Marksy http://www.marksy.com Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mount OS X share on Windows 7 http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/28/mount-os-x-share-on-windows-7/ http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/28/mount-os-x-share-on-windows-7/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:13:25 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1462 Continue reading →]]> Windows in general is a pain in the bum. I’ve had to install it on my media PC for the TV as Netflix only support PC/Mac – not Linux.

However when configuring Windows I found I couldn’t access my Mac. I restarted everything including the router. Nothing. It kept asking for my username & password (the account that has access on the Mac). I then did a quick search and found this piece of information:

You have to manually disable security polices to connect to LAN based NTLM. Go to Local Security Policy; find Network security: LAN Manager Authentication and set it to “Send LM & LTLM Responses”. Find Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP (may be 2 of them) and set it to “no minimum”

Without knowing this I would probably be in the corner, crying and gorging on a whole thing of candy beans.

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Sneak peaks look fantastic.

via imdb

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/17/burt-wonderstone/feed/ 0 Netflix for UK http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/10/netflix-for-uk/ http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/10/netflix-for-uk/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:49:54 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1456 Continue reading →]]> Out of nowhere, Netflix just landed in the UK, rivalling longtime assholes Lovefilm. I’ve just signed up for their 30 day trial, and at £6/month for all you want TV/Movies (from their not-so-amazing but okaaaay library) it beats Lovefilm’s shitty £10/month disc rental method with limited shitty streaming that buffers all the time. It’ll be great competition rivalry though.

One downfall is they only support Mac and PC for the desktop, no Linux support yet. However they also support Apple TV, PS3, Xbox, and Wii.

Hey look, they even have Outrageous Fortune:

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/10/netflix-for-uk/feed/ 5 Thailand, AU & NZ http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/04/thailand-au-nz/ http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/04/thailand-au-nz/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:10:43 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1455 Continue reading →]]> Just shelled out a lot clams for my trip with Rouzie to Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. It’s cool though. Will be well worth it. Haven’t been back home in ages, and plus i’ve a good friend getting married in Auckland so that’s all good.

We fly into Bangkok, spend a couple nights there, then down to Phuket and across to somewhere in Krabi for a week. Then later, back up to Bangkok and over to Sydney for a couple days, drive down to Melbourne and fly to Auckland for a couple days. Then after the wedding, fly down and see friends and family in Wellington for a couple weeks.

Rouzie has to fly back early so will head off a week before me.

Nice.

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/04/thailand-au-nz/feed/ 1 2012 http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/02/2012/ http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/02/2012/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:42:17 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/02/2012/ Continue reading →]]> It’s been a while since the last post. Many things have changed too.

  • it’s now a new year
  • I moved into a new flat
  • I now own crystal (thanks parents)
  • built a hdmpc from scratch for under £170

However, somethings haven’t.

  • still don’t have Internet
  • brakes on my black pony bike are still crappy

At any rate, I’ve a list of things to do this year. Many are already in motion and some might take a while to achieve.

  • Plan month trip to NZ, Thailand, Australia
  • give up drinking for the month of January
  • give up smokes
  • get rid of Christmas belly
  • write an instrumental album
  • set up an automated security system
  • write an iOS app
  • travel to more than 5 different countries
  • save

Anyways, all that more and hope to be updating more often, with better content.

Booyaa!

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2012/01/02/2012/feed/ 0 Korn + Dubstep http://www.marksy.com/2011/12/20/korn-dubstep/ http://www.marksy.com/2011/12/20/korn-dubstep/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:56:30 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1452 Continue reading →]]> Korn released a new album a couple weeks ago, not their greatest work. However, as an instrumental it sounds pretty good. They released all of their new tracks as ‘stems’ or multitrack. I downloaded them and cut out the vocals.

Get up
Narcissistic Cannibal

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2011/12/20/korn-dubstep/feed/ 1 New flat, no internet http://www.marksy.com/2011/12/20/new-flat-no-internet/ http://www.marksy.com/2011/12/20/new-flat-no-internet/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:51:27 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1450 Continue reading →]]> At the end of October I moved from Tulse Hill into East Dulwich.

Living with other people has had it’s time, living in Tulse Hill (Knifers Paradise) was way too much stress for a little kiwi. So i’ve moved to a calm area by myself, albeit with way too many prams. East Dulwich has a nice chilled-out vibe, good selection of pubs, great restaurants, and down-to-earth people.

Virgin Media were supposed to provide me with cable internet at the start of December, but couldn’t follow through as they had to dig up the road, which proved to be ‘too expensive’.

So, I’ve gone back to my original ADSL ISP (internet guys) which still wont be ready until February. However, I will have internet and be back online. They reckon it’ll be a 6mbit connection though.

Until then. Sorry for no updates.

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2011/12/20/new-flat-no-internet/feed/ 0 OS X notifications http://www.marksy.com/2011/10/04/os-x-notifications/ http://www.marksy.com/2011/10/04/os-x-notifications/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:48:52 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1449 Continue reading →]]> On the cusp of the iOS release, due today or any day now, iOS notifications is a great visual notification system on iPhone/iPad. However, OS X doesn’t have a native notification system. Growl is the closest thing we have as a notification system, however it is a 3rd party addon, and is now commercially sold in the AppStore for $1.99

Hopefully, the iOS notification system will come over to OS X, in Lion later in future updates. But realistically it will be released in the next paid-for update.

I’m surprised Apple haven’t bought Growl.

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2011/10/04/os-x-notifications/feed/ 0 Amazon to buy webOS? http://www.marksy.com/2011/10/03/amazon-to-buy-webos/ http://www.marksy.com/2011/10/03/amazon-to-buy-webos/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:14:47 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1447 Continue reading →]]> Remember that fantastic day when HP announced it was scrapping their newly developed tablet, and selling them off for a mere £80?

Well when that happened I thought, Amazon should buy the OS and run it as an iOS & Android competitor. Google has Android, Apple has iOS and Amazon, now with their tablet announced – it sure could use it’s own OS.

Looks like this _may_ be happening (it’s still a rumor – but still)…

via Lifehacker

]]> http://www.marksy.com/2011/10/03/amazon-to-buy-webos/feed/ 0 Mac Bluray Ripper Pro (for Mac) http://www.marksy.com/2011/09/13/mac-bluray-ripper-pro-for-mac/ http://www.marksy.com/2011/09/13/mac-bluray-ripper-pro-for-mac/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:49:34 +0000 marksy http://www.marksy.com/?p=1446 Continue reading →]]> I paid about £20 for this great software about a year ago to backup my Bluray discs to HDD so I can watch them anytime without having to take them out of their jackets and fast forward the ads.

I did a fresh install of OS X recently and tried to go to www.macblurayripperpro.com but only got a “Welcome to cPanel” message. This means the guy that’s made the software has ruined his website or has gone and someones “taken over”. I fear that he has been chased by authorities and has tried to clean his footsteps.

However, if you are looking for the application (1.0.4 is the only one i could find), it’s okay, I have it safe served here; Mac Bluray Ripper Pro

I’d share the serial too, but I can’t find it :(

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