]]>BlaineWhen things get tough...2008-06-11T12:42:00-04:002008-06-11T12:42:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.51Because the one from A.A. is too girlie.
Because the one from A.A. is too girlie.
]]>BlaineNmap Icon and Script for OS X2008-06-10T15:14:00-04:002008-06-10T15:02:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.50Really nothing earth shaking, but I personally love to run Nmap whenever I go on a new or unknown network - it's the equivelant of looking around the room to make sure there's no one too shady hanging about... it's also useful for figuring out how much traffic, and therefore how slow transfers, you can expect. The only thing people may find really useful is the nice Nmap icon I created. Creating scalable icons for OS X can be a bit of a bear... Download after the jump.
Really nothing earth shaking, but I personally love to run Nmap whenever I go on a new or unknown network - it's the equivelant of looking around the room to make sure there's no one too shady hanging about... it's also useful for figuring out how much traffic, and therefore how slow transfers, you can expect. The only thing people may find really useful is the nice Nmap icon I created. Creating scalable icons for OS X can be a bit of a bear... Download after the jump.The script just fires off Nmap with the stealth syn turned, for a standard network set up (192.168.1.x). Obviously you need Nmap installed, and it will only work on what was once known as a Class C network (192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255).
It won't take much imagination for someone to just steal the icon and build another script for Class B or any other type of search Nmap supports.
So add a little style to your dock and simplify your port scanning!
]]>BlaineGoosh - Google Shell2008-06-09T16:38:00-04:002008-06-09T16:38:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.49Very cool command line interface for google.
http://goosh.org/
http://goosh.org/
]]>BlaineHe's good at repairs. He's under each snare.2008-06-10T15:12:00-04:002008-03-10T20:44:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.48I don't get excited much when it comes to music. But the perfect storm of my interests manifests itself under the brand of D.E.L. That's Del The Funky Homosapien - the man behind the mic on the best of the Gorillaz tracks as well as one of the most powerful hip-hop albums ever, Deltron 3030. Del's new CD arrived in the mail today for me and my excitement has piqued to find out it's be autographed by the man himself:
What you gonna do, Mean Gene? This is probably the first time I've ever considered a music cd I've purchased to be a collectable. I've ripped it and she's back in the case. I'm a few songs in and it's doing good so far. This will definitely tide me over until the new Deltron.
Deltron Zero, hero... not no small feat.
What you gonna do, Mean Gene? This is probably the first time I've ever considered a music cd I've purchased to be a collectable. I've ripped it and she's back in the case. I'm a few songs in and it's doing good so far. This will definitely tide me over until the new Deltron.
Deltron Zero, hero... not no small feat.
]]>BlainePOLITICS!2008-03-10T11:26:00-04:002008-03-10T11:26:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.47Everytime I hear that guys name I get an urge to slam the LP button...
Everytime I hear that guys name I get an urge to slam the LP button...
]]>BlainePhotoshop Script: Text.Stirfry2008-03-04T13:58:00-04:002008-03-04T13:56:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.46I've been playing with this script for a while and I'm kinda happy with the results. Enter a word or phrase and a number of times and Photoshop will draw that text to the screen with a random position and color. You get fairly particolored results, but it's still fun. Try not to dial the number of times past 200 unless you have plenty of free time on your hands.
Start with a blank document of any size and fire up the script and you can get:
results like this...
I've been playing with this script for a while and I'm kinda happy with the results. Enter a word or phrase and a number of times and Photoshop will draw that text to the screen with a random position and color. You get fairly particolored results, but it's still fun. Try not to dial the number of times past 200 unless you have plenty of free time on your hands.
Start with a blank document of any size and fire up the script and you can get:
]]>BlaineTold ya so...2008-02-22T16:30:00-04:002008-02-22T16:30:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.45Okay, so maybe it's gloating but... I was SUPER early on the I was SUPER early on the <3 Portal bandwagon. I was telling everyone who would listen how awesome it was and most people were just like "Isn't it a puzzle game?". GDC's Game of The Year... Portal.
]]>BlaineDunnet - The Ancient Game Hidden on Millions of Modern Computers2008-02-22T11:08:00-04:002008-02-22T11:04:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.44Laying, perhaps untouched, on computers all around the world is a small game called Dunnet. It's hard to say exactly how many computers it's on, but... if you:
Have bought an Apple computer in the past 8 yearsHave downloaded or run Linux, BSD or most Unix variantsOr use a variation of the emacs text editor
Then you already have it. You just need to play it.
Laying, perhaps untouched, on computers all around the world is a small game called Dunnet. It's hard to say exactly how many computers it's on, but... if you:
Have bought an Apple computer in the past 8 years
Have downloaded or run Linux, BSD or most Unix variants
Or use a variation of the emacs text editor
Then you already have it. You just need to play it.Apple's operation system, OSX, is descended from a long line of operating systems called Unix. The lineage as long and, to some, interesting - but that's another discussion. Part of most Unix installs ... including all moder Apple computers, is an application called emacs. Like pervasive strands of some ancient d.n.a., emacs is an absolute dinosaur. An elegant application for more civilized times, perhaps. A text editor where you can't control font size, color or type. Think of Windows notepad and start stripping features. It's one step above an electronic type writer. But despite its age, it does still have some power. A scripting language called LISP. Since 1983, emacs has come with a game written in LISP. A game that old nerds will find warm and comforting. A text adventure. Perhaps the pinnacle for a game connoisseur is the text adventure. Far from welcoming, merciless to the casual gamer, text adventures require exploration of not only the virtual world, but of the interface itself. It's an elegant dance, trying to understand how to communicate with the text parser. "Use Shovel" might not make sense to the game... but "Dig" does.
There's something unmistakably unique about Dunnet. I play a lot of video games. A lot. But I've never seen anything so... so... avant garde? Meta? I'm not sure, but Dunnet completely destroys the 4th wall of gaming, the same way that Uplink did. There's several gameplay conventions that I've never seen, even in the most modern of games. It's very fun and obscenely hard.
Wanna play? All you have to do is... fire up a terminal and enter the following:
emacs -batch -l dunnet
And you're off! I'm far from finished myself, but it keeps drawing me back in. If your a true, true gamer. You owe it to yourself to play this treasure that you may already own.
]]>BlaineAkihabara Channel2008-02-11T13:32:00-04:002008-02-11T13:31:00-04:00tag:npoly,2008:nPoly.42Another site I've been enjoying lately is The Akihabara Channel. Evospace is a fantastic blogger. If you're at all interested in the ins and outs of Japanese Geekdom, you owe it to yourself to stop by daily!
Another site I've been enjoying lately is The Akihabara Channel. Evospace is a fantastic blogger. If you're at all interested in the ins and outs of Japanese Geekdom, you owe it to yourself to stop by daily!
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