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Jul 012008
 

Congratulations to Andreas Wacker and Interdubs for passing the 100,000th file mark today!  Interdubs is a collaboration platform which can easily help you keep your clients up to date on the progress of their projects and allow prompt and efficient client feedback.  Interdubs works native with the iPhone, plus it allows you to easily create reels for clients to review.

Keep up the good work Andreas!

 Posted by at 20:18
Apr 052008
 

Last night I took the Metro rail to Hollywood. The ride was short, but waiting for the train took a while. It’s unfortunate there are no trains from Hollywood to Santa Monica, or to LAX and BUR. Hopefully one day the transportation across the town will be easier.

For now, most of us will continue to fight the good fight on the 405.

[Hollywood & Vine Station]

Hollywood and Vine Metro Station

Hollywood and Vine Metro Station Film Reels

 Posted by at 09:29
Jan 072008
 

The information Apple provides to automount Xsan to SNFS is dated for Xsan 1.4.2.

Xsan 1.4.2 uses the automount.plist file to mount SAN volumes. In order to mount the SNFS filesystem after each reboot of the OS X computer, configure the automount.plist file.

Create /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config/automount.plist using this template, and change fsname to the name of your filesystem.

A template is available for download here: Xsan automount.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Volume_name</key>
<dict>
<key>AutoMount</key>
<string>rw</string>
<key>MountOptions</key>
<dict/>
</dict>
<key>Another_volume_name</key>
<dict>
<key>AutoMount</key>
<string>rw</string>
<key>MountOptions</key>
<dict/>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Details on configuring OS X to connect to SNFS are below.

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 Posted by at 09:59
Dec 012007
 

The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I’m sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live in trapped loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.

And no, I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I know one thing: the solution doesn’t involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of someday easing my fit into a mold. It doesn’t involve tempering my life to better fit someone’s expectations. It doesn’t involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.

This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can:

FUCK. THAT. SHIT.

[source-xkcd]

 Posted by at 13:49
Nov 072007
 

So here is one of my new favorite sites Tinkernut

They have info on all sorts of Internet hacks. One of the things I’m interested in is getting free phone numbers with any area code you want, and then you could forward that phone number to a real phone line. This could be used to prevent sharing a personal number with non-personal people. Also, it could be used to save money for people in remote areas. This will allow for people to call a local number that will redirect to a remote number.

The site with free phone numbers is GrandCentral, which was recently purchased by Google.

GrandCentral is in private invitation only beta, much like Gmail was. I requested an invitation through inviteshare.

I want to use this as an alternative number so I don’t have to give out my cell number.

 Posted by at 18:47