Wake On Demand is a relatively new feature that arrived with Snow Leopard. It allows your Mac to be put into sleep mode and then be woken up on demand when one of its services is required. This feature requires a compatible Apple AirPort Base Station (or Time Capsule) and OS X 10.6 running on the Mac. Most of the standard system services (File Sharing, Screen Sharing, Scanner & Printer Sharing etc.) will work automagically with this setup, but custom services such a my subversion and the built-in web sharing do not. However it’s not hard to make these services compatible with Wake On Demand with only a little bit of work to set it up. Here’s how I did it.

Apple is calling the iPad a “third category” between phones and laptops. I am increasingly convinced that this is just to make it palatable to you while everything shifts to New World ideology over the next 10-20 years.

WIZZYWIG, on the BBS/hacking/phreaking scene

Creates a shell based on either C64 or Apple BASIC. Handy for teaching 5 year olds how to program, old skool!

Download popular, old versions of your favorite software!

A commodore 64 convention...

Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning There Was the Command Line," and some updated commentary.

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