I feel dirty...
Yes I just finished installing Visual Studio 2008 on Snow Leopard so I can do .NET development on a Mac.
I will never be clean.
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Snow Leopard + Parallels + XP Pro + Visual Studio 2008
I ran into one little problem getting Snow Leopard, Parallels, Windows XP Pro, and Visual Studio 2008 to play nice together.
Here is the error message I kept getting when trying to import an existing project into VS 2008:
project location is not trusted
Solutions I found:
1. social.microsoft.com
2. msdn.microsoft.com
3. blogs.imeta.co.uk
Notes:
Run this from the Visual Studio 2008 command line tool:
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[some version of .Net Framework]\casp ol.exe -m -ag 1.5 -url file://\\.psf/* FullTrust
Create a dedicated share in Parallels for your VS 2008 project folder.
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Connect 360
Nullriver Software has built a killer utility for the Mac that allows you to stream your media content (Movies, Pictures, TV Shows, etc…) to your XBox 360.
It’s worth the $20 for the music streaming alone.
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Safari 3.1
Apple just released Safari 3.1 for the Mac. Get it while it is hot…
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The Nautilus Needs An Upgrade
The following picture is a working Mac Mini computer with mechanical keyboard and Victorian style monitor complete with a tube amp style power supply.
This would be perfect for blogging while traveling undersea in the ol’ Nautilus.
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Webpage To iPod
TUAW has an article up on how to create an automated workflow using Automater to grab a webpage and save the text as a note on your ipod to read later.
links
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iStat pro
iStat pro is a system monitoring widget for OS X. It monitors temperature, memory, disk space, battery health, etc…
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Leopard Logon Screen Hack
From one of my favorite sites, Lifehacker.com I found out how to change my logon picture on Leopard.
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture “/New Picture.jpg”
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How I Rip My DVDs To iPod Video
Software
- Mac the Ripper
- Media Fork
- There is no step three
Break the CSS encryption
This is the questionably legal part. I use Mac the Ripper to break the encryption so I can queue my conversions to iPod format overnight. The best example I can think of is an TV show DVD with multiple chapters and discs.
The instructions for ripping the DVD to your harddrive are available here: Mac the Ripper
Convert to iPod
Here is the machine time consuming part. Depending on which Mac you have it could take up to 5 hours to reencode a full length movie. For those lucky few with an Intel Mac it may only take 30 minutes.
Media Fork Settings
These are the settings I have had success with. YMMV.
- File format: MP4 file
- Codecs: MPEG-4 Video / AAC Audio
- Framerate: Same as source
- Encoder: FFmpeg
- Average Bitrate: 1000
- 2-pass encoding: checked
- Keep AR: On
- Deinterlace: On
- Anamorphic: Off
- Output: 640×480 (max video resolution the 5G iPod Video supports)
Queue
After you complete the settings portion you can check the ‘Enable queue’ button and add the conversion job to the queue. Now you are free to go back and select a different title or DVD. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
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Nike Plus
I bought the last Nike+ Sport Kit from the Bellevue Apple Store yesterday and this little device is amazing. $39 for a device that will work with any pair of shoes. I did lose it on my first outing, but I plan on using the velcro hack that podophile has posted in order to secure it.
The accuracy is very solid. I mapped my run with Google Pedometer. and it was within a tenth of a mile.
You can buy it online at Amazon or Apple .