mac os x
SleepWatcher - A utility to run tasks on sleep/wake
jhm – Mon, 2009 – 01 – 26 01:37
This is a utility I have been looking for. It allows you to execute tasks when the computer/display goes to sleep and/or wakes up. Very nice.
Here is a little more discussion about it.
Copy Tracks to remote iTunes
jhm – Sat, 2008 – 03 – 15 09:02
Thanks to Paul I got spared a lot of time trying to figure this out for myself. I have the same setup (mini with front row as media center) and even use a NAS to store everything, but could never figure out how to add it to the remote iTunes
Newton Virus
jhm – Thu, 2008 – 03 – 06 09:57
This totally reminds me of the Amiga ...
Mail.app Unread Mystery
jhm – Thu, 2007 – 08 – 23 09:56
After having silently suffered for a long time, finally the solution to my read e-mails reverting back to unread status ...
Parallels and Solaris
jhm – Thu, 2007 – 01 – 18 10:44
When adding or changing disks to a parallels VM, you might see the following error message 
To fix it, boot into the failsafe mode and run bootadm on the mounted root disk like in the following image 
Unlocking the full potential of your Mac Pro's Sony DW-D150A
jhm – Wed, 2007 – 01 – 10 07:59
Apple has been shipping two types of burners in the MacPro. The first is far from being unknown, as it is a Pioneer DVR-111D. The second, which one finds more often, is a Sony DW-D150A.