Uncarved Updates

The 10.5.6 Blunder

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2009-01-05T11:20:41+02:00

Until now, users have tried Zapping PRAM (CMD+OPT+R+P before and during the gray screen, you need to wait for the second chime), fsck, permission repair and all the usual suspects, to no avail. ...2. go back to 10.5.5, either by backup, or by Archive and Install to an earlier OS (use your original Os X disc, insert it, restart and press Alt or Opt before and during the gray screen, choose Options, then Archive and Install).

(Un) Mess-up your iTunes

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-12-21T10:19:39+02:00

The application ‘listens’ to the tracks, compares to the musicbrainz DB, and fixes as much information as possible (genres, artist, title, artwork, lyrics). the interface resembles the itunes one (sort of, this is a multi-platform java app, so please, don’t expect the Apple finesse), and one may choose to run in full auto mode, semi-manual, or manually fix each or a group of tags. ...3. open the original info.plist with textedit (or plist editor if you have), look for a line, somewhere in the middle, which reads ‘-Xms150 -Xmx300. this line’s meaning is “minimum memory 150mb maximum 300mb”

It's been a long time , i know

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-12-17T15:54:21+02:00

ok, i know, five months is to long, so i thenk all those who kept coming here, day after day, longing for something new and exciting. well, your wishes are about to come true, as my life have been stirred, not shaken, now there are a lot of new tales to tell.

HOW-TO; Creacte a secure backup, using OS X

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-07-10T09:28:03+03:00

5. encrypt using 128-bit, or 256-bit if they are after you. you may want to uncheck the keychain box, so you (or the thief) will have to enter the password in order to mount it (this matters only when mounted on your computer, otherwise, password is needed anyway). ...there is one tiny problem. when you delete files from the image file, it will not shrink. this has something to do with encryption and trash cans, but we dont really care why, we just want to fix this, dont we?

16 Right, 09 Left, 81 Right (or 'I'm a Doctor, Let Me Through!')

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-06-24T09:35:32+03:00

What kind of horrible vandals we must be, if even life saving equipment such as a Medkit has to be locked in a safe? ...We could start discussing boring things like priorities, and optimization of objects (when the designer has to balance between several qualities in order to get that perfect mix for the object's purpose), but i think it is much more entertaining to try and imagine what would happen in case of emergency. 16 to the left, 09 to the right, 81 left. or was it 81 to the right?

I wish I could make a jacket out of YOU(R milky white skin)!

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-06-22T08:38:38+03:00

The Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), also known as the Painted Leopard, McKenney's Wildcat or Manigordo (in Costa Rica), is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean. ...I would have loved to have an extra-large, leopard look-alike Ocelot cat around. and yes, i'd rather make a coat out of that east-german trash bimbo who is so dense she makes lead bricks seem like angel's wing's feathers, otherwise she would barf when wearing the coat of another animal.

Firefox 3 (yay!)

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-06-18T09:39:03+03:00

4. make sure you quit firefox before doing anything (but fear not, i tried doing this without quitting, and it's OK) ...6. launch Firefox. it should be fine now, and you will see a new Localstore.rdf file created in the profile you fixed.

Kipa Aduma

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-06-03T09:53:13+03:00

loosely based on the red riding hood tale, a bit ...

Hele-Shaw Ferrohydrodynamics

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-05-27T08:44:37+03:00

i have lost the video file long, long time ago. thanks youtube! ...

cats love weed!

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-05-21T08:25:04+03:00

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China's Great Wall (Nikiland)

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-05-20T20:10:57+03:00

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Apple's TimePiece

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-05-18T10:36:02+03:00

the internet on Sep. 10th, 2001, or Sep 12th... or to see how trends@net ...no details as of yet on the cost, or the business model (will it be like a .mac

Enter the lolcat

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-05-18T08:33:04+03:00

since writing takes me so long, and i know you get bored so easily, what better way to pass time then looking at cats being silly?

How to beat piracy

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-05-09T08:10:39+03:00

press, you had to buy a medium (a tape, rolls of film) since there was no ...point is, people will pay for what they want, given that the price is right and the deal is fair.

Freedom Surfers

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-04-08T12:16:02+03:00

in other words, a Freedom Surfer is what's commonly reffered to as 'A Pirate'. ...not for free, as we all pay for access, but freely. i will not accept being criminalized

Florentine Graffiti

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-27T08:20:32+02:00

if you have anything to say about these works, leave a comment to this post, and i'll put them ...I might be getting all this wrong, and still, the art itself is so well done, you should check it out for yourself,

Free Books? Yay!

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-25T16:38:21+02:00

'Cult of Mac' and 'Cult of iPod' on the Bittorrent network, free of any DRM. ...it is a fresh change for a publisher to let go of their precious information.

Mac Alert

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-25T12:25:59+02:00

here is an idea for the developer; get Belkin or Kensington to make some metal strip, that locks in the ...for working or traveling with it. have belkin bundle the application with the device and you are good to go.

Remote-O-Kill

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-24T21:30:34+02:00

should be implanted in a man's chest, so that to launch the nukes you first ...it is done with the push of a button, from a safe bunker, your only fear is a blackout.

Turbo Pizza (Master Chef Diabolic)

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-18T16:34:36+02:00

even thou some people think the clip is speeded up, it is not. the chef is simply the ...

Zeitgeist (The Movie)

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-16T09:12:18+02:00

with a whiff of anti semitism, it is true that many of the world's banks are owned ...just as it is no 'fault' of the whale to swallow everything in its way, or the shark to

Hydroponics out, Trash-o-ponics In!

