Comments for Voodoo Programming

Comment on Photo feed as Desktop Background by Gui

Gui — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:45:00 +0000

Hi,
I really enjoy your script, congratulations ! On Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome 2.0, it works perfectly for chromasia and ddoi, but when I tried to add another feed like the one from APOD :

rss_feeds['ddoi'] = ‘http://deskfeed.neophytou.net/rss/ddoi’
rss_feeds['apod'] = ‘http://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss’

it returns an error :

~/Images/DeskFeed$ ./deskfeed.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./deskfeed.py”, line 79, in
main()
File “./deskfeed.py”, line 76, in main
parseFeed(rss_feeds[key])
File “./deskfeed.py”, line 50, in parseFeed
photo_hash = element.getElementsByTagName(‘hash’)[0].firstChild.data
IndexError: list index out of range

do you understand what that means ?
Thanks !

Comment on Photo feed as Desktop Background by Dalton

Dalton — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:58:00 +0000

How would I add this feed instead of the chromasia feed?
‘http://feeds.feedburner.com/bingimages’

Comment on Spoofing Leopard’s MAC address by Dave

Dave — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:42:00 +0000

I was able to get this to work for both wifi and ethernet. The most important step is that you must be completely disconnected from your network. For ethernet, this involves disconnecting the cable. For wifi, you can try a complicated method outlined at http://d-downunder.blogspot.com/
The difficult thing with wifi is that if you have the password saved in your keychain, it will automatically reconnect to the network, which you don’t want.
An easier way to disconnect from wifi, as highlighted by Deviacium is simply to type sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -z

It is awkward that this command is hidden deep inside PrivateFrameworks, but at least it works.
Once you are disconnected from the network, simply type the following (replace 00:11:22:33:44:55 with the MAC address of your choice):

To change the ethernet MAC address, type:
ifconfig en0 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55

To change the wifi MAC address, type:
ifconfig en1 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55

To confirm that the MAC address has been changed, type ifconfig en0 for ethernet, or ifconfig en1 for wifi.

These steps worked perfectly on a 2009 core 2 duo MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.

Comment on iTunes scripts I can’t live without by TomTom

TomTom — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:43:00 +0000

Hey dude..
Cool scripts..
I was wondering if I could ask you about making a fairly easy script, or at least I think it will be easy, that simply links GrowlTunes to launch/quit when launching/quitting iTunes..?
If its even possible..?

PS. I know this post is quite old, but I’m hoping your still checking up once every now and then…

Comment on Automating backup of Flash drives by Nichole

Nichole — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:57:00 +0000

Where do I go to access my backedup files?

The 6th property in the actual backup script reads

property backup_target : "Backups/" (* MUST be a folder location with trailing slash! Always relative to home folder *)

If you did not change it, then your backups would be in ~/Backups/, where ~/ is your Home directory. So Open up the finder, click on your home dir, and look for a folder called Backups.

Thank you for your reply… I went to finder, searched for backups and nothing comes up. I followed the instructions as per above, and my flashdrive seems to get to business as soon as its mounted. Also, when I save something the screen briefly flashes (as if it’s backing up – just my imagination?)

I’m having a heck of a time with this… Nothing seems to be saved anywhere on my computer. I def. did not change the script. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I recently lost everything on a different flash drive and don’t want to go through that again.

Comment on Automating backup of Flash drives by Constantinos

Constantinos — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:41:00 +0000

Where do I go to access my backedup files?

The 6th property in the actual backup script reads

property backup_target : "Backups/" (* MUST be a folder location with trailing slash! Always relative to home folder *)

If you did not change it, then your backups would be in ~/Backups/, where ~/ is your Home directory. So Open up the finder, click on your home dir, and look for a folder called Backups.

Comment on Automating backup of Flash drives by Nichole

Nichole — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:58:00 +0000

Where do I go to access my backedup files?

Comment on LiveSearch by SugarCRM Customization

SugarCRM Customization — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000

Cool Plugins .. thanks alot

Comment on Automating backup of Flash drives by Guapo

Guapo — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:23:00 +0000

Mine’s not working like that. I get the total of all folders when I go up one level.

Could it be that I need to change some of the preferences/properties of the rsync.app? Referring to my concern above.

Comment on Automating backup of Flash drives by Guapo

Guapo — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:57:00 +0000

Try this: Go in your backups folder, click on one specific backup, and hit cmd-I to see it’s info. This will tell you the total size of that folder, which should be around 2gb (as it’s a whole copy of your memory stick). Now go one level up, to the Backups folder, and do the same. You’ll notice that the ENTIRE Backups folder, which contains all 5 backup copies of your memory stick, is in fact just over 2Gb and NOT 10Gb in size.

Mine’s not working like that. I get the total of all folders when I go up one level.