Agile Messenger Replacement?
Yeah as of pretty recent Agile Messenger has deployed their new pricing structure where you have to pay for their service. And it’s not just a nominal fee, it’s a subscription depending on how long of a service ocntract you want…in my opinion..that sucks!
So I started looking for alternatives and look what I found…iMov. Pretty cool actually because it comes in two flavors…basic which is free and enterprise which is priced at $19.99 (a little steep but I think I can get by without taking a second mortgage 
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Voxlib: Using Skype without Skype
A little while back I wrote about a service called iSkoot that’ll let you use Skype on basically any phone, well today I’m telling you about Voxlib. Voxlib is similar to iSkoot but it has a couple of more features: SMS Online Activity, and full Skype functionality.
Just to jog your memory let me remind you what iSkoot does, basically you login to this java application dial a number and then it dials another number and routes your call to whatever number you initially dialed. (think calling card assisted call)
What Voxlib does instead is it allows you to call your SkypeIn number and access your online users, voice mail, and SkypeOut calls. In addition if you were sitting in some boring lounge waiting you can send Voxlib’s SMS gateways an SMS and it will return with users that are on your Skype list who are currently online.
For a more graphical representation check-out Voxlib’s “How it works” page.
If you feel like you just want to jump in then all you need is a Skype account, a PC (sorry mac users), and Vox’s software.
Kismac on a Macbook
So today I decided I wanted to actually sit down and figure out why I can’t use Kismac on my MacBook like how it could be used on the previous generation. The answer was simple: new chip-set = new drivers ergo no go on passive mode.
So after snooping around Kismac’s website I found a solution. Download the development code and compile it. It’s pretty straight forward here is how to do it. (The text thats block format is inputted in terminal in one line…not separate lines.)
- Download and install subversion-client. I had installed subversion-client-1.3.1.dmg
- Download and install XCode. I had installed xcode_2.4.1_8m1910_6936315.dmg
- Launch terminal and enter the following:
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/usr/local/bin/svn co https://svn.binaervarianz.de/kismac/trunk/ kismac-source
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cd kismac-source
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./compile.command
That’s it…now if you open Finder you’ll see a folder called kismac-source and inside you’ll find the newly built kismac.app that’ll work with your Macbook in passive mode.
Those of you that are still reading, I assume it’s because you are interested on what those three commands do in terminal. It’s pretty straight forward. The first one downloads the latests “source” to a folder called kismac-source at the home level. The second command in the terminal simply changes the path to the kismac-source directory, and finally the third command simply compiles the source.
Errors you might expect to see:
If you do not have svn client installed when you run the first command at the terminal it will say no such file or directory.
If you do not have xcode installed at compile time it will either refuse your command on permissions or it will tell you that the file doesn’t exist.
If you’ve been a good reader and have read all this then go ahead to my files…you’ll find an easier solution.
*UPDATE*
Thanks to Fish (from the comments) for posting up the new site where KisMAC lives on!
http://kismac-ng.com/ and http://kismac-ng.org/
Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter
I can’t take my eyes off of you…:sad:
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Diet Coca-Cola and Mentos “Domino Mode”
Very impressive…the amount of time and energy it must have taken to get all this coordinated…awesome!
Diet Coke Bottles: 251
Mentos: 1506
And how about that…they conserved water by not using any! 
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Happy Birthday Medi!
Happy Birthday Medi!!! Hopefully I’ll get the pics from Moonic so I can put em later… Happy 22 GIRL!
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High FPS Water Balloon Pop
Pretty awesome footage shot at JPL with a Photron APX high-speed video camera. Camera: ultima APX 120 KC recording at 4,000 frames per second (fps) with a 250 microsecond global shutter and a resolution of 1,024 (H) by 512 (V) 30-bit resolution.
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Larry King Live with Bill Maher
On the re-air of the Larry King Live CNN chose to cut a certain segment out….can you tell which part?
I tried getting some video…but CNN is pretty quick to save their rear! It’s funny you’ll find the censored one but the uncensored one will say that it’s been pulled because it violates copyright rules…..strange no?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/08/censored-by-cnn-bill-mah_n_33701.html
Almost Back
Sorry for the delay….I’m almost back…..BTW I’m looking for another webhotel……so if any of you know of a good webhotel then please do let me know…
Just remember one thing….the only reason why I’m considering switching is because all my sites are running horribly slow and my webhotel says this is normal, and second it takes forever to make dns changes, domain name changes, and even database changes over 2MB!!! GRRRR!!
*update* — Sorting out some more database issues
*update* — Still sorting….