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-13T10:18:00+02:00

I like tea, and I like my herbs in other forms as well (wink-wink, nudge-nudge, know what I mean). ...1. moisture was kept in the tea bags, for timely release, and 2. carbo-nutriants came from the left over

Master Pirate Merchandise (Burning tower, best thing ever)

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-12T09:16:44+02:00

read from in one drive, and something to burn on in some other drives, and thats all", 'cant be that simple' i thought. well, it is. using this machine is no more

Digital Rabbis To Keep You Chaste

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-09T14:36:25+02:00

The Minister decides that content X doesnt fit with his ideals. under the new law, he can ban access to X (X being anything, from anti-abortions, christian mission, evolution....), and have a list of all the 'perverts' who wish to gain access to it. under the new wiretapping act, the police can tap those on the list without court orders and without anyone knowing this takes place. under the new undisclosed seizures act, the police can take or make copies of the people's data (in simple words, break into your home when you are away, and copy your Hard Drives, without you ever knowing). ...USAGE Both censor and censure are both verbs and nouns, but censor means ' scrutinize, revise, or cut unacceptable parts (from a book, movie, etc.)' or 'a person who does this,' while censure means 'criticize harshly' or 'harsh criticism:': the inmates received their mail only after prison officials had censored all the contents; | some senators considered a resolution of censure to express strong disapproval of the president’s behavior.

The Case of The Strangest Cassette

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-07T17:28:18+02:00

While this format outlived Betamax, even at its hight Video 2000 didn't have a substantial market share. ...Which brings me to where I started. when picked up, the tape looks just like an audio cassette.

Israeli Attorney General: Stop, war crimes ahead

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-06T09:04:56+02:00

gaza is populated, and israel being the occupier, almost everything israel does in relations to Gaza is a War Crime. ...as i claimed before, Intl. law is just a cover for criminals to act under and legalists to quibble above.

Israeli rabbies ok to target civilians

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-05T13:55:39+02:00

to their explanation, (the IDF) should warn those who live in the area (to be attacked), after this, they (the gazans) are responsible to their own (death) life, and are to be blamed for dying, them or those who prevented them from leaving. ...the source was in Haaretz.co.il, and the article has now disappeared from the site. the main rabbi behind this is Dov Lior, Cheif Rabbi of Kiryat Arba, a jewish settlement in the heart of Hebron, and one of the foulest of all places. if anyone finds an english translation of that artile, please leave a comment. thanks

The 39Kg hard disk

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-03T10:33:30+02:00

"IBM ITALIA". unfortunately, i didn't ask the shopkeeper for more details on the disk (not my fault, it was sunday), so if any of you know any ...This is still not conclusive, so if any IBM engineer or someone who worked with this unit can shed more light and solve this riddle once and for all, please leave a comment.

Justice according to israel

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-03-01T14:04:20+02:00

- cluster munitions are types of bombs, which are constructed from (a cluster of) many small bombs, sized from about a 'D' cell battery up to a large orange. the small bombs are packed into a large canister, or a shell, which can be delivered to the target from an aeroplain, a rocket or a canon, and upon reaching above the target the canister will open, dispersing the tiny bombs (AKA 'bomblets') over a wide area in a random pattern. ...a few week after he declared this OK, he also Oked an incident in which an artillery crew aiming at alleged 'terrorists' in gaza had hid a nearby house, killing 20 and wounding another 40. he deems this an extremely rare malfunction of the artillery system, and that no further investigation is needed. what had happened to the alleged 'terrorists' remains unknown, strange as those 'terrorist' were the justification for the shooting for the first place.

Is T2 (Skynet) already amongst us?

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-02-24T15:23:51+02:00

Back in 1991, when Terminator 2 came to cinema, I was mostly amazed with the special effects (in particular, the Quicksilver Robot), and less intrigued with the technological backdrop (AKA Skynet). While robots such as T2 and Quickie are yet far, far away, and computers are still just dumb machines, in the last few years something changed.

Israel: We will sell our citizens for a quick buck in Singapore

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-02-27T10:28:56+02:00

In the current political climate in Israel, the decision to develop an inadequate system, falsely marketed to the citizens as adequate, with clandestine plans to monetize it elsewhere at the expanse of Sderot's people, seems like a wise and rational decision, since personal gains are usually the motive to the MP's, PM and the generals. ...it was reveled yesterday that RAFAEL, makers of 'the iron dome', will sell a system based on some of the Dome's components to India, Singapore, in a deal worth about 100 million USD. in the mean time, several Gazans were killed by the IDF in strikes against alleged 'terrorist activities' and a kid in Sderot was severely wounded.

How to make Chapati (Indian flatbread)

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-02-23T20:43:23+02:00

Chapati, the Indian flat-bread, is a quick, simple and tasty type of bread, and anyone can make it in less then 10 minutes of work. ...Heat the skillet on medium-high heat (if not using non-stick, lightly oil) and place one Chapati at a time.

When the dragon roars, will we understand?

nshex@uncarvedblog.com — 2008-02-22T19:49:54+02:00

Far more dangerous products may be quietly sitting on the shelves of your homes, hiding quietly under a light cover of dust, and as we all know, when you mix two different things, they sometimes tend to go ‘boom’. The two different things in this case are the Chinese English (chingrish) and the American obsession with instruction manuals, in the words of a grate writer, ‘a nation that puts usage instructions on toothpicks, is a nation gone completely insane’.