To show hidden system files on Mac OS X I was using a terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

To Hide system files on Mac OS X i was also using a terminal

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False
killall Finder

But… It too much typing for a simple  stuff… Why not use an Automator to show a hidden system files in one click or bind it to keyboard shortcut?

This is what i did:

1. Open an Automator

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There is a new stuff appeared at apple’s store recently.

The first that i’m really  excited is a new iMAC with 256Gb SSD + 1TB HDD option. You know, you can’t go wrong with SSD and it gives a huge boost to overall performance.  Additionally, Apple rid of stupid Nvidia Geforce with shared video RAM.

The second one is a Magic Trackpad. The magic trackpad is exactly what I’ve been waiting for and I’ve bought it in the first day of the release. It’s cool but after using it for five days it’s cramping my hand.  It should be good for an average user, but I work about 18-20 hours a day and the damn thing virtually removed all the skin from my fingers…

It was 2 month since Google officially rid of OS Windows. It surprised me because i didn’t think that anyone in 2010 would use that malware software when Linux become much, much better and and there is more software running under Linux than Windows today.

I hear a lot of complains about SEO firm performance lately.

A few years ago people wasn’t even sure if a business need a website. Today, the question about needing a website is far behind, most of the businesses already have a website, and looking for an SEO to get a traffic from the search engines.
Well, it’s impossible to find an SEO who will drive a large amounts of traffic to your site naturally for a few hundred dollars. If you see an SEO company offering packages like: “$499 SEO plan” or “$399 SEO plan”, most likely they don’t have anyone with an SEO knowledge.

Actually, I don’t think there is any SEO professional who is looking for customers today.

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To stop Ubuntu from asking for sudo password, you only need to change a content in the pam settings.

This is what happened today. Ubuntu didn’t ask me a for SUDO and SU password. I tried to execute “sudo passwd” or “passwd username”. No password asked. Weird.
I’ve checked /etc/sudoers – looks OK.
Tried sudo -K, no effect. Created a new user “guest” and assigned it to the “admin” group. Same. No password required.

Finally, i’ve figured it out. The problem was in the pam settings.
The file /etc/pam.d/common-auth contained a line

auth [default=1] pam_permit.so

when it should be something like

auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so nullok_secure

This is serious security flaw.

I was in business trip in Prague. All the pictures bellow taken with an iPhone 4 without photoshop.

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Pool view from my apartment

I love my town.

According to MacRumors iPhone 4 has 512MB RAM.
That makes iPhone 4 more powerful than the iPad, because iPad has 256Mb and iPhone 3GS has 256Mb RAM. (Actually, next iPad will come with 512Mb of RAM)

Android phone had 1Ghz Processor and 512MB RAM a long-long time ago, but android is a lot less memory efficient than the iOS.

I can’t wait 24th