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Asm Programming Using Jmp/Call

Learn how to print "Hello, World!" in assembler on MacOS X using the jmp/call method to get a pointer to the string to print. Happy Hacking!

LidWakeOff: prevent Macs from Accidently Waking

LidWakeOff is a StartupItem that prevents a PowerBook or MacBook from waking up when the lid is opened. You may find this useful if you have a broken latch on your PowerBook.

Building SpiderMonkey Javascript 1.6 on MacOS X

I wanted to run a Javascript version of a Mandelbrot program that was submitted to me for my Fractal Benchmark page. Unfortunately, I ran into trouble compiling SpiderMonkey, Mozilla's Javascript interpreter. Here's how I finally got it working on MacOS X.

Assembler Programming for Intel and PPC

A simple example of how to write Hello World on both a PowerPC and an Intel for MacOS X.

Url2thumb - Generate Thumbnails from URLs

Url2thumb is a simple command line program for MacOS X that creates a thumbnail of a website as a JPEG. By default, it will create a 400 x 200 pixel image, but you can specify other sizes by passing in an optional width and height parameter.

Ruby, Io, Python, Java, C Benchmark

I ran some benchmarks to compare Ruby, Io, Vectorized Io, Python, Java, and Plain C speed at rendering a Mandelbrot set. Source code is included for each language.

Linux on iPod review from xlr8yourmac

This is the best article I've seen on Linux on your iPod. If you're tired of waiting for Apple to open up their platform, Linux maybe what you're waiting for.

Writing Secure PHP Applications

PHP is a powerful scripting language for building web applications, and also one of the easiest ways for hackers to gain access to your web server. Developers need to understand how their scripts can be exploited in order to protect them.