January 2011

XBMC Dharma Program Launcher

In the last release of XBMC (Camelot) I set out to integrate my favorite media center with my favorite game center, HyperSpin.  Using AutoHotkey, Python, and a series of gross XML hacks, I was able to fairly seamlessly integrate the two programs (using the Aeon Stark skin), creating the ultimate media center.  Soon after came [...]

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Sudo and OS X Aliases

I spend a lot of time in the shell on Ubuntu – and in Gnome one of the basic features that I rely on is the right click “Open as Administrator” which will prompt for administrator privileges and then open the file with the default application. Unfortunately, this feature is missing from OS X is [...]

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Moodle 1.9 Zebra Theme

This was my first Moodle theme – it is a fork of the Aardvark theme by Shaun Daubney from Newbury College.  As you can see there are still some similarities between the two themes, but Zebra retains the old li floating menu instead of the fancy YUI one.  I chose the name zebra for a [...]

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