mcilvena.com http://www.mcilvena.com Personal weblog of Troy Mcilvena Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:51:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding2 en So cute! http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/so-cute/ http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/so-cute/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:50:44 +0000 admin http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/so-cute/

]]> http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/so-cute/feed/ News.com.au for iPhone http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/newscomau-for-iphone/ http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/newscomau-for-iphone/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:01:08 +0000 admin http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/newscomau-for-iphone/ I’ve been hunting around for a good (Australian) news site for the iPhone. So far the best one I’ve used is iPhone.news.com.au. Other news sites such as The Age have limited their mobile home page too much, and provide no costomisation. News includes a lot more ok the home screen with extensive iPhone app like preference for customising the site to your Likings. News also provides a nice iPhone icon when you add it to you home screen.

]]> http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/09/newscomau-for-iphone/feed/ Not sure how this made it past the App Store police http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/not-sure-how-this-made-it-past-the-app-store-police/ http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/not-sure-how-this-made-it-past-the-app-store-police/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:07:01 +0000 admin http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/not-sure-how-this-made-it-past-the-app-store-police/ My understanding was that voip applications would not be allowed…

photo

]]> http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/not-sure-how-this-made-it-past-the-app-store-police/feed/ My hot tip http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/my-hot-tip/ http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/my-hot-tip/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:58:40 +0000 admin http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/my-hot-tip/ Be sure to include this champion greyhound in your next quaddie :/

photo

Update: I think it’s still running… Useless bloody thing!

]]> http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/my-hot-tip/feed/ Wordpress for iPhone http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/ http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:20:20 +0000 admin http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/ Today Wordpress released Wordpress for iphone, a free application available for download via the App Store.

Here is a screenshot. Check it out…

photo

]]> http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/feed/ Mac Mini + Leopard Server http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/06/mac-mini-leopard-server/ http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/06/mac-mini-leopard-server/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:44:46 +0000 admin http://www.mcilvena.com/?p=3 I recently had the need for a physically accessible backup DNS server. Physically accessible meaning at my home. Currently I host a few websites on a number of Linux based servers. Initially the obvious way to implement a cheap backup DNS server would be to build a PC with Ubuntu Server installed.

Thankfully, my clever wife called me all sorts of names for wanting to bring a PC into the house. As a good husband does, I listened to her and decided to go with a Mac Mini running Leopard Server. Best idea ever.

Leopard Server could not have been easier to set-up. At one stage it prompted, “It appears you have an Airport Extreme. Would you like Leopard Server to configure it autmatically”. Yes please. A few tick boxes and minimal mucking around and I now have a home server running backup DNS, web, mail, central media storage, backup for our 2 laptops, sync to the Apple TV and printing (I even printed a document on the printer in my study while travelling at 160 km/h on the train between Ballarat and Melbourne).

I sound like a bit of wanker and most people don’t really get what I’m talking about, but since setting up the home server I’ve been preaching that no house is complete without one. I highly recommend it.

]]> http://www.mcilvena.com/2008/06/mac-mini-leopard-server/feed/