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31May/080

ipfw logging in Leopard

I know this has already been explained in other posts and I really don't care. This entry is for me and my sometimes-failing-memory to serve as a reminder when I have to reinstall OSX again in the future.

To start logging IPFW entries, here is an example:

% sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.fw.verbose=1

% sudo ipfw add 1 allow log ip from any to any

edit the file /etc/syslog.conf to log to the file of your preference

!-ipfw (at top of file to exclude it from any file

!ipfw *.* /var/log/ipfw.log (at bottom of file to log to ipfw.log file)

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29May/080

Gambusia affinis (aka mosquito fish)

I do not appreciate mosquitos. I think you might agree with me on this (if you are human and not conducting some type of funky experiment that you are getting paid in large amounts of money due to mosquitos). I won't go in to specific detail on how I managed to find a pdf that has some information on how to manage mosquitoes around the home, but there are these Gambusia affinis that eat the mosquito eggs! According to the pdf, the fish dont need to be fed (not quite sure about that...) but you can get these fish for free as they are distributed by the local county to keep the mosquito population under control. Awsome!

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29May/080

Things todo with Quicksilver

Every now and then I come back to trying Quicksilver in order to find and operate OSX. Maybe some of my ideas will be recorded here once I finish installing the thing.

UPDATE

Using the addon theme called "cube" (installed from the plugin section) I tweaked the colors and enabled the backdrop feature to achieve the following awesome look: