The FlatulentFish Mission is to provide a focal point for sharing and disseminating my thoughts, ideas, and information to my family and friends.
  Humor

Why "Flatulent Fish"?

Fri, 03/23/2007 - 23:56 — steve
Several people have asked me the question: "Why Flatulent Fish?"

Simple, really. First, I've got a pretty base sense of humor, and anything scatological is sure to make me chuckle. Sad, but true.

Way back in 2000, I saw an article posted on ananova: "A full-scale nuclear alert was launched by NATO after submarine sounds were heard under the sea off the Swedish coast could have been sparked by flatulent fish."

This made me laugh.

For days.


  Apple, IncMacintoshSoftware

Essential Mac OS X Applications

Here's a list of applications which I feel no Mac should be without. In no particular order:

Macaroni (Atomic Bird Productions: http://www.atomicbird.com/macaroni)


  Parallels

Using a Parallels VM as a gateway for VPN

Sat, 03/24/2007 - 02:57 — steve

Sometimes you need to deal with VPN software which only runs under Windows. This tip shows you how to configure a Parallels virtual machine to provide a network gateway to these VPNs.

Alternately, there are some newer VPN client applications available for the Mac. Take a look at VPN Tracker, from Equinix; I haven't tried it, but it is well reviewed. Probably worth a look!


Here are some raw instructions using (mostly) OSX GUI:

0. Make sure you're running 3120 or later and that VM network is set to Bridged.


  MacintoshParallels

Parallels Desktop Hints, Tips, and Tricks

Sat, 03/24/2007 - 02:56 — steve

Hints, tips, and tricks for working with Parallels Desktop for the Mac


  MacBook ProSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Development

Use your MacBook camera to see who's using your laptop

Dylan O'Donnel published a simple method to capture a user's picture using the MacBook's built-in camera when a user logs in. An excellent idea! I followed the instructions on his web page Here, then decided to customize it a bit.

I had a couple of issues with Dylan's initial implementation.


  BooksWeb Sites

Notes from the Annotated Pratchett File

Read this in the Annotated Pratchett File, specifically in the section about The Color of Magic; it is regarding the "well-known folktale" Appointment in Samarra:


  Software DevelopmentWeb Sites

Creating a dynamic del.icio.us link page

Fri, 03/23/2007 - 04:26 — steve

Introduction

I was looking around for a way to dynamically display my del.icio.us links in a Drupal page and stumbled across the dishy project - it nicely wraps the del.icio.us JSON libraries to add all-javascript link handling to your web page. I then hacked one of the examples to get this whole thing to work - pretty slick stuff.


  MAMEHomebrew Arcade

3b) The Arcade Emulator

Thu, 03/22/2007 - 06:31 — steve

The Emulator - MAME and all of it's incarnations

MAME, or Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, is the software that makes this whole thing possible. From the MAME website:


  LinuxHomebrew Arcade

3a) Operating System

Thu, 03/22/2007 - 06:02 — steve

Operating System History

I went through several iterations of the operating system for my cabinet. The earliest version of my cabinet used DOS; this had the obvious advantage of extremely low overhead, but was simply too limiting due to lack of hardware support. The first computer that I used in the cabinet was an old AMD K6-3/400 machine with a whopping 128 MB of RAM; low overhead was an important consideration. Network support, CD Rom support, etc were near impossibilities. Gameplay was pretty fast, sound worked...OK, but it was just too limiting.


  Homebrew Arcade

3) Software

Thu, 03/22/2007 - 05:19 — steve

The sofware that drives the arcade cabinet


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