood was laid in order in the pit and the kindling lit. Suddenly the still night air was broken with a loud cry, That log on the flames! It has a face! Quickly reaching into the searing flames they pulled out this mysterious log and gazed upon the face they had rescued from the scorching heat. Yes, they had seen this face before, but the last time it appeared was on a canvas backlit by a blood red sky. Now looking at the face and the glowing hot flames behind it, everything came together. The Scream had returned. Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem item=170227893518) to eBay auction. News - June 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:37:59 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/49/32/ I guess I could be referred to as a Tetris addict. As soon as I get a new cell phone the first game, if not the only game, loaded is Tetris. It makes for a great time filler as well as offers a challenge if I have the spare time to play for more then 10 minutes. Boring meetings, waiting for the wife, or waiting for my ship to arrive in Ouray Base while playing Freelancer – Tetris is there for me. My time has not been wasted in vain as I've learned some extremely valuable life lessons that indeed make me a better person today. • Much as you would love your life to be neat and orderly, sometimes it's just not possible. • Sometimes things go your way and all the pieces of your life come together. Other times you're left with gaping holes that you'll need to fill before moving on in life or they'll haunt you forever. • It feels like there's always someone above you dropping bricks on your head to slow you down. • You won't always get want you want. Often you're left with a square block when you really need a right L. • Sometimes you don't get want you want, but in reality it turns out to be better then what you wanted. • Sometimes you don't get want you want and it's far worse then what you could have ever imagined. • Life doesn't get any easier, it keeps coming at you faster and faster. • Sometimes you can't move fast enough and you'll lose out on a once in a life time chance, other times, you'll luck out and things will fall in place. • You will eventually die, and all that's going to be left is the high score you leave behind for others to lookup to. Well I'm off to play another game! News - February 2008 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:00:00 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/48/32/ Best Buy, the most customer friendly *coughs* retail chain in the world, has really done it this time. Raelyn Campbell is suing them for $54 million US dollars. Even if she won the big yellow price tag company would end up trying to pay her in worthless gift cards no doubt. So, what could possibly be worth $54 million? Try a lost notebook computer. Campbell was suckered into the in-store extended warranty program and decided to use it's coverage to repair a broken power switch on her laptop. Apparently Best Buy had no quarrels accepting the computer and telling her it would be ready within 6 weeks. After 6 weeks past there was still no laptop for Raelyn. Three months later they ended up offering her $900 in gift cards for her laptop she had purchased for $1,100 because they could not locate the computer. She countered demanding $2,100 which the company ignored completely. Big surprise here... Aside from the fact that I would never want to give my computer along with any of my precious data to a Best Buy representative, I would most assuredly NOT want it lost by them with no explanation of how or why. Obviously Campbell feels the same way as she's filing suit in an attempt to make Best Buy explain their actions and how it happened in the first place. I'm going to say it's definitely a long shot, but some good could come of it. It is a strange world though...a laptop can just grow legs and walk away, however if you attempt to walk out of the store with a $20 CD in an official bag they're going to need to see some papers. Or remember the time a fellow bought a hard drive that just turned out to be a bunch of bathroom tiles in a hard drive box? (http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/29/best-buy-wont-refund.html) Kinda crooked dontcha think? I think it's time for Best Buy to pay the piper. If you ever ever are detained by the goons there be sure you've already read this HOWTO (http://www.die.net/musings/bestbuy/) I found posted by the great folks over at BoingBoing.net (http://www.boingboing.net/). It may not stop the jack booted thugs from breaking down your door to check your receipt, but it will send a message that will help protect your rights and the rights of millions for generations to come! News - February 2008 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:50:10 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/46/32/ Every parent dreams that one day their child will grow and become prosperous and powerful. And the best way to do that is sticking it to the little guy, right? Wrong! Give your child an early head start in to the successful career of ransom making! With this complete kit for only a dollar (USD $1) your child can have the swashbuckling adventure of holding your neighbor's cat for ransom! Long gone are the days of boys just leaving the girls out of their club, now it's simple and easy to steal little Susie's doll and hold it until all your little pirate's demands are met! Let's not forget it also includes a bottle/flask so if the demands aren't met, you can drown your sorrows away why you're being grounded. (Or in my parents house, lashed with the whip) Ok, so that sounds far fetched...but...personally I'm wondering exactly how a child would interact with such a toy. I'm sure that a kid would NEVER try to use this on their parents... This was actually found at US-based retailer Target while getting things together for a cruise we took with some friends. Our friend Sally was immediately drawn to a Pirate Clearance area and of