The ZAZ Blog http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ When all you have left is a chicken and a rocket launcher, make some really badass scrambled eggs. en Copyright 2008 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:37:25 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Finally, a new day job So after five and a half years with Subway, I have found a new job that's actually in the industry I have real talent in. Not to say hadn't done a good job managing over a hundred teenagers, it just isn't what I want to do. Not to mention it requires me to work about 50 hours a week over 6 days. If I were single and had no friends, it wouldn't be so bad, but considering neither of those are true it really gets to me sometimes.

But no more. I just signed and returned an offer letter.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/general/finally_a_new_day_job.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/general/finally_a_new_day_job.php General Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:37:25 -0500 AnimationKit 2.0 Released I have finally found some free time, so I decided to release a brand new version of AnimationKit. This new version is significantly changed, and will break existing code. It does, however, include some great new features.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/animationkit_20_released.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/animationkit_20_released.php Announcements Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:50:08 -0500 Hamachi Starter After reading about some trouble on the Hamachi forums, I decided to whip together something more than the how-to I wrote a few weeks ago. I have here a Mac OS X installer package which will install the files necessary to auto-start tuncfg, and give you a "Start Hamachi" application which you can add to your login items to automatically start Hamachi. You can find it in the /Applications/Utilities folder.

This is not an installer. You must have a working install of Hamachi in order for this to work.

The package is only lightly tested, comes with absolutely no warranty, and is not an official or sanctioned product of LogMeIn.

Download the small file here

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/hamachi_starter.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/hamachi_starter.php Announcements Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:52:53 -0500 Worst Headphones Ever http://www.arriva.com/

I don't normally do stuff like this, but this thing dropped my jaw to the point I feel a rant is due.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/rants/worst_headphones_ever.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/rants/worst_headphones_ever.php Rants Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:01:07 -0500 Ham & Cheese Update This is important information for anybody interested in Ham & Cheese. The product will not see the light of day due to a contract I have recently agreed to. As I'm now under an NDA, I cannot reveal any new information, so please keep the requests to yourself. I'm confident this move is the best for every party involved. Thank you for your support.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ham_cheese/hamachi_update.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ham_cheese/hamachi_update.php Ham & Cheese Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:10:58 -0500 Passwording, Favorites, and... Invitations and Profiles? Tonight, I'm sharing two screenshots. Nothing fantastic on that front. But I'm also going to share an idea I just had that I think is very cool - and it's another unique feature!

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ham_cheese/passwording_favorites_and_invi.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ham_cheese/passwording_favorites_and_invi.php Ham & Cheese Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:18:06 -0500 Services Preview Want more Hamachi? Who doesn't! These screenshots should hold us over for a few days... or make everybody want it more!

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ham_cheese/services_preview.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/ham_cheese/services_preview.php Ham & Cheese Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:23:25 -0500 Hamachi for Mac OS X After being supremely upset with the current options for using Hamachi on Mac OS X, and the difficultly of getting it installed in the first place, I set out to solve every issue I've ever had with Hamachi on the Mac. At least, as much as is possible.

It's important to note that I am NOT an official developer for LogMeIn, and this project may not see the light of day due to some issues I cannot yet speak about.

But if this does work out... damn... Hamachi on Mac worries are over.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/hamachi_for_mac_os_x.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/hamachi_for_mac_os_x.php Announcements Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:27:47 -0500 Supremely Awesome I consider myself a bit of a gamer. I have, until now, kept it mostly secret to the outside world that a) I have a PC, and b) I use it to play games. Let's face it - the Mac sucks for games. Completely and utterly terrible. Everything else, and you wouldn't hear me say enough good things about the Mac. But gaming? No way, at least not until Apple makes a truly customizable Mac.

But we won't get into that today.

What I've done here is one of those "Holy crap that was a good idea" moments we all like to have once in a while.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/general/supremely_awesome.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/general/supremely_awesome.php General Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:28:58 -0500 Leopard Compatibility Notice I have waited the line for my copy of Leopard.

Mail.app RSS sucks.

But more importantly, I've tested my projects for compatibility for Leopard. I find no flaws. Everything, including HIToolbar and Mac OS X Search Field appear to work exactly as they should.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/mac_os_x/leopard_compatibility_notice.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/mac_os_x/leopard_compatibility_notice.php Mac OS X Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:29:13 -0500 Some insight about REALbasic toolbars So upon looking into a new rewrite of HIToolbar, I've wanted to hit at least one of two incredible features: controls-in-toolbars and cross-platform toolbars.

Focusing on the latter in this post, I said to myself "If REAL Software can do it, then there is no reason why my class cannot do the same."

This statement, as it turns out, is incorrect.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/hitoolbar/some_insight_about_toolbars.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/hitoolbar/some_insight_about_toolbars.php HIToolbar Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:09:59 -0500 Converting HTML Entities [Updated] I've made another mini-release. This is simply a REALbasic module which allows quick conversion back and forth between HTML entities, and their actual character.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/converting_html_entities.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/announcements/converting_html_entities.php Announcements Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:20:30 -0500 Blog Comments Back Online Alright, the upgrade to Movable Type 4 is nearly complete - at least for now.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/general/blog_comments_back_online.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/general/blog_comments_back_online.php General Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:13:48 -0500 Signal: Don't Bother I've given a shot to a relatively new program called Signal which allows mobile control of iTunes from an iPhone or Windows PocketPC.

While it's remote-side interface is beautiful, I was very disappointed by this app.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/mac_os_x/signal_dont_bother.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/mac_os_x/signal_dont_bother.php Mac OS X Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:39:57 -0500 Macros, Combo-Filtering, and 68k Scanning Using only two small screenshots, today I'll show two very useful features and one "why the hell not" feature of ArchDetect 2.

]]> http://www.thezaz.com/blog/archdetect/macros_combofiltering_and_68k.php http://www.thezaz.com/blog/archdetect/macros_combofiltering_and_68k.php ArchDetect Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:44:24 -0500