Posts Tagged Difficulty: Expert
Clearing cached DNS entries
Posted by Adam in Fixing Errors, Linux, OS X, Uncategorized, Windows on Sunday November 1, 2009
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Difficulty: Expert
Time: ~1 Minute
Last Updated: 1st November 2009
Applies to: Windows, OS X, and Linux
Sometimes, when messing around with domain names (the DNS system), you’ll mis-type an address, and be unable to access your site for a significant length of time. Assuming that the incorrect entry has not been cached on another DNS server somewhere between you and your host, you can clear the list of cached addresses on your own machine to resolve the problem.
Remotely controlling OS-X via a web page
Posted by Adam in OS X, Programming on Saturday October 24, 2009
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Difficulty: Expert
Time: varies
Last Updated: 24th October 2009
Applies to: OS X
Applescript is a scripting language provided by OS X that has the ability to automate significant portions of the system.
PHP has the ability to, given the right configuration, make arbitrary system calls, including applescript.
Using the two together, one can remotely control a number of functions on an OS X system via a web page.
Mixing C++ and Objective-C code using XCode
Posted by Adam in OS X, Programming on Tuesday October 20, 2009
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Difficulty: Expert
Time: varies
Last Updated: 20th October 2009
Applies to: Objective-C
With the release of the iPhone SDK and the growing popularity of OS X, Objective-C is becoming the language of choice for a significant amount of projects.
One inescapable fact in the programming world is the existence of legacy code. Moving to a new language typically means porting or rewriting existing code entirely in the new language. In the case of Objective-C, most existing C and C++ code can be used directly.
Manually relocating the Windows 7 User Profile Folder
Posted by Adam in Setting Up, Windows on Thursday October 8, 2009
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Difficulty: Expert
Time: ~30 Minutes
Last Updated: 8th October 2009
Applies to: Windows 7 ONLY
Relocating the user profile folder is a procedure that can make backing up massively easier. User specific data, such as music and videos, can be moved to another drive, leaving only the core OS and programs on the primary hard drive. It can also act as a cost saving measure, using a small, fast, expensive drive to install the OS to, and a slow, but big and cheap drive to store user data.