course, I found a way to make a few extra dollars on the high seas!!! I apologize for the blurriness but the taste of adventure made me shaky. News - February 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:58:25 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/45/32/ The increasingly popular nSpaces.com (http://www.nspaces.com/) image hosting service has recently announced that they're expanding and will be offering free forum hosting. The forums will be running the robust phpBB forum software and will offer an easy and popular way for anyone to create an online community in just a matter of minutes. Of course all free things have a price. However the only price I can see is a small advertisement on the bottom of each page. Click here to check out their new offerings. (http://fm1.nspaces.com/) nSpaces.com (http://www.nspaces.com/) became popular a few months ago when they introduced themselves as a player in the highly contested image hosting market. While the site isn't as advanced as Photobucket or some other popular rivals, the speed of the service more then makes up for it. Users are also given virtually unlimited bandwidth and uploads for free. They did great with images, maybe they'll do the same with message boards. News - February 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:14:01 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/44/32/ Every morning driving into work I hear very expensive rush hour advertisements for various Yellow Page style directories. And every morning I think to myself Is this really necessary? I don't know about the rest of the world but I only get a phone book from my phone company...which...in most cases only one landline phone company with service a particular area. So why do these companies pour millions of dollars into advertising that ABC Yellow Pages are better then XYZ Yellow Pages ? No, I don't have the answer. Even though I abstain from having a landline phone in my home due to low cellular rates, Embarq would be my local provider. They've gone so far as to give their book the personal name of Dex . (I'm assuming a spinoff of 'Index') My next question is do people, aside from people on the run going to a phone booth and ripping a page out in a movie, actually USE these antiquated devices anymore? They do make great booster seats for children though. And it really impresses the ladies when you can rip one in half. I guess for non-connected homes and businesses it might be useful, but my guess is that will slowly slip away into obscurity. Well, if you're ever looking for me, don't bother looking in the phone book as you'll never see me listed there until they start indexing cell numbers! But you can always contact me at Andrew@v00.org and let me know what you think of all the money being wasted on such advertisements. Also be sure to take our pool here on the left side and let us know how many different Yellow Pages you get each year! (From different companies please) News - January 2008 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:52:00 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/43/ woot.com (http://www.woot.com/) The main woot! website sellout.woot.com (http://sellout.woot.com/) This actually redirects to Yahoo Shopping but offers a different deal than woot.com. Generally I've noticed they're a little higher priced but still filled with plenty of great bargins shirt.woot.com (http://shirt.woot.com/) Same concept as the others, except for they deal only in shirts. My wife loves visiting this everyday and seeing the usually humorous printed t-shirts. They're normally $10 with free shipping or for an additional $5 you can get it overnighted. Sometimes they're offer a random shirt for $6.66. wine.woot.com (http://wine.woot.com/) For the discerning connoisseur of the finer things. Mostly wines with the occasional wheel-o-cheese. Stop by all of them every morning and enjoy the loot! Woot! v00.org - Site of the Week Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:40:38 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/42/ I’m sure you’re all tired of hearing about the new dock in Leopard, however if you’re like me, maybe you’ll find this application interesting and useful. Personally I enjoy the ability to swap out my dock with a drag a drop. Now you can customize your possibly-hard-to-see dock by just dragging and dropping a .zip file onto the free program from Dockulicious (http://www.dockulicious.com/) called DockSwitcher (http://www.dockulicious.com/download/). In essence this works exactly like all the other dock hacks out there saturating message boards and blogs alike, minus the manual terminal hacks. This way if you mess something up you can blame it on a program bug instead of a operator error. Ok, this program is very safe to operate and will not give you any cause for grief. Learn the scoop over at MacApper (http://macapper.com/2007/11/17/dockulicious-customize-your-dock-in-a-jiffy/). v00.org - MacApper.com Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:00:00 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/41/ Apparently for the last couple years, we were completely unaware that the RealPlayer format was still considered a viable streaming solution, in the wake of Quicktime and Windows Media Player’s growing popularity. After trying out their previously adware/spyware ridden Window’s version a few years back I completely swore off the company altogether. So, will this latest edition change our minds about how we view RealPlayer? Read my entire article over at MacApper (http://macapper.com/2007/11/17/realplayer-11-media-player-mac/). v00.org - MacApper.com Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:00:00 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/40/32/ How in the world do you share out your iCal to other people in your local network with full Read/Write privileges? For me this has been one of the biggest issues as a Mac-based Network/Systems Administrator. Up until today the workarounds have