http://www.feedface.com/ OS X, The World and Beyond Perl 5.10 now features a &quot;smart match operator&quot; <pre>if ( $needle ~~ @haystack ) .. </pre> <a href="http://dev.perl.org/perl5/news/2007/perl-5.10.0.html" target="_blank">http://dev.perl.org/perl5/news/2007/perl-5.10.0.html</a> -patrick 2010-03-03T22:42:00+00:00 My wife and I like to use our MacBook Pro. The problem is that obviously only one person can use it at a time. Therefore, we needed something for casual surfing until the iPad 2G comes out.<br><br> Idea: Re-active my good, old PowerBook G4 667<br> Problems: (1) Apple decided a while ago that OS X 10.5 should run only on 867Mhz and up (2) The DVD-drive is basically dead<br> Solution: (1) Use the MBP's drive (2) Temporarily set the CPU clock-speed info to 867<br><br> These are the detailed steps: <ul> <li>(MBP) Put the 10.5 retail DVD in the drive</li> <li>(MBP) Power off</li> <li>(MBP) Hold "t" and turn the MBP on (target-mode)</li> <li>(Both) Connect with a Firewire cable (I used a FW400-FW800 cable)</li> <li>(PB) Hold Cmd+Option+"o"+"f" and turn the PB on (OpenFirmware console)</li> <li>(PB) Type the following commands:<br> <ul> <li>Fake a higher CPU frequency:<br> <code>dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0<br> d# 867000000 encode-int " clock-frequency" property<br> d# 867000000 encode-int " min-clock-frequency" property<br> d# 867000000 encode-int " max-clock-frequency" property<br></code></li> <li>Switch to the boot-device screen:<br><code>multi-boot</code></li> </ul> </li> <li>(PB) Select the DVD</li> </ul> -patrick 2010-02-11T18:25:00+00:00 Living in Montgomery County is not always easy ... the blizzard is bad.<br> Hopefully we won't lose power again. -patrick 2010-02-10T17:14:00+00:00 The "software" section now contains <a href="http://www.feedface.com/software/realty.html">Realty</a> - a collection of various GreaseMonkey scripts and Excel sheets to help future homebuyers.<br> <br> [Update] Added one script and updated two existing ones. -patrick 2010-01-28T21:58:00+00:00 14 month old - and the MBP's (last model w/ a user-replaceable battery) battery is still going strong:<br> - Current battery capacity: 4619 / Max.: 4600<br> - Current battery charge: 4609 / Max. 4619<br> (all mAh; numbers via <a href="http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/"CoconutBattery</a>) -patrick 2010-01-03T15:04:00+00:00