http://drjunker.org On a quest to find optimality in an imperfect world. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:39:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I like to keep an eye on the Schneier on Security Blog. Usually there's some interesting information. While the post I am commenting on here does not seem like a natural security topic -- it rather seems the security aspect was forced on it -- it is a very interesting ... http://drjunker.org/2009/07/02/optimal-human-group-size/ On Imgriff.com I read about a truly interesting website, solely dedicated to the Optimality of packing lightly for travel: http://www.onebag.com An excerpt: I have always travelled a great deal, for both business and pleasure, and — like other seasoned travellers — soon found that the lighter my burden, the more pleasant my ... http://drjunker.org/2009/07/02/optimal-packing-for-travel/ This post is really just an edited summary of instructions found elsewhere. I used instructions from two sources (here incl. comments, and here), the first of which is slightly outdated and incomplete. Here's the full story: Install X-Code from the OSX CD. I only installed the "Developer Tools Essentials" and ... http://drjunker.org/2009/06/19/installing-iphone-sdk-2-x-on-ppc/ Especially the last part about fill words such as 'um' and other linguistic slips is interesting and fun. Listen to it here. http://drjunker.org/2009/03/12/a-great-story-on-cptvs-where-we-live/ Excerpt form an Ars Technica Article on the Windows 7 UI: An icon on the taskbar doesn't necessarily mean that a program is running; programs can be pinned to the taskbar so that their icon is persistent. Clicking the icon starts the program (if it's not running) or switches to it ... http://drjunker.org/2009/01/13/welcome-to-2001-windows-7-gets-a-dock-too/ Apparently Apple finally listened to the many users requesting direct FTP support. Quote: Rather use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to publish to a different hosting service? With the built-in FTP support in iWeb, you can do that, too. I am curious to see if this works as seamlessly as syncing via .Mac ... http://drjunker.org/2009/01/06/iweb-09-adds-ftp-support/ I was very excited that google street view was announced the same time I bought my iPhone, alas I could not figure out how to use it. Apple's or Google's websites offered no help, so it took some google searches to reveal how to do this (comment 3 here). Basically, ... http://drjunker.org/2009/01/02/activate-google-street-view-on-iphone/ I have had my iPhone for nearly a month now and absolutely love almost everything about it - the great exception being the iPod. Having been a 1st Gen iPod Nano user for three years, I surely was expecting the iPhone to support folders for my playlists. I still ... http://drjunker.org/2009/01/02/ipod-on-the-iphone-first-impressions/ I wrote in the past about my dislike for tinted windows. So far I only had the perspective of another driver. Tinted windows don't allow me to look through the rear of windows of cars driving in front of me, thus preventing me from observing the traffic ahead which can ... http://drjunker.org/2009/01/02/tinted-windows-the-inside-perspective/ The answer can be found in the so-called BOM-files, which stands for Bill Of Material. More information about bom files be found in the Apple Developed Connection (ADC) bom man page, or by typing man bom in the terminal. These files are buried inside installer packages as well as in ... http://drjunker.org/2008/10/30/bom-files-what-dodid-mac-os-x-package-installers-install/