been spotty at best and haven't always delivered the desired result. Now thanks to BusySync from BusyMac, all your problems have been solved...at least those related to iCal. To sweeten the deal, not only will BusySync share your iCal calendars, it also features daily backup system that keeps the last 10 backups handy for easy restoration. News - September 2007 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:50:27 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/39/32/ A Maiden North Carolina man purchased a smoker, a covered grill like device that allows you to smoke food such as turkey, at an auction. Upon being the the winning bidder he proceeded to open his new cooking device to inspect it. Inside he discovered what appeared to be a piece of wood wrapped in paper, however, upon unwrapping he instead discovered a human leg that had been cut off about 3 inches above the knee. The smoker was acquired at a storage facility auction where they auction off anything left in unpaid garages. Police we able to track down the original renters of the space Peg Steele and her son John Wood. Steele explained that her son had his leg amputated following a plane crash and kept the leg for religious reasons. I'm not 100% sure what preserving your soul for the afterlife and a leg hidden in a smoker have to do with each other, but we've all heard stranger things...I think. His reasoning behind it was he wanted to be buried with his leg, as a whole man. His mother also added that The rest of the family was very much against it . This leads me to my next question. Why would you have something amputated and then store it inside something you cook with? Wood's response was I didn't have anything else to secure it in. There were no macabre intentions. Before it's smoker home, the leg has also lived in another interesting location. Following the plane crash Wood expressed his intent to keep the bone from the leg. The hospital approved, however, instead of delivering the bone, they brought the whole leg. So, the only logical place for storage was his freezer. According to his Marin Wood-Lytle, his sister, she wouldn't even get a Pepsi out of his refrigerator. On the upside, the leg and it's original owner will be reunited as John Wood plans to reclaim his prodigal leg. Wood-Lytle was watching TV and saw the man who found her brother's leg and thought to herself it just seems to never go away. At least this bit of news doesn't take place in my home state of Florida where all the other weird news seems to come from. News - September 2007 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:00:56 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/38/32/ Well, it's not exactly free, however, it could be a great deal for audiophiles everywhere. FeedYourPlayer.com offers to take your used CD's and turn them into a brand new Apple device. Basically the exchange rate turns out to be $2 per CD and $3 per DVD. Sure you could sell them yourself and perhaps get better prices on some of your CD's but selling all those CD's on Amazon or similar music store you might not get as much by the time they take out all the fees. FeedYourPlayer.com will also let you pay the difference if you don't have the proper amount of CD's for the item you wish to receive. So if you want the new 8GB Nano and you only have 25 CD's to trade you can pay $100 along with the CD's. Now if you would have thought all those years ago about paying $10-$20 for a CD, think of how much money you would have now? Here's the required amount of CDs/DVDs required to get each of the following items: CDs DVDs 1GB Shuffle 40 30 4GB Nano 75 50 8GB Nano 100 70 80GB Classic 125 85 160GB Classic 175 120 GB Touch 150 100 16GB Touch 200 135 8GB iPhone 200 135 If there's anything else you want in return, let them know and they can arrange it. Might as well reduce some of that clutter around the house! Link (http://www.feedyourplayer.com/) News - September 2007 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:14:05 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/37/ So you happen to have some crisp folding money. You also happen to have a wife who likes to take money from you. You also have one of those big fat pens that are so ugly and cheap looking no one wants to steal it. (No offense intended to those liking said pen) With that said, we have the perfect hack for you! It's the amazing fatty pen safe, in a nutshell, this hack requires only one of those cheap pens that's usually given out by sales people or perhaps your local government agency trying to get you to trust them. Simply open said pen, remove the ink tube, place money inside, and put the pen back together. Who'da thunk? Just be sure whoever you're trying to hide money from isn't also a writing instrument kleptomaniac. For those of you who aren't quite so mechanically inclined, check out this instructable (http://www.instructables.com/id/Pen-Safe/). v00.org - Hacks Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:53:43 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/36/32/ Now that I have you all excited, which this is very exciting, here's the scoop. Ok, so the catch in all this is that the 1TB would reside externally from your iPhone and would actually be streamed over the web. But that's still great, right? We recently posted a short link to the fake 'skim' project and now from the same programmer we give you iPhone streaming music. While it will involve slightly more than installing a program, it does include easy to follow instructions. In a nutshell this places your iTunes library on a website hosted by your home computer or wherever your music resides and allows you to stream remotely wherever you have a signal or wi-fi. This even includes a nicely themed iPhone-like interface for when you're browsing your remote library through Safari. While I personally haven't tested it with non-iPhone devices, I would imagine that this would also work with steaming music to other wireless devices such as PDAs and