Commodore 64 Floppy drive pic on flickr

IMG_4402, originally uploaded by jcenzano.

Big B - The life of a sinner

How to remove a wine cork trapped in a bottle.

Cable Guy - Somebody to love

Basketball

OH BILLY

How to install OS X Leopard 10.5.5 on HP DV8130US

While I am mostly writing this so I can remember how the next time I hose my laptop, hopefully this will serve as a guide for those with similar hardware. Let me start out by saying that I have purchased a full version copy of OS X Leopard. Here are My system specs:

Product Name	dv8130us
US Product Number	EP406UA#ABA
Microprocessor	2.2 GHz AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Processor ML-40 with PowerNow!™ Technology
Microprocessor Cache	1MB L2 Cache
Memory	1024MB 333MHz DDR System Memory (2 Dimm)
Memory Max	2048MB
Video Graphics	ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP
Video Memory	128MB DDR (dedicated)
Hard Drive	200GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive Dual HDD- 100GB x 2
Multimedia Drive	LightScribe 8X DVD±RW and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double Layer Support with 1 CD-R blank media
Display	17.0” WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)
Fax/Modem	High speed 56k modem
Network Card	Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Connectivity	54g™ 802.11a/b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
Sound	Altec Lansing
Keyboard	Notebook keyboard with scroll bar and integrated numeric keypad 2 Quick Launch Buttons (HP Quick Play Music and DVD) Calculator Launch Button
Pointing Device	Touch Pad with dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots	1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34) 1 Type I/II 32-bit card bus (also support 16-bit)
External Ports	4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 1 Headphone out w/SPDIF Digital Audio 1 microphone-in 1 VGA (15-pin) 1 TV-Out (S-video) 1 RJ-11 (modem) 1 RJ -45 (LAN) 1 Expansion Port 2, 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

The laptop itself is pretty sweet, with the exception of the graphics card and chipset which are very difficult to find kext files for.

I started out by installing Zephyroth 10.5.1 which is the ONLY version of Leopard I could install without getting the dreaded "Still waiting for root device" error. You can find this version on the web if you know where to look. If you don't know where to look, you probably have no business installing OS X in the first place. In order to boot from the install disk we have to change some things in the bios first. Boot the laptop and hit f10 to enter the bios. Once there go into the security tab and create a boot password. We have to do this because for some reason the motherboard needs a few extra seconds to load the hfs+ partition or else you will receive "cannot parse com.apple.Boot.plist" error. Once this is done, hit f10 to save changes and reboot. At the Darwin boot prompt hit f8 and boot with -v for verbose mode. Once the install disk is loaded, choose your language and the select utilities, and the disk tool. Partition your drive you intend on using with the default options of HFS+ with journaling and naming it MacintoshHD. Go into the options and make sure it is using MBR, if not change it, select ok and then ok again to partition. After the disk utility finishes, close out and install using the default options. Once the install reaches "about a minute left" it will stall. You can tell it has stalled because the drive activity light stops showing any activity. Shutdown the computer by holding the power button, reboot to the install disk and finish the install with all the same options. Do not repartition. The install will finish very quickly this time because it only has another 150 mb to install. After finishing the installer will reboot the computer, but we are not done yet. The installer was unable make the partition bootable, as well as installing the wrong keyboard and mouse kext files. Reboot to the install disk and after selecting your language, select utilities and open the terminal. From there enter the following command {cp -R /System/Library/Extensions/applePS2Controller.kext
/Volumes/MacintoshHD/System/Library/Extensions/applePS2Controller.kext} and hit enter. This copies the correct kext files to your installed drive.
Then type {fdisk -e /dev/hda0} "assuming you installed to your primary harddrive" if you installed to your slave then it would be /dev/hda1 etc. after you hit enter your comand prompt will change to fdisk> type update hit enter. Then type f1 and hit enter "assuming you installed to your first partition" then type w and hit enter again. You will receive a warning saying it could not access drive exclusivly. This is ok, type y to continue and then enter q to quit the fdisk utility. then type reboot and hit enter. After rebooting you should hit f8 again and boot with the -v flag. Now you should be able to go through the set up process and create your user, timezone, password etc. Once you complete this process you should have a pretty well working Leopard install with a few exceptions. To fix the resolution, I used the Katana installer (included in the install files below) which includes Callisto v3. I then installed the pcmcia slot by using the PC Card 10.5.2 beta 3 installer, which you can find at forum.insanelymac.com. Now you should have a completly working install including full resolution and working pcmcia card slot. In order to get scrolling to work with the synaptics touchpad, go back into the terminal and type
{ rm - Rf /System/Library/Extensions/applePS2Controller.kext/Contents/Plugins/
applePS2Trackpad.kext}. Then using the OSX86 tools which you can find by googling , repair the permissions, repair extension permissions, delete kextcache and touch extensions folder. Once this process completes, you will have a perfectly working install which we are about to break!!! In order to update, I used the 4minds 10.5.4 combo updater which is already patched for AMD processors. Before we can run this though, we HAVE to install a fake EFI bootloader. I used the newest version of Chameleon Bootloader. Just install to your MacintoshHD volume and reboot. You can find both Chameleon and the 4minds combo updater on the web. Google is our friend!!! After installing the 10.5.4 update, my keyboard and trackpad could not be found, no matter what I did. I tried replacing with the 10.5.1 applePS2Controller to no avail. I ended up using the PS2keyboardfix.pkg from a 10.5.6 iPC disk I had lying around. I also installed the ACPIfix, PowerManagement fix and Batterymanager from the same disk. after this I installed the 10.5.5 update called "Modified-PKG-2008-September-15" This updated me to 10.5.5, but now my Bluetooth doesnt work, and I cant connect to network shares. I searched for hours for a fix to the network share issue, and finally came across a forum post that solved it for me. The problem is that in /System/Library/Filesystems there is a symbolic link that points to the incorrect kext file. Open the terminal, which along with google, is our BFF and enter the following commands.
{cd /System/Library/Filesystems (hit enter)}
{rm afpfs.fs (hit enter)}
{ ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpfs.kext afpfs.fs (hit enter) }
now reboot, and you should be fully functional!!!! (with the exception of bluetooth which I am still working on.)





