Today I’ve installed Google Desktop Search, a desktop search application that provides full text search over mails, local files, and the web pages viewed.
Once launched the installer, it will create a service which will indexes all your computer (it will took hours the first time), then search can be activated from the taskbar icon. It’s integrated in the browser, in fact it’s the same as using google, but results are files on the computer!
Another cool feature is that When you view a web page in the browser, Google Desktop “caches” the content so that it can be viewed later, the same version of the page, even if its live content has changed or you’re offline.
Google Desktop Search organizes email search results into conversations, so that all email messages in the same thread are grouped into a single search result.
and basically it doesn’t affect the computer performance because it works only when computer is idle.. great
It’s really useful and funny 🙂
Link: http://desktop.google.com/about.html
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PearPC Installation
As promised, after come back from my holiday in Warsaw, I publish here all the steps i followed in order to get MacOSX working on my Windows XP system.
First go to the download page and get the win32-sdl-jitc file.
Extract it to your “/PPC” folder.
Be sure your PPC folder contains also these sub directories:
-PPC
-PPC/imgs
-PPC/dev
-PPC/dev/cdrom
You will use later.
Now you need an hdd image file, download it from here and extract the file into your /PPC/imgs directory. Rename the extracted file into “hdd.img” (it’s a 6Gb image file)
Now you need a MAC OSX installation disc. (you can buy it form ebay).
Since PPC does not support cdrom you need to convert cdrom into .iso files ( with Nero or others cd burning utilites ).
Copy all the .iso files into your /PPC/dev/cdrom directory.
Ok, now you need to create your configuration file in order to start. This is my configuration file “alex.config”
#PearPC Configuration File
ppc_start_resolution = “1280x1024x15”
redraw_interval_msec=30
prom_driver_graphic = “video.x”
key_toggle_mouse_grab = “F12”
key_toggle_full_screen = “Alt+Return”
cpu_pvr=0x00088302
# I gave to mac up to 560Mb of RAM
# comment the line below to assign the default 128Mb of RAM
memory_size=0x20800000
prom_bootmethod=”select”
prom_env_machargs=”-v”
# HDD
pci_ide0_master_installed=1
pci_ide0_master_image=”imgs/hdd.img”
pci_ide0_master_type=”hd”
# CD-ROM
pci_ide0_slave_installed=1
pci_ide0_slave_image=”dev/cdrom/Mac Os X 10.3 Panther Cd1.iso”
pci_ide0_slave_type=”cdrom”
# Network
pci_rtl8139_installed=0
pci_rtl8139_mac=”de:ad:ca:fe:12:34″
pci_usb_installed=1
nvram_file=”nvram”
Now, from the command shell just type: ppc.exe alex.config..
Boot from the cd, form the list you will see and let’s wait until mac installation starts. at this point be sure you have a lot of coffe near you, you have to wait a long time… long time (depends on your computer)
P.S. Once you got a working OSX installation you can take a look at this link:
http://www.pearpc.net/guides.php?guides_id=6
Here you can learn how to mount your .img hdd on Windows in order to transfer files between Windows and MAC.
PearPC, MacOSX under Windows!
I was pleased to verify that an emulator of 300kb (less than the flahs player..) is able to run Mac OSX under my WindowsXP machine!
Now i think i will fight as usual against mac 🙂
but at least i hope to i will be able to configure my python/wxPython there too in order to have a way to test sepy there too..
What is PearPC?
PearPC is an Open Source emulator for PowerPC CPUs, licensed under the GPL. It was developed by Sebastian Biallas and Stefan Weyergraf. With this emulator it is possible to run Software, that normally only runs on PPCs, like Mac OS X, GNU/Linux for PPC, etc.
This project is hosted on sourceforge site:
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net
p.s. thanks you valley for suggesting me this link!
Back to home!
Finally, after 15 days in Spain, at Palma Mallorca, I’m just come back to home…
I really really love spain, spanish people (it’s lovely hearing girls speaking), and the idioma.. i would like to learn spanish better now (some words are not enough), i think i will begin some spanish course this year! and some other weekend in Spain in Sevilla or Valencia maybe 🙂
Ok, now that the holydays are finished… back to work again.. back to usual things.. SEPY is waiting for me to fix hundreds of things.
Probably first i need some days of relax.. it’s hard after 15 days of night life 😉
Damn, I cannot believe to the thousands of emails i need to read, obviously 90% is spam.
P.S. Really an holiday “de puta madre” 🙂
Apps are Getting Hot! ;)
Rich applications are really becoming hotter because of a breeze from Macromedia’s latest initiatives related with Flash (also Royale) through Microsoft’s Avalon and XAML (via Longhorn). Recently, one of my buddies (Altan Kalayci from Retek, Inc.) dropped me a line advising to watch following episodes via MSDN regarding Avalon.
– Longhorn Avalon
– Longhorn Fundamentals
– Longhorn Indigo
My interest on XAML and specifically on Avalon is really getting higher! 🙂
Closed for Holidays
I will leave tomorrow for Spain… finally a deserved holiday to the seaside 😉
We will see again at the end of August.
I hope you all will spend great holidays this year too!!!
Hi all!
So Cool in Bratislava and Cracovia
Welcome back to everyone,
I spent fantastic days in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland!
I hope you all had a good holdays this year..
I falled in love with this two cities and I’m sure I will come back as soon as possible for a week-end or holidays.
Weather wass very cold (-10° C), it’s always snowing, but people (girls expecially), beer and food are superbs!
We’ve drunk and eat everyday in every hour 🙂
P.S. I met a fantastic girl in Bratislava, in the Café Studio Club! I have to learn Slovakian language now.. the problem is that it’s not OOP 😉