Pietra's technical journals on computer graphics, programming, python, pointers, perl, php, photography and more.
// August 15th, 2011 // 15 Comments » // Hackintosh/Osx86, OS X
This journal is about installing Snow Leopard using vanilla kernel on XPS M1330. Since it can run vanilla build just fine I would suggest you use this method instead of using custom hack builds like iATKOS, iDeneb, Kaliway, etc.
// July 21st, 2011 // 6 Comments » // Hackintosh/Osx86, OS X
Chameleon is THE boot loader when it comes to Hackintosh. What’s really nice about it is that it supports loading custom kext for OS X and supports for custom theme (it’s a boot loader with nice icons). It can also boot Linux, BSD and Windows partition.
// July 1st, 2011 // 2 Comments » // Hackintosh/Osx86, OS X
With OS X there is no direct information that can tells whether its running on accelerated graphics or not. That makes people like me who are running Hackintosh wondering whether the graphic card hardware and driver are functioning properly or not.
// March 16th, 2011 // 2 Comments » // OS X, PyQT4, Python, Vim
My journal on how to setup MacVim on OSX Snow Leopard as primary IDE for developing Python along with PyQt4 and Twisted framework. At the end of it MacVim will supports Python code completion/auto complete (similar to intellisense) and syntax highlighting.
// March 11th, 2011 // 5 Comments » // OS X, PyQT4, Python
How to put together Python development environment on OSX Snow Leopard. Some libraries that I use frequently such as PyQt4 and Twisted will also be installed, coexist with the default shipped Python.
