So we've made it this far huh? Wow, the journey is coming along pretty quickly. Now, we're going to look at optimizing the system, setting up some basic interface features and let's try our hand at getting that nagging built-in Ethernet to work, what do you say? This is a another article in this series which succeeds the first, "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 1" and the second "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 2". Continue reading ‘GUIDE: OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - P3′
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So, right about this time you could be wondering, "…what's my next move?". Well, lets just break down that action into a series of steps like last time to ensure our installation is spot-on and working to the standard we would expect such as fascinating and brilliant operating system like Mac OS X to. This is a continuation article of my first, "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 1" and as such it will be very beneficial for you to read if you're puzzled on how exactly we made it to this point. Continue reading ‘GUIDE: OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - P2′
I've written this guide to promote clarification on setting up an operating system such as Mac OS X on a x86 platform, such as the Dell Latitude C840. The most current HCL is available here for this mobile workstation. What I will be attempting with this set of tutorials, is a brief explanation on setting up your Dell Latitude C840 laptop to run Mac OS X 10.4.8, initially. You might say, well your guide is quite similar to the rest, what makes it so special - you're absolutely right, the initial part to installation of the operating system is just about the same as any other. The payoff comes when we begin to discuss specific attributes, packages, drivers or preferences for this specific laptop that should be applied. Continue reading ‘GUIDE: OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - P1′
There are grave inconsistencies in the implementation of secure communications that have left the consumer at great odds with a new generation of talented, albeit immature, data thiefs. Catching a segment of traffic out of the air or through a piggy-back of a stream of packets brings concern to this scene veteran's mind.
This post is something I have been meaning to write about for ages. We all use wireless network connections all the time, At work, home - on the move. For most of us pro's wireless networking has become the norm, so much so that if you get to an airport or train-station that doesn't offer some kind of wireless access you feel like you're sitting in a backwards ultra low tech bumpkinesque farm. Continue reading ‘Cracking WEP. Watch me hack you.’
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Blank Paper Syndrome?
We have all been there, a big job to start - a bespoke system to develop or build or integrate or what ever it is that you do. You know what has to be done but where do you start? That blasted blank whiteboard in front of you, mountains of notes and sketch UML diagrams. Putting a pen to paper for the first time on a large project can be so looming, making that first jump into building what seems like a skyscraper of technology can be so off-putting that you procrastinate and digress until you are dangerously running late into the project and have to start hacking to make things work properly instead of building them right from the start. Continue reading ‘Blank Paper Syndrome?’
Food for thought, something I would like to get feedback on, enviromental detachment from prosecuted activity. What do I mean by this? With the advent of technologies that we have today, it is becoming increasingly more standard/popular to telecommute taskings than to jointly, in communion, attack a project as a sole group of integrated professionals. Where does this lead us? Is everyone to become a 'freelance'… anything? Can a whole-team concept be effectively transmitted and sustained across wires, electrical circuits, fiber optics, microwaves and light energy for any extended period of time? Does this shift us into the next step in evolution of the wired/connected generation? Do the consequences gain as dramatic an impact when business decisions are corrupted, poorly executed or erroneous? Continue reading ‘Environmental detachment, what is it gaining us?’
As most professional developers are fully aware, when you start out building that exciting application for Joe Bloggs Inc, your intentions are always so honourable. You have your UML Diagrams, you have all your classes and libraries planned out and then you start writing. As you churn out your pre-defiened pattern that you lovingly spent hours drafting the client calls you "oh can we change this, and add in that?". The looming prospect of a 'hack' is on the way. Continue reading ‘A hack a day - Is it worth it?’
Native compiled applications are what we all use every day, that word processor, this web browser. But just what is the difference between all the other systems used that are interpreted (this web blog, all those networking myspace-esque sites) even that poker game on your cellphone. What are the benefits of these different types of applciation structure? Continue reading ‘Native or interpreted, which will survive?’
