Haiku

Posted by Pepijn Oomen Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:09:00 GMT

Hold infinity,
within the palm of your hand.
Buffer overflow.

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Booting Macmini3,1 from ISC/DHCPD

Posted by Pepijn Oomen Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:15:37 GMT

After my recent upgrade of machines on my home-network, I discovered that the Mac mini showed Remote Disc in the Finder, suggesting it uses the same EFI boot as the Macbook Air.

Sure enough, booting it with ⌥ pressed, shows the boot-menu as mentioned in the Apple documents describing booting the Macbook Air off of the network, i.e. showing an Airport network pop-up list, but it failed to show my NetBoot server.

Using Remote Install Mac OS X.app did work, so I reverse engineered the communication involved.

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APPL order, delivered by TNT

Posted by Pepijn Oomen Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:11:46 GMT

Here is the trace from an order placed on Apple Business Store, delivered by TNT (3 days ahead of Apple's original time-schedule):

  • 26 Jun 2009, 11:42, Oslo, SHIPMENT DELIVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
  • 26 Jun 2009, 08:10, Oslo, OUT FOR DELIVERY.
  • 26 Jun 2009, 06:13, Oslo, SHIPMENT RECEIVED AT DESTINATION DEPOT.
  • 25 Jun 2009, 18:17, Helsingborg Hub, SHIPMENT IN TRANSIT.
  • 24 Jun 2009, 21:08, Hannover Road Hub, SHIPMENT RECEIVED AT TRANSIT POINT.
  • 24 Jun 2009, 21:07, Hannover Road Hub, SHIPMENT IN TRANSIT.
  • 24 Jun 2009, 05:58, Nuernberg Hub, SHIPMENT IN TRANSIT.
  • 24 Jun 2009, 05:57, Nuernberg Hub, SHIPMENT RECEIVED AT TRANSIT POINT.
  • 23 Jun 2009, 22:53, Prague, SHIPMENT IN TRANSIT.
  • 23 Jun 2009, 19:01, Prague, SHIPMENT IN TRANSIT.
  • 23 Jun 2009, 19:01, Prague, SHIPMENT HELD IN WAREHOUSE. FOLLOW UP ACTIONS UNDERWAY.
  • 23 Jun 2009, 08:41, Prague, SHIPMENT HELD IN WAREHOUSE. FOLLOW UP ACTIONS UNDERWAY.
  • 22 Jun 2009, 20:50, Prague, SHIPMENT RECEIVED AT ORIGIN DEPOT.
  • 22 Jun 2009, 20:50, Prague, SHIPMENT IN TRANSIT.

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Net-booting Leopard with ISC/DHCPd

Posted by Pepijn Oomen Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:00:45 GMT

Booting a MacOSX machine from the network provides for an easy way to install and re-install the operating system. On MacOSX server, this feature can be enabled from a GUI, but the same effect can be achieved using open-source tools. One of the essential elements is a properly configured DHCP server.

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iPhone OS 2.0, Norway Telenor

Posted by Pepijn Oomen Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT

iPhone 2.0, Norway Telenor

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