The Sony PlayStation 3 was a big deal when it came out in 2006, though I didn’t get one until late 2009. It still serves a purpose as a Netflix and Amazon device nowadays, and has had a long and interesting life. Oh, and it’s been “jailbreak-able” for more people recently with the last exploit. And that’s led to some interesting things that one can do with it. One of those things is text hacking (or even translation) for games not in your language.
YouTube is filled with content that covers a wide range of topics- some more mature or inappropriate for kids than others. One of the challenges families and schools face is how to keep some control over YouTube without always hovering over a child.
YouTube offers the functionality in what they call “Restricted Mode”.
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Programming is scary and difficult. I don’t argue with that. But if you know what you want, and can boil it down to the bare minimum, you can sometimes create something that you and others may find useful. Today’s example is going to be a Google Chrome extension I created in a few lines of code.
I’ve recently come off a long-term role of getting thousands of machines set up and imaged, all day, everyday, all untouched until they reach the facility. In fact, one of this blog’s first posts was about adding in a Synology to the environment. Today I’d like to discuss my technological workflow I deployed in this environment.
We’ve covered a lot of ground in MacAddict. It’s time to pick up some of the remaining “non-magazine but totally magazine” parts of the MacAddict experience.
You know, the things that are really tied to that physical experience of the magazine, just more… deatomized!
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