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My Hackintosh

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

After a week or so… (I think I started January 21, 2009) , I have successfully configured my LAN to work. It’s an onboard Intel Pro 100/VE LAN adapter. It took me days just to configured it. Finally I have good internet connection on my PC that run MAC’s OS X. Configuring drivers for a non-mac computer like the PC takes a lot of patience, attitude, concentration, coffee, peanuts, and a whole lot of reading. You see, configuring in a “hackintosh environment” is like setting up a linux system. You configure your own drivers, setup up vendor and device id manually. Unlike in windows that you just double click your driver installers.

Upon writing this post, I’m actually writing “in it” using the operating system of mac in a pc.

Here’s the screenshots of my Hackintosh.

and here…

(Having hardtime to get a screenshot though, it’s quite a culture shock if you are used to windows)

I made the screenshot using GRAB.
I have installed Yahoo Messenger for my mac (err.. pc), blogged, surfed, chat and the SDK Developer Kit for iPhone.

I still have more to do, my video card aren’t running at it’s full capabilities. My desktop resolution is 1024×768, and my soundcard still aren’t working.

But I guess all will be easy now I have internet connection.

The Damn OS is fast…

Check out my installed iPhone SDK

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Virtual post-it software for your Windows XP

Monday, March 2nd, 2009


When I realized that my “hard copy” of post-its’ are falling off like leaves on my desk (particularly on my computer’s casing. I realized I wanted a virtual post-it, search the net for one and bump to this open-source post it program for windows xp.

It’s called “Stickies for Windows”

It needs Microsoft Windows Installer and Microsoft .NET 2.0 to be installed.

It’s really handy. Got bored with the usual notepad usage… hehe

Hope you enjoy it too.

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The Programmer’s Curse: Frustration for Life

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day,
but if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.

The Curse has bestowed upon me, and I will be cursed for life. Although it’s an ‘enjoyable’ curse that I will enjoy for life. Programming strengthens one’s mind and judgment in all aspect of life.

Currently I’m a Web Programmer in a Marketing and Advertising Firm that helps website promotion (or SEO/Search Engine Optimization). Most of my work focused on PHP, MySQL, Web Administration, SEO and improving the company’s existing CMS and WordPress’ Blogging Software.

One of my favorites in adding my Zen Wisdom is from Peter Norvig’s Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years.

And Robert L. Read’s How to a Programmer helps my debugging tasks.

Nevertheless, sharing from my experience, weakness helps to strengthen you. I’ll be forever buried to improve bad software and good software.

Still, it’s enjoyable. :)

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