tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42784184970554532222024-02-08T19:52:29.155+00:00Random stuff by BorisBorishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-75598408262779928952010-02-11T11:34:00.005+00:002010-02-11T15:02:55.285+00:00Some thoughts about Google Buzz (And a bit of anti-buzz from Boris ;-))This Google Buzz thing looks pretty good and I am all in for a better way to organising all the c**p coming from on Facebook account and only look at what is interesting. I also think geo-based social networking could be fun (dirty mind maybe, but I am thinking of blind-dating at a put with Google Buzz :-)).BUT GOOGLE GIVE US SOME PRIVACY!I don't mind using my real name when posting to people I Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-37741522837311866162008-11-23T16:14:00.001+00:002008-11-23T16:16:43.074+00:00How to backup SMS text messages on an iPhone?Connect to the jailbroken via SFTP and backup the content of the following folder: /private/var/mobile/Library/SMS/More about it in French here.Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-58955002003735049142008-10-06T18:59:00.001+01:002008-10-06T19:01:06.069+01:00Interesting iPhone applicationHere: http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/install-cracked-ipa-files-directly-from-the-iphone/Here is what they say:I’ve been very reluctant to post about hacks and cracks lately as I think you guys use these cracks for the wrong reasons. I talked to a lot of developers within the last few weeks and I can understand where they’re coming from and more importantly, why they don’t want to see their Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-18356876781818810042008-08-09T10:07:00.004+01:002009-01-04T16:10:31.109+00:00List of useful Mac OS X applicationsAdium [freeware]This is a multi-protocol instant messaging client, very well integrated to OSX. Check the website for the supported IM protocols, but most likely it has the ones you need (including AIM, MSN, Jabber/GTalk and Yahoo).Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 [commercial - €90]Good photo editing software for amateurs and enthusiasts.Adobe Reader [freeware]To open PDF files.aMule [freeware]emule (Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-55858964531615296182008-08-04T17:46:00.005+01:002008-09-29T20:24:33.028+01:00Usefull Mac tutorialsEnable Apache webserver with PHP on Mac OS 10.5 LeopardInstall Apache FOP on Mac OSGet started with LaTeX on a MacAdd extra dictionaries to the Mac OS dictionary applicationQuick on-screen dictionary lookup in SafariEncode MP3s with LAME encoder from iTunesBorishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-34639252388367709732008-07-25T18:28:00.006+01:002008-08-02T00:23:42.081+01:00IPhone 2.0 synchronization - MDCrashReportTool closed unexpectedlyI was getting the following message when synchronizing my iPhone with firmware 2.0 to iTunes: "MDCrashReportTool closed unexpectedly". This is cause by a bug in Apple's crash reporting tool which make it crash when retrieving bug reports from the iPhone (pretty ironic ;-)). To avoid the issue, you can open a Mac OS terminal widow, and type the following command (one line):sudo chmod a-x /System/Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-53938431636039643012008-07-20T10:29:00.003+01:002008-07-20T10:34:55.437+01:00List of usefull iPhone applicationsHere are the applications I have installed on my iPhone.- weDict is a dictionary application, with translation dictionaries available from/to English for several languages.- iChinese is a program that teaches you how to write Chinese characters by drawing them in the screen - Terminal lets you type command lines- SSH installs an SSH server to remotely access your iPhone- BossPref is a second Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-4661913229624265082008-05-22T11:34:00.013+01:002008-05-23T09:39:03.084+01:00View your work calendar (Outlook) in Google Calendar and vice versaI like Google Calendar because it is available from anywhere as long as you have Internet access (including on an iPhone ...) and there is no synchronization problem if you use it with several devices: all of them are using the same datastore. One thing I was missing though is that I didn't have my work meetings in it. And doing things the other way around would have been neat: having my personalBorishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-30059030043315946032008-05-17T14:59:00.003+01:002008-05-27T15:14:14.711+01:00How to make a non-compatible HP printer work with an Apple Airport Express? (Mac OS X)I own an HP 3745 printer (same as 3740), which I was able to use remotely with my Airport Express quite easily on my laptop running Windows and Linux (in both cases, create an IP printing port and use the normal driver).However when I switched to an Apple laptop running Mac OS X it stopped working as the Mac drivers provided by HP don't seem to support network printing too well ... pretty ironic Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-41988000667244959712008-04-06T00:10:00.006+01:002008-05-19T14:51:25.992+01:00Activate all the international keyboards/dictionaries on an iPhone version 1.1.4As opposed to the iPod Touch which comes with a wide-enough selection of on-screen keyboards and dictionaries, the iPhone (1.1.4) is limited to the ones for the countries in which the phone was officially available at the time of the firmware's release (English/UK, English/US, French/France, German/Germany). So thanks to Apple, if you want to input text in another language, you will have to Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-47787926084318428652008-03-29T18:57:00.003+00:002008-05-18T02:10:26.379+01:00How to fix the bug which prevents the iPhone from maintaining cookies/sessions (firmware 1.1.4)When I started using Safari on my iPhone, I realised something was strange: I couldn't maintain a session on gmail or Facebook for more than a few seconds. I actually only could red 1 message and then the site would ask for my login and password again. I suspected something was wrong with the cookies management, but I didn't find anything in the settings menu to help me.A Google search helped me Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278418497055453222.post-31427944635266599862008-03-26T21:47:00.002+00:002008-11-23T16:14:02.350+00:00How to setup an iPhone for Vodafone Live (Ireland)Note: this tutorial is based on Mac OS X, but if you understand it you will be able to apply it to a Windows/Linux computer using your own SCP/SFTP client to access the iPhone's filesystem (or use iphonebrowser as an easier way to transfer the files). Moreover, if you know the EDGE setting and the WAP proxy for a different mobile operator, you might also find it usefull as long as you make the Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586141321219830756noreply@blogger.com4