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vi Tutorials

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:02:00 +0200

vi Tutorials:

+ Video lessons:

The Unix/Linux Teleport Command

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:44:00 +0200

The Unix/Linux Teleport Command

vi(m) cheat sheet

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:30:33 +0200

vi(m) cheat sheet

6502 Test Programs

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:31:35 +0200

6502 Test Programs

Recursively unpack zip files in subdirectories

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:19:00 +0200

Recursively unpack zip files in their respective directories:

find . -name "*.zip" | while read filename; do unzip -o -qq -d "`dirname "$filename"`" "$filename"; done;

Clean up the zip files:

find . -name "*.zip" | while read filename; do rm "$filename"; done;

I have downloaded the complete ftp.scs-trc.net and c64.rulez.org archives and I wanted to copy the unpacked archives onto an SD card for my Chameleon 64. These commands helped me a great deal to unpack and remove all of the zip files.

Alternative Codebase64 css theme

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:36:00 +0200

I don’t know about you, but when reading codebase64.org, the high-contrasted text makes my eyes hurt. So I created a very short CSS that overrides the original and makes it much easier to read the website without getting a headache.

I’m not into web-design at all, so sorry if you see something blatantly stupid here, but the following style sheet works all right with Firefox’s Stylish plugin for me:

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain("codebase64.org") {

div.dokuwiki h1 a, div.dokuwiki h2 a, div.dokuwiki h3 a, div.dokuwiki h4 a
{
    color:#090 !important;
}

body
{
    font-family:Verdana !important;
    background-color:#232 !important;
    color:#8a8 !important;
    font-size:100% !important;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #222;
}

.li {color:#ccc !important;}
div.dokuwiki .li {color:#792 !important;}

pre
{
    font-family:Monaco, Lucida Console !important;
    background-color:#111 !important;
    color:#0c0 !important;
    font-size:100% !important;
}}

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How to add real time effects for system audio on Mac

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:08:00 +0200

Sometimes you might want to put some effects onto the audio signal that comes out of your Mac. If you listen to music via iTunes, you can play around with the EQ settings, but that’s not too much. What if you want some more sophisticated sound processing capabilities at your hands, or you want to put effects on the sound of other applications, like web browsers? We have tons of great (free) VST/AU plugins around, why not running our system sound through them? This short guide is trying to show you how to do that for free.

So what kind of software do we need? First we need our VST/AU effects. You can either grab your favorite ones lying around, or you can use Apple’s built-in Audio Units as well. To look for great effects, I can recommend to check out kvraudio.com, they have a huge database of effects.

Second, you need a host app for the VST/AU plugins. What I was looking for is a lightweight, free app that won’t take up too much system resource. A full DAW would be overkill for our needs. Luckily, Apple has an answer for this problem, and even for free! With the (free) Xcode development environment comes a software called AU Lab, that does pretty much what we want: it acts as an Audio Unit host and processes real-time audio signals with them.

But how do we root the system sound through it? For that we need Soundflower, which is also free software.

Let’s make all this work together! Install Soundflower, open Sound Preferences, go to the Output tab and select the 2-channel Soundflower entry. Now start AU Lab and create a new document, and select Soundflower as input source, and set the output to your preferred sound card output (eg.: Built-in output). When ready, you’ll see two stripes, one for audio input and one for audio output. On the input side there will be a part call Effects. There you can stack up your effect plugins. Go, select an effect and edit its parameters. I usually put a slight reverb onto the audio signal to give some spacial feeling to the sound when using my headphones, but you can choose any other one for your own needs.

Basically, that’s all there is to it! You should hear the difference on any audio getting played back on your Mac. Good luck for the set-up, cheers!

Note: Finding Audio Units plug-ins on your computer.

50 Unusually Awesome Icon Sets for Mac

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:18:21 +0200

50 Unusually Awesome Icon Sets for Mac

Calibrating Displays in Boot Camp 3.0 on MacBook with external display

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:18:49 +0200

Calibrating Displays in Boot Camp 3.0 on MacBook with external display:

A real lifesaver for Boot Camp users!

Unable to change "Open with..." file association

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:02:55 +0200

Unable to change "Open with..." file association:

One of the bugs I hate the most in Windows.

CSS Formatter and Optimiser

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:05:49 +0200

CSS Formatter and Optimiser

Antialiasing

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:30:49 +0200

Antialiasing

Ui Parade

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:53:35 +0200

Ui Parade:

Ui Parade is all about showcasing user interface design that is crafted by some of the worlds most talented ui designers.

Change OS X font smoothing in one application

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:21:00 +0100

Change OS X font smoothing in one application:

With the method described on the linked page, you can arbitrarily set the level of (or turn off) font smoothing in Mac OS X for almost any given application. Valid values are: 0-3. For the correct “DNS” sequence take a look into ~/Library/Preferences/.

For example, let’s set the system-wide font smoothing value to 1 and turn off subpixel font smoothing for the Terminal app:

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1
defaults com.apple.Terminal AppleFontSmoothing -int 0

To check the current value, replace write with read and leave off the value at the end, for example:

defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing

Happy hacking!

I've just become a member of App Entwickler Verzeichnis!

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:47:00 +0100

Maximum (practical) Memory Use on iPod Touch 4G, iOS 5

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:13:11 +0100

Maximum (practical) Memory Use on iPod Touch 4G, iOS 5:

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Flurry: Mobile Application Analytics

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:46:26 +0100

Flurry: Mobile Application Analytics

Open Cubic Player (OpenCP) on Mac OS X

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0100

Open Cubic Player (OpenCP) on Mac OS X:

Wow, I just installed Open Cupic Player on my Mac! It’s nice to use this classic program on a new system after more than, what, maybe 10 years? Its module playback routine imho is one of the best ever written, I prefer it to the one in Milkytracker.

Unfortunately it misses a bunch of features the original had (graphical screens etc), but the experience is still cool.

It was ported to several systems from the original DOS platform, grab it for yours, too!

Pixel Perfection: Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:19:26 +0100

Pixel Perfection: Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art

2D Drawing in OpenGL

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:44:47 +0100

2D Drawing in OpenGL:

How to set up 2D projection in OpenGL.