Facebook application: Import Gallery pictures into Facebook

June 22nd, 2007

The result is now a nice Facebook application which seems to work just fine for most people who tried it:
Gallery Import application on Facebook

Now when I want to import Gallery pictures into Facebook, I’m just a few clicks away!

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Review of Netgear HDX101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters

June 21st, 2007

So bottom line, if you want to try those new things, make sure you buy them at a retailer that will take them back if you’re not satisfied. Or wait for the future to arrive, since this seems to be the best advice Mr. 2nd level had for me.
And if you want good technical support, don’t deal with Netgear!

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How to fix non-working Folder Action on an external hard disk

June 20th, 2007

I had a problem with Folder Actions: they always stopped working after a while! Quite annoying.

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GobbleRSS – PDA-friendly web-based RSS reader

June 19th, 2007

After I finished reading my latest book, which is what I usually do during my daily commuting to and from work, I started looking for a way to read my RSS feeds on a Palm device during that time. First, a friend of mine lent me his Palm Zire 31 (thanks!). Next, I started looking for a way to get unread RSS items from Google Reader into the Palm device. I was pretty happy with Google Reader itself, since I could read news at home, or at work (and soon enough, between the two) and not have to deal with duplicates etc. Using a desktop client would have been much more complicated, especially since I use a Mac at home, and a Windows PC at work. So, after looking for a while for a Google Reader API, or some other ways to download unread RSS items from Google Reader, I gave up.

I then started to implement my own Google Reader, which I dubbed GRC – Google Reader Clone.

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Blowfish encryption plugin for Colloquy

June 18th, 2007

Lately, IRC channels where I hang started using Blowfish encryption for all messages sent to the channel. mIRC and eggdrop support Blowfish pretty easily, but there was nothing for Colloquy (the IRC client I use – Mac OS X only) to encrypt & decrypt Blowfish encrypted messages.

So I started looking for a way to encrypt & decrypt Blowfish messages using a Colloquy plugin.

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FrontRow Enabler for 10.4.8

June 17th, 2007

Ok. So I wanted to install FrontRow 1.3 on my old PowerMac G5… Downloaded FrontRow Enabler 1.3, followed instructions, rebooted… And bam, no more login screen. How fun. Checking the comments on Andrew Escobar’s page, I realized 10.4.8 wasn’t supported just yet.

Here’s how I fixed it.

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Adding EPG for Canada to EyeTV software

June 16th, 2007

The only problem I had left with the EyeTV software was the EPG (Electronic Program Guide); there is no EPG support for canadian users!
This was a fact of life I lived with ever since I bought the EvolutionTV hardware, until I gave up waiting for Elgato to release an EPG for Canada.
Taking the matter into my own hands […]

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Compiling PHP 5 on Mac OS X

June 15th, 2007

Here’s how I compiled PHP 5 on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

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Canadian Holidays in iCal

June 14th, 2007


I publish and maintain a calendar of all the Canadian Holidays.
I started it in iCal.app (on my Mac) and I was publishing it using WebDAV on my web server, but I now imported it in Google Calendar, where I maintain and share it.

Here’s the link to get it in iCal format
or add it directly to your

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Activism: RapidWeaver Contact Form vulnerability

June 13th, 2007

It has come to my attention (from the RealmacSoftware support forums) that the PHP code generated by RapidWeaver (version 3.2.1 or less) is vulnerable to mail header injection attacks. I created web pages in both french and english on how to temporarily fix this vulnerability until RealmacSoftware release RapidWeaver 3.5 which is supposed to close this issue. I also did a quick search on Google to find RW-created contact forms, and I tried to exploit them. Each successful exploit was then logged and a warning email was sent to the webmaster with links to RMS forums and to the above page on how to fix this vulnerability.

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