Specify the Finder icon with Avahi

Yesterday, I blogged about my various issues setting up Apple Filesharing on the Debian virtual server I’ve got running in Parallels. As of OS X 10.5, Leopard, the Finder has a shared area which shows the machines it’s discovered via Bonjour so you can easily connect to them. Today I got bored of having the …

Problems mounting a Debian drive over AFP

It took me ages to find the answer to this, so I figured I’d post the answer for posterity; hopefully between us, Google and I can help the next person avoid that hassle. I’ve created a Debian virtual server in Parallels for some development work. To ease the pain of mounting drives, I’ve configured AFP …

Quick thoughts for 2008-01-16 (via Twitter)

@samclark – If Leopard still freezes on boot with a non-existent drive then I’m not updating. # Very amusing tale from Gruber’s kid: http://twitter.com/AmyJane/statuses/603632882 # Darn, I was hoping to get over to Leeds GeekUp this evening, but Work is squatting on my life and it’s not going to happen. # Really interesting ideas from …