Halfzerocan http://www.halfzerocan.com Technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How to unzip a zip file that comes with z01, z02, in a Mac http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/halfzerocan/~3/0OzrgzavQhg/ http://www.halfzerocan.com/how-to-unzip-zip-file-z01-z02-mac/2010/03/11/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:57 +0000 admin http://www.halfzerocan.com/?p=239 Post from: Halfzerocan

How to unzip a zip file that comes with z01, z02, in a Mac

I just downloaded 3 files with the following extensions:

.zip
.z01
.z02

By the way, my OS is Snow Leopard and I’ve tried using Split and Concat, ZipIt, and Archive Utility. ZipIt had an out of memory error while the others just don’t work. Here’s the solution, download the latest stuffit expander which is called Stuffit Expander 2010. Problem solved.

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WordPress 2.6.3 Released

Wordpress just released version 2.6.3 of their blogging platform.

It fixes a vulnerability in the Snoopy library, used to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard. It is considered to be a low risk vulnerability though. Nevertheless you can download the latest version of WordPress from http://wordpress.org/download/.

]]> http://www.halfzerocan.com/wordpress-263-released/2008/10/24/feed/ 1 http://www.halfzerocan.com/wordpress-263-released/2008/10/24/ How to disable right-click, copy and paste on your Blog or Website http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/halfzerocan/~3/hSSA3KqhZiY/ http://www.halfzerocan.com/how-to-disable-right-click-copy-paste-blog-website/2008/10/23/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:48:16 +0000 admin http://www.halfzerocan.com/?p=229 Post from: Halfzerocan

How to disable right-click, copy and paste on your Blog or Website

Ok maybe you have experienced writing your own original entry only to find out that other sites just copied and pasted it without your permission or even a link back to your entry.

Here’s how to disable right-click, copy and paste on your site.

Insert this code anywhere after the <head> and before the </head> tags of your site’s source.

<script language=’JavaScript1.2′>
function disableselect(e){
return false
}
function reEnable(){
return true
}
document.onselectstart=new Function (“return false”)
if (window.sidebar){
document.onmousedown=disableselect
document.onclick=reEnable
}

</script>

You can try it and see if it works.

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Open new windows in Tabs in Safari

Most of the time when you click on a link while using Safari, it opens a new window instead of a tab.

So here’s a trick to make Safari behave like Firefox. Open Terminal, (/Applications/Utilities/) or use spotlight and type in terminal and copy paste the following command:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

then Enter

You then have to restart Safari for it to work. All clicked links will now open in a new tab. If you want to revert to the default behavior of Safari just repeat the steps but replace “true” with “false.”

]]> http://www.halfzerocan.com/open-new-windows-in-tabs-in-safari/2008/10/06/feed/ 4 http://www.halfzerocan.com/open-new-windows-in-tabs-in-safari/2008/10/06/ How to revert or downgrade your iPod Touch firmware (Mac) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/halfzerocan/~3/0YzZxtL1Dz0/ http://www.halfzerocan.com/how-to-revert-or-downgrade-your-ipod-touch-firmware-mac/2008/09/10/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:38:23 +0000 admin http://www.halfzerocan.com/?p=222 Post from: Halfzerocan

How to revert or downgrade your iPod Touch firmware (Mac)

Ok I just tested this procedure and I was able to revert or downgrade my iPod Touch firmware/software version from 2.1 to 2.0.2.

As of this posting, 2.1 is the latest version of the iPod Touch firmware.

First step is to open iTunes and then connect your iPod Touch to your Mac.

Your iPod Touch will now appear in iTunes.

Then make sure that your iPod Touch is unlocked meaning you can press the buttons and go to the each applications.

Press the Home button and hold and then press the Power button (located at the top of the unit) and hold.

While still holding both buttons, look at iTunes and once your iPod disappers from the sidebar, release the power button but remain holding the home button. Then your iPod will reappear on the sidebar, immediately release the home button.

You will see this notice

iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes.

Now you’re ready to downgrade. Click on option and click on restore (option+restore), finder will open and you will have to choose which firmware to install.

