I’m too lazy to install a perl module, on a local computer, for a quick whois on a few domains. Catching the shell’s output is more convenient in this case. Instead of first writing and then reading from a file, it makes more sense to use a pipe. Here’s a quick example: #!/usr/bin/perl open (WHOIS, …
I use this to lock and unlock my Mac, at work, based on the bluetooth connection between my phone and computer. Once my Mac detects that the phone is unavailable it locks itself. What you’ll need: Proximity 1.0 a free download from Apple. A compiled version of notify.c #include int main(int argc, char ** argv) …
I’m in the middle of testing this, but it should work: set MyName to do shell script “whoami”
This is really here for me to keep track of. Life in 0 and 1 has a nice little tutorial on how to change SMS alerts on a hacked iPhone. This is for hacked iPhones only. You can pick up quickpwn here
This is really here for me to find later, hope this helps others: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071102215912892
Code, Code, Code Everywhere has come up with a bookmarklet that works in IE. The Web Developer plug-in for Firefox also does this. Install the plug-in, It’s under “Tools” -> “Web Developer” -> “View Source” -> “View Generated Source”
I first caught Zach when he was commissioned by Kanye West to redo the video for “Can’t Tell Me Nothin” it’s fricken hilarious. Here are some clips of him doing an Absolute Vodka commercial Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
If you’re not up to making your own ringtones for the iPhone with Garageband you should try out Audiko. Audiko, has pre-made ringtones as mp3s, m4r (for the iPhone), and AMR-nb formatted are all available. N.B. The file SentMessage.caf is used for the sent SMS tone.