I’ve been hearing around the place that a number of people can’t delete .html files from their trashcan with the OS X 10.4.7 update…

If you are experiencing this problem, then open up the terminal and type cd .trash to be taken to the trashcan folder. You can then use rm $filename to remove the offending file or rm -R $folder name to remove a folder. If you experience any problems doing this then use the sudo command before trying the aforementioned fix.

Be warned it probably won’t ask you if you are sure you want to delete the files, so get it right..

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Many people have been getting the following error with Google queries all over the place:

We’re sorry… but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now. We’ll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon.

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Since 4 Wise Monkeys has been getting so much media attention I have decided to finally start finishing off my RSS Alerter.

This program will watch the Codingo and 4 Wise Monkeys RSS feeds and display a Gmail Notify like alert whenever a new entry has been made. Alternatively, you can choose to have Windows Messaging like alerts shown (see the screenshot below).

I have only allowed this to notify you of Codingo and 4 Wise Monkeys streams presently, but I will have a final version available soon that will let you add any RSS feed you like!

You can download this program by clicking here.
You can the source code for RSS Alerter by clicking here.

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My previous post dealt with people hot linking to images on your website. This tutorial explains how to block users by IP or by domain from reaching your site as well as preventing other people to access your files from their site. Once again the Apache module mod_rewrite must be on for the second section of this tutorial to work.

Once again this tutorial contains a number of htaccess samples. If you are unsure about how htaccess works, then try reading the article on WikiPedia before using the contents of this tutorial.

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The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to stop people using images hosted on your domain within their own websites.

You can use the information in this tutorial to force hot linked images to be redirected to another image to dub the person a lecher. This, however, does not save you bandwidth since an image is still being pulled from your server.

All of the code below goes into .htaccess on your server (this is a system file and is set to be hidden, if you can’t view it then check your FTP client settings). If you are experiencing problems with these scripts, then please insure that mod_rewrite is enabled.

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Apple has a new ad campaign currently hosted on their website showing some of the many reasons why Apple has mastered ease of use over the PC. Click here to view the videos

Given the recent burst of cyclones in Australia the BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) has been posting a lot of severe weather warnings.

Unfortunately BOM doesn’t have an RSS feed… In fact when e-mailing their webmaster I have been informed that they don’t intend to.

Because of this I am providing my own RSS feeds for the website (as I promised in my first ever post on this website). I have created RSS feeds for each state, click the relevant link to view the RSS feed relevant to you: Northern Territory, ACT, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales.

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Finally, No more comments from PC lovers stating “but it can’t run Windows” every time an Apple user walks into the room.

Following the success of Onmac.net contest which paid over $15,000 to the first person who could get Windows XP running on an Intel Macintosh, Apple has announced the release of ‘Boot Camp’ which will allow you to natively run Windows XP on any Intel Macintosh machine.

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The introduction of Widgets for the dashboard in OS/X has caused many useful utilities in the form of widgets to pop up around the place… Sometimes there is the odd utility that you would like to see on the desktop so you don’t have to remember to keep hitting that dashboard button. This is where ‘DevMode’ comes in handy.

You can click here to get the development widget which will turn this mode on or off.

What is DevMode?

The DevMode widget serves two functions. First, it shows the current status of Dashbooard Development Mode. Second, if you click on the widget it will turn devmode on or off.

Alternativly you can read the rest of this article to learn how to enable and disable dev mode yourself…

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Ever had one of those times when you’ve fired up an old Linux box, gone to do something that needed root and forgotten your password? Yeah… Me neither. But! I’ve put together this little tutorial to help you reset the root password should you ever forget it.

You will need a live distribution for this (a live distro is a Linux distro that boots and runs off of a cd). I used Knoppix for this article but you can take a look at distro watch to see other Live distributions.

First of all, Insert your live distribution into the CD-Rom drive and reboot. Once the machine has restarted and you are sitting on the Live distributions desktop change the crappy wallpaper you can begin.

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