The firmwares are located at

~user/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates

Note: ~user is the name of the your home folder

The file that we’re looking for has an extension of ipsw (*.ipsw)

If you’re like me who wanted to revert to 2.0.2, I chose

iPod1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw

and then open.

That’s it. Follow the rest of the steps given by iTunes and you have successfully reverted/downgraded your firmware.

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Disable and Enable backup of iPhone or iPod Touch in iTunes (Mac)

Even after updating to the latest software (2.1), iPod Touch still takes a long time to backup.

There is a free software that you can download that can disable and enable backup by just a click of a button. It’s called Backup Disabler by TwelvePin.

It’s described by the developer as:

The balance between backing up your latest saved game or text messages and waiting an hour for your phone to sync is a delicate one. Now, you can easily sync without waiting for the backups, and just as easily re-enable them whenever you like.

]]> http://www.halfzerocan.com/disable-enable-backup-iphone-ipod-touch-itunes-mac/2008/09/10/feed/ 1 http://www.halfzerocan.com/disable-enable-backup-iphone-ipod-touch-itunes-mac/2008/09/10/ Purchased a FREE single of the week on iTunes and got 34 paid singles instead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/halfzerocan/~3/3Y4YzSg_AZE/ http://www.halfzerocan.com/purchased-free-single-of-the-week-itunes-34-paid-singles/2008/09/10/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:59:49 +0000 admin http://www.halfzerocan.com/?p=218 Post from: Halfzerocan

Purchased a FREE single of the week on iTunes and got 34 paid singles instead

Ok maybe this is a bug because of what’s going on now with the iTunes update plus the software update for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Ok so I went on downloading the FREE single of the week, which is currently the song “The Show” by an artist called Lenka but my iTunes is currently downloading as I’m typing this 34 paid singles which are 99 cents apiece. I even tried cancelling and purchasing again but it’s still downloading the 34 singles and the song that I’m supposed to be downloading is no where to be found. Here are the 34 songs:

A part by La Laque
Back Into the Wall by Belaire
Beautiful by Bill Medley
Best Friend by The Dandy Warhols
Better by Krash Buzz Nine
Better Days by Peter and the Wolf
Bomb by Izzy Stradlin
Everybody Else by Care Bears on Fire
Everything by Suzy Bogguss
Harder Than You Think (Remix)
Higher-ArkAngel (X-Mix)
Highway to the Sun by The Milwaukees
The Human Hosepipe by Harry and the Potters
In Our Talons by Bowerbirds
In the Fur by In the Fur
Juice by Steve Vai
Latter Days by Over the Rhine
Let Me Borrow That Top by Kelly
Living End by Spectre
Man With a Plan Tacks, the Boy Disaster
Mary Jo by Brazos
Mess Your Hair Up by White Denim
O Shot by The Gay Blades
Oh Boy by Maureen McCormick
The Phoenix of the Molotov by The Cryptkeeper Five
The Shakes by Boy/Girl
Shinjuku Nights by Ray Manzarek & Bal
Smoking is Sexy by The Forward
Somewhere Else by Marillion
Splintering by Arizona
Take It Back by Pink Nasty
Tik Tok by Die Romantik
To Fix the Gash In Your Head by A Place to Bury Strangers
Walk in the Park by Oh No Oh My

And there is no way that I accidentally bought these songs because I only have $4.12 in my account and it’s still there.

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WordPress 2.6.2 Released

The WordPress Team has just release WordPress version 2.6.2.

This is a security release especially for those who have open registration on their blogs. The attack is complex and is dependent on open registration being turned on in your blog but can be executed in theory and turns out to be more of an annoyance than an actual exploit.

