I installed Plex Media Center for OS X on my Intel Mac Mini and hooked it up to the HDTV. This is a perfect alternative to my classic Xbox running Xbox Media Center since the older hardware simply lacks the capability to play HD content. To control the Mini, I use Rowmote Pro on my iPhone.
Originally I was running Windows 7 in a VM and steaming media to the Xbox 360, but it didn't take long to realize how horrible of an idea that was. It's a huge relief not having to deal with that mess anymore.
If you've configured your wireless access point to use TKIP+AES encryption for your EeePC 901, the default rt2860 (v1.8.0.0) kernel module included in Ubuntu 9.04 will not allow you to authenticate and connect to the wireless network. The only way to get this working is by downgrading to v1.7.1.1.
Run Blueman, pair the devices and enable dial up networking (DUN). We will then need to open NetworkManager and make a new entry in the Mobile Broadband tab. I chose US Cellular from the providers. From there, enter your username (1234567890@uscc.net) and password (1234567890). You should now be able to connect.
One of the most irritating things about Firefox is the fact that it adds a dotted border around every active and clicked link. To disable that, all you have to do is go into about:config and set the following:
If you want to force Firefox to perform all of its DNS lookups over your SOCKS proxy tunnel, set network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to true in about:config.
Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Install Git
sudo apt-get install git-core gitweb
Create Central Repository
mkdir git
cd git
mkdir project.git
cd project.git
git --bare init
vim ./description
Create Development Repository
mkdir project
cd project
git init
git status
vim .gitignore
git add .
git commit -a -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin user@host:git/project.git
Ensure that the backup location is mounted after running the above command. Open the Time Machine preferences and you can now choose the network share as a backup point.
Snow Leopard
If you are running OS X 10.6, the following steps must be completed before this will work.
cd /Volumes/share/$hostname.sparsebundle
vim com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist
You may not want to edit this file while the VM is running. Power on the VM to enable the changes. Point your VNC client to the VMware Server, connect and enjoy!