Install Files including all kext's and Katana installer can be found HERE

The Macintosh Dating Game (1983)

Finally Boxee supports streaming LOST as well as other ABC shows

One day after the premiere of the most pirated TV show, media center and XBMC spin-off Boxee announces support for ABC.com streams, bringing Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and other shows to Macs.

Crazy Christmas lights ....... again

My favorite iphone Case

Over the weekend I ordered a new case for my iphone 3G. I ended up deciding on the Otterbox Defender series. I picked the Otterbox for several reasons, the most important being its ability to protect the iphone from almost everything except complete submersion, as well as its appearance, which I think is pretty sweet. In their own words,

"The OtterBox for iPhone™ 3G Defender Series™ follows in the Defender Series tradition by offering stylish and sophisticated protection. First, a thin, clear membrane covers your Touch Screen to help prevent scratches and dings. Second is a hard, strong Polycarbonate skeleton that surrounds your device. Wrapped around all of this is a Silicone skin that absorbs bump and shock, protecting against the accidental drop. Included with the case is a ClipStand holster. "

You can find this case, as well as waterproof or shockproof cases for many of todays popular consumer electronic devices at http://www.otterbox.com/

Burj Dubai - World Record Base Jump

Geolocate this post

Posted with LifeCast

The insanely great Rodney Mullen

See more Rodney Mullen videos at Shred or Die

My Daily Mugshot

Daily Mugshot

Test Pic To Blogger From Iphone

Geolocate this post

Posted with LifeCast

"I'm F*$king Ben Affleck" by Jimmy Kimmel

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Damn it feels good to be a banker

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

The Boys at the skatepark

South Park Mac vs. PC

Vice Presidential Debate

First video of "Windows 7"

The new digs

PIC-0048

PIC-0048, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 6:36 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0047

PIC-0047, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 6:35 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0046

PIC-0046, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 6:34 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0045

PIC-0045, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 6:34 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0044

PIC-0044, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 5:24 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0043

PIC-0043, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 5:10 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0042

PIC-0042, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 5:10 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0041

PIC-0041, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 5:02 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0040

PIC-0040, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 5:01 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0039

PIC-0039, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 5:01 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0038

PIC-0038, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 4:54 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0037

PIC-0037, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 4:50 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0036

PIC-0036, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 4:50 PM on September 20, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

Tony Hawks back yard

See more Tony Hawk videos at Shred or Die

9/11 Conspiracy Film

Dr. Horribles Sing Along Blog Complete

The Beginning

Tony Hawk at Soggy Bottom

Faction 28 - Providing the theme music of my life

AFter listening to Sirius for a couple months now, I have found the best radio station on the entire planet. This is the radio station for extreme sports enthusiasts, and after checking it out for a week or two, Im addicted!

The worlds scariest steroid commercial

Fire Marshall Bill on vacation

PIC-0026

PIC-0026, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 8:46 PM on July 15, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0025

PIC-0025, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 8:46 PM on July 15, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0024

PIC-0024, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 8:11 PM on July 11, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

The rug tied the room together

PIC-0023

PIC-0023, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 9:03 PM on June 28, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0021

PIC-0021, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 8:57 PM on June 28, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0019

PIC-0019, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 4:06 PM on June 26, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

In memory of the legendary George Carlin

Sirius Customer Support

After wrestling with the fm modulator settings in my truck to remove the static, I broke down and called tech support. Am I glad I did. They ended up sending me a direct connect kit free of charge. This kit connect's the Sirius reciever directly to my antenna connector of my stereo hopefully removing any static. If this doesnt work, I may have to opt for the proffesional install. All in all Sirius gets an A+ in customer support

The Obama Files

There Can Be Only One

Have I mentioned how much I hate commercials?

After previewing Sirius Satellