Laser etching an iPhone
High powered laser + deer vector art + iPhone from device nine six Link.
Hacks
HOWTO: Reset a lost OS X password
I’ve you’ve forgotten your Mac’s admin account password, don’t worry. Assuming you haven’t locked out OpenFirmware, it’s a pretty simple task to change your password back to something you know. Here’s how: Hold Apple+S when booting to enter single user mode #sh /etc/rc #passwd yourusername #reboot If you can’t recall your user name, you can […]
Scratch: exploratory programming language for kids
Developed by those nice folks at the MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a visual programming language for kids. The development environment reminds me a little of the Lego Mindstorms programming interface, where you can drag blocks around and attach them to create procedures. Instead of hacking robots, though, kids can use Scratch to create games, […]
Fix Mac’s Home and End keys
Brian Litzinger writes: Coming from many years of using a PC I like my home and end keys to work like they do on a PC, not on the Mac. Not sure if you prefer the PC or Mac defaults for home and end, but here is how you change it. This will change how […]
Tap AT&T to return to the top on the iPhone
Here’s a quick tip for iPhone users, tap the AT&T words on the top menu bar after you reach the bottom of a page – this will take you up to the top in an instant (good for long pages like nytimesriver.com)… Update: This is from David Pogue It’s not the AT&T logo–you can tap […]
Press and hold “Action” on iPhone, it does nothing
Press and hold the little LEGO looking plug-in block that appears when the iPhone sees a Flash movie/video and you get an action balloon – but it does nothing.
Remote Desktop / VNC on your iPhone
Natetrue writes – The idea seems simple enough. I want to be able to use my PC from the comfort and safety of my iPhone. I got to thinking about it, and it seemed that modifying VNC was the best option. It already has the remote framebuffer thing down pat and I just had to […]