]]> http://www.halfzerocan.com/wordpress-262-released/2008/09/09/feed/ 0 http://www.halfzerocan.com/wordpress-262-released/2008/09/09/ Unable to join the network problems with iPod Touch and Joikuspot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/halfzerocan/~3/pf2W5kv2MGk/ http://www.halfzerocan.com/unable-to-join-the-network-ipod-touch-joikuspot/2008/09/05/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:12 +0000 admin http://www.halfzerocan.com/?p=214 Post from: Halfzerocan

Unable to join the network problems with iPod Touch and Joikuspot

If you are having problems connecting your iPod Touch to your mobile phones that’s installed with Joikuspot or Walking Hotspot, always getting “unable to join the network [insert network name here].”

Chances are your iPod Touch’s software is the older version (1.1.3), the solution is to update to 1.1.5 or shell out $9.95 for version 2.0.2 (as of this posting). You can update it with the use of iTunes.

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Extract flv from YouTube videos using wget

Here’s how to get the flv of YouTube videos using wget. The procedures here were tested before posting.

You may want to create a directory to where you want to put your flv files.

$ mkdir /var/www/html/flv

$ wget -O /var/www/html/flv/flv.tmp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T79yApVCBg

$ cat /var/www/html/flv/flv.tmp | grep video_id=

the output of cat will be

var fullscreenUrl = ‘/watch_fullscreen?fs=1&fmt_map=&hl=en&iv_storage_server=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Freviews%2Fy%2F&ad_module=http%3A%2F%2Fs.ytimg.com%2Fyt%2Fswf%2Fad-vfl51923.swf&video_id=6T79yApVCBg&l=1855&sk=o50Qu1roFX2Ah7jlj7adcgZ4RC2HCu3iC&invideo=True&t=OEgsToPDskLiESri-jpGFXRPqNeDPtUl&plid=AARVclllArJa09k9AAAC0ATiYQA&vq=None&iv_module=http%3A%2F%2Fs.ytimg.com%2Fyt%2Fswf%2Fiv_module-vfl51851.swf&tk=DbMWag4hglUatWOaI9bM5DbzFDhCPQiWxV7bkIhDz896O1IyTi9Ryg%3D%3D&title=Arby \’n\’ the Chief: The Movie (FULL)’;
var relatedVideoGridUrl = ‘/related_ajax?action_get_related&video_id=6T79yApVCBg&view_type=G&watch3=1&search=%20machinima%20animation%20games%20DigitalPh33r%20arby%20chief%20the%20movie%20halo%20comedy%20funny%20series’;
var relatedVideoListUrl = ‘/related_ajax?action_get_related&video_id=6T79yApVCBg&view_type=L&watch3=1&search=%20machinima%20animation%20games%20DigitalPh33r%20arby%20chief%20the%20movie%20halo%20comedy%20funny%20series’;

Take note of the video id along the lines of var fullscreenUrl. In this case it’s

6T79yApVCBg&l=1855&sk=o50Qu1roFX2Ah7jlj7adcgZ4RC2HCu3iC&invideo=True&t=OEgsToPDskLiESri-jpGFXRPqNeDPtUl&plid=AARVclllArJa09k9AAAC0ATiYQA&vq=None&iv_module=http%3A%2F%2Fs.ytimg.com%2Fyt%2Fswf%2Fiv_module-vfl51851.swf&tk=DbMWag4hglUatWOaI9bM5DbzFDhCPQiWxV7bkIhDz896O1IyTi9Ryg%3D%3D&title=Arby \’n\’ the Chief: The Movie (FULL)

to download it using wget

$ wget -O /var/www/html/flv/video.flv “http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=6T79yApVCBg&l=1855&sk=o50Qu1roFX2Ah7jlj7adcgZ4RC2HCu3iC&invideo=True&t=OEgsToPDskLiESri-jpGFXRPqNeDPtUl&plid=AARVclllArJa09k9AAAC0ATiYQA&vq=None&iv_module=http%3A%2F%2Fs.ytimg.com%2Fyt%2Fswf%2Fiv_module-vfl51851.swf&tk=DbMWag4hglUatWOaI9bM5DbzFDhCPQiWxV7bkIhDz896O1IyTi9Ryg%3D%3D&title=Arby \’n\’ the Chief: The Movie (FULL)”

That’s it. Now that you have the flv, you can now convert it to other formats such as mov, mp4, etc.

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