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Articles & notes.
Original writing and technical notes by Lefteris Iliadis / SomniusX.
LINUX-USER.GR / SOMNIUSXForum writing stays in its original language↗iPhone as a motion-sensitive game controller
TiltPad turned an iPhone into a Wi-Fi tilt controller for Mac games; it needed OS X 10.6.6 or newer and a Mac App Store download.
iOS/Lion-style scroll on your Mac
Scroll Reverser flips Mac scrolling to match iOS and Lion. Needs 10.5+.
Images in base64 encoding
CSS Image Encoder is a handy little tool that encodes images on your pages as a base64 string so they appear extra fast.
Export MP3 from YouTube videos
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac OS X 10.5+, with AAC and original-audio options.
Instapaper app (standalone) is what we need
Lately a lot of people use a service that starts “free” and offers an easy way to keep articles, pages, and anything interesting aside to look at later.
Mass-edit Address Book with Automator
One of the few drawbacks of Address Book on Mac OS X is that you cannot change contacts in bulk. A few lines in Automator can change that.
Load the Mac OS X desktop before the log-in screen
So you can walk away from the computer while it loads the desktop (without the insecure automatic login), this script loads OS X before letting you in.
A strange iPhone charger
A Japanese artist’s unusual iPhone charger gadget, with video.
The Seven Types of iPhone Users
A humorous infographic from allareacodes.com on seven kinds of iPhone users.
Enable FaceTime on the iPad [guide]
FaceTime on the iPad is probably one of the features iPhone/iPod users have that iPad users miss. The full experience would need a front camera and FaceTime, which the iPad “1” still does not have.
Greenpois0n RC5-2 mirror
Greenpois0n RC5-2 Mirror
MacBook Air 11.6 Invisible Film Keyboard Protection
After selling an iPad for an 11.6-inch MacBook Air, a thin eBay keyboard film went on in about 15 minutes, with spare keys in the pack.