smart phones. Check it out here (http://pixelcity.com/iphone-streaming-music/). News - September 2007 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:21:03 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/35/ We've all seen the really cool QuickTime Virtual Reality elements out there. They allow you to 'grab' an image and rotate it as if it were actually spinning. Normally this could only be done through various QuickTime or Flash programs, however there's a new PHP/JavaScript version with this same concept that you can get for free. All you need to do is drop the images you want to use into a folder along with this file and you're set. The end result is much like the new skim feature in iPhoto. See the example here (http://pixelcity.com/mustang/). For more information and downloads, visit here (http://www.pixelcity.com/skim/). v00.org - Free Stuff Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:04:00 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/34/26/ While working in a design based environment there's always tons of really cool backgrounds on your coworkers desktops. So why not jazz yours up a little by making a dynamic background using your current screen saver? 1. Open 'System Preferences' and select the screen saver you wish to use. 2. Open Terminal (Located in /Applications/Utilities/) 3. Enter in this command and press return: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background 4. Enjoy! Remember, the more intense your screen saver, the more memory and CPU it will utilize. The downside is you'll have to leave the Terminal window up, but you can always minimize that. When you're tired of seeing your background move, simply open the minimized Terminal window and press the Apple key and . at the same time. Enjoy! v00.org - How-to & Tips Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:21:06 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/33/32/ Like any morning at the elderly were playing games, creating crafts and demonstrating out front. Their protest? Could it be lack of affordable health care? Perhaps mishandling of their retirement funds? No, the quagmire of the day is the lack of free donuts. The center receives on average around 16 cases of donated baked goods, however as of late they have been discarding these sweet treats as they are not healthy for the seniors. Putnam County decided that they were setting a bad example by providing these unhealthy treats. The seniors, in turn, decided to protest with sandwich board signs stating Give Us Our Just Desserts and They're Carbs, Not Contraband . The center does provide lunch everyday for a suggested donation of $1.50, and there's nothing stopping the seniors from going to the doughnut shop or anywhere else they desire. Free is free, but the seniors don't like the idea that the center implied that they were gorging themselves on jelly donuts and were too senile to make good choices for themselves. The center offers coffee, tea, bagels and rolls in the morning, but donut are no longer on the menu. You're going to die when you're going to die, I don't think one more free doughnut is going to tip the scales...let them have their cake and eat it too! What is the center going to do with all those extra donuts? Go home and give them to their kids? Wez in ur centar eatin ur donut! News - September 2007 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:48:09 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/32/26/ Did you know that your OS X based Mac came with several 'hidden' games? They're actually Unix based games, however, I'm sure they'll keep you entertained just the same. To play: 1. Open Terminal (Located in Applications/Utilities/) 2. Type 'ls /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/play' this will show you what games are installed 3. Type 'emacs' and press return 4. Press Esc and and the 'x' key 5. Type in the game you want to play Among my favorites are pong, snake, tetris, and doctor (a shrink that will help answers all the questions you ask yourself). There's also dunnet, an old text based adventure game. Give it whirl, and let me know you like it by sending my an email at Andrew@v00.org. v00.org - How-to & Tips Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:39:19 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/31/26/ Not the most exciting tip we've ever published but, if you hold down the 'shift' key while opening a minimized window or using any of the Exposé commands the window will open in slow motion. This also works for many applications. Perfect for when you want to slow your computer down to catch an error message or for a dramatic email opening! v00.org - How-to & Tips Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:52:34 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/25/26/ So you have your new Macbook, iMac or PowerMac now. The smell of an athletic shoe store hits your olfactory as you open the box. Ah, the great adventures that await you! You've already decided you want the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, and that's going to take up about $2,500 of your hard earned budget. Depending on how you planned it, you may not have much more left over for essential software. That's where this list comes in. The following software is 100% free and I have personally tried and proven most of this software in an design industry based company with amazing results. Besides, if it doesn't work for you, it didn't cost you anything to start with! v00.org - How-to & Tips Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:14:54 +0100 http://v00.org/content/view/21/ Not too long ago I was greeted with the reminder that I am another year older, and I have one less year in which to live. So why not live a little, right? As usual my wife was stumped as to what would make me jump up and down for joy on this oh so special day. Of course, when she asked, I had the perfect answer... v00.org - Reviews Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:11:13 +0100