• Mac OS X,  Unix,  Windows Server

    Mono 2.0

    Mono 2.0 allows .Net developers to use Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X.  Mono comes with MeMA, a tool that allows for automated .Net to Linux migrations away from .Net.  A lot is being made these days about Silverlight.  Look at what our friends from NetFlix have done for Mac users with it.  Well, the Mono framework was leveraged to write a Mono-based plugin compatible with Silverlight that they are calling Moonlight.  This is pretty cool because it allows Silverlight developers to convert their code into Moonlight and then publish it as an actual desktop application rather than a more web-oriented widget.  The open source community has provided a really…

  • iPhone

    iPhone App: USC too

    Due to the fact that I got a lot of email from the USC fans who apparently read this site I went ahead and ported my iPhone app for the UGA schedule to USC.  Until my app store account is ready here’s the proof…

  • iPhone

    UGA Football Schedule

    iPhone applications and vacation.  Funny how they can end up coming together.  Another app I’ve been working on is a little football schedule for the UGA Bulldogs, which if you’ve been reading this site for awhile you’ll know is my team of choice.  So here are some screenshots for the app, which should be up on the App Store once I get all the details worked out.

  • Mac OS X,  Xsan

    Mac OS X: Enable and Disable Spotlight

    To Disable Spotlight for Mac OS X you can stop the Spotlight processes from being invoked by launchd.  To do so use the following commands: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Spotlight.plist launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist To re-enable it you would simply load up your launchd processes again like so: launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Spotlight.plist launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

  • iPhone

    iPhone Application: Charles' NetFlix

    Before you write an application, check and make sure it hasn’t already been written by someone who’s a better programmer.  😉  Either way, here’s my second go at writing an iPhone app.  Still waiting for approval to get that account…

  • Unix,  Xsan

    Xsan: Setting up StorNext Clients on Red Hat Enterprise

    Xsan and the acfs (Apple Clustered File System) volumes that Xsan controls can be utilized by Windows and Linux clients.  The Windows setup is fairly straight forward, so here we’re going to cover setting up a Linux client to mount an Xsan volume using StorNext.  First, buy StorNext.  Second, register StorNext.   Then, go to your Metadata Controller and Backup Metadata Controller and use the cvfsid command.  Copy the contents and go to this site, completing the form using the output from cvfsid: http://Prodreg.quantum.treehousei.com/login.aspx  Now put the information that Quantum sends you into the /Library/FileSystems/Xsan/config/license.dat file on your Metadata Controllers and reboot them.  Now you’re ready to setup your clients.…

  • Final Cut Server

    Final Cut Server: Creating a Device

    Final Cut Server is able to see files and folders that are available to a system through a variety of means.  This could be an Xsan or a folder on an Xsan, an nfs mount from another host, a folder through FTP, etc.  Basically, if you can see some data through the Finder reliably then you can go ahead and add it to Final Cut Server.  Speeds of clients to access the data then depend on the ability of the clients to access that data either in place or through the Final Cut Server application. Each top level folder that you will be accessing through Final Cut Server can be…

  • Xsan

    Testers Needed

    We’ve been working on an application that will repair corrupted Xsan volumes.  If you have a volume you wouldn’t mind potentially shredding and would like to test the app for us then please let me know.