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Would you like to know what is happening to your computer in real time? More advanced users probably would want that. GeekTool is a great mini app for advanced monitoring… and a lot more.

Because of its BSD roots, in Mac OS X you can use Unix terminal commands. Many people (including me) love one tiny app from Apple- Terminal.app. It is located in /Applications/Utilities and it is a fully-capable Terminal Emulator. It is usually used only by ‘geeks’, who are Linux-swithers. We have a very strong habit to do almost everything in console/terminal…

GeekTool enables having unix commands output/scripts/files on your wallpaper or on the top of all opened windows.

Example:

Continue reading GeekTool 3- make your desktop look more ‘geeky’!…

Sometimes I have to work with my mac silently, and I turn off the sound. But then I can’t hear system alerts. There is a little tip for it. In Leopard you can turn on screen flashing. Your screen will flash when sound alarm will occur.

In order to activate that option go to System Preferences–> Universal Acces–> Hearing.

Now I am using GeekTool 3. I will write a little more  about it in couple of days.

Latest firmware update enabled bluetooth in my iPod Touch 2G. I was really surprised when I discovered it, but after a while I thought “Finally!”.

Now iPod Touch 2G is ‘fully’ capable of Bluetooth audio and data transmission

Continue reading iPod Touch now has bluetooth…

A couple weeks ago I finally made a jailbreak. The main reason of this was the ability to use WinterBoard and mod my iPod’s main theme.  Here are the results:

I use Psychopulse’s theme called iNaise with some additions:

-Custom sliders text
-iPhonk Battery (from Cydia reps)
-Transparent Dock (WinerBoard default)
-Black Navigation Bars (WinterBoard default)

Download link: http://psychopulse.deviantart.com/art/iNaise-125674198