List of Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts

Here’s a really comprehensive list of Mac OS X . . . → Read More: List of Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts

Created a tsocks fink package

I previously posted about how to build tsocks on Mac OS X.

Leveraging that work, I created my first Fink package, a package for tsocks. It’s in the package submission queue waiting for the Fink team to review it. In the meantime, here’s the .deb file that I built.

Creating a fink package is pretty easy and is . . . → Read More: Created a tsocks fink package

The San Francisco Burrito

While Nicole and I were eating at Chipotle today, I looked up “burrito” on Wikipedia and came across this most entertaining page:

Wikipedia: San Francisco burrito

Some of my favorite tidbits:

The aluminum foil wrapping–present whether the customer is eating in the restaurant or taking out–acts as a structural support to ensure that the flexible tortilla does not burst . . . → Read More: The San Francisco Burrito

Time for some soldering

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Time for some soldering, originally uploaded by msabramo.

Damn. My bluetooth headset is busted. Time to get out the . . . → Read More: Time for some soldering

Hacking myself

I couldn’t remember the password that I used for my SBC Yahoo! DSL account – I have it in my router config (for PPPoE) but I wanted to know it so that I could use it for dial-up.

Since it was already in my router, I tried to view the source of the router administration page, but . . . → Read More: Hacking myself

Linux Network Administrators Guide

A very well-written and interesting doc on a plethora of networking topics and how they relate to Linux, covering a diverse range of topics such as TCP/IP basics, routing, firewalls, DNS, PPP, etc. An interesting read.

Linux Network . . . → Read More: Linux Network Administrators Guide

Building tsocks on Mac OS X

I recently told you about a cool piece of software called tsocks which allows non-SOCKS-aware applications to use SOCKS by using LD_PRELOAD to intercept their socket calls and route them through a SOCKS server.

Installing on Debian was simple as the software was written for Linux and there is a Debian package available for it. Installing on . . . → Read More: Building tsocks on Mac OS X