If you are using a system that's not based on Debian/Ubuntu and want to play Minecraft Java these days, you don't install a Minecraft.jar file anymore. Instead, you use the new "Minecraft Launcher" that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. While this launcher is nicely packaged into a .deb [...]
Not really, or at least that's not the goal. Let me explain. So, people have been posting about the new macOS update being evil and sending an application hash to Apple before allowing you to open the application (unless you're offline, then it will just open the application). This sounded [...]
In an old blog post I shared different ways to save data on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and Android) On Mac in particular, I had recommended TripMode 2. An application for less than $10 that can filter which application can connect to the internet. With macOS Big Sur, many [...]
I just remembered, it was my Mac mini and Apple's software, and WoW that got me into software development. 😳 A bit of background I was a child and all our school machines were Macs… So, for compatibility’s sake I wished for a Mac mini for Christmas of 2007, which [...]
Minecraft came out a bit over a decade ago, as a game written in Java that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux but only x86! That's because, while the game is written in Java, it depends on native libraries that are x86 (although I think now they're AMD64 so you [...]
Some games have "cloud sync" which means it will upload your save to the cloud and download and sync that save to all your computers so that you can continue to play where you left off, on any machine. Some games don't offer this or only partially. Terraria is a [...]
This is a quick guide on how to set up Namecheap Dynamic DNS on your FRITZ!Box.
I had some thoughts about password hashing and password strength, and would like to share those with you. First we'll look into hashing and then into the topic of commonly used passwords, password strength, and possible ways to enforce strong passwords.
Today I will show you where to get TV channel icons and how to configure them in Tvheadend. Getting the icons First step is to download icons from here (download SRP full and SNP full) and save them on your Linux box under /home/hts/icons which can be done as follows [...]
If you ever used a Mac and had to install an application, you probably noticed that often there's no installer unlike on Windows. You just drag and drop the application to your /Applications folder. The downside is, there's often also no uninstaller for those applications. Now, you might say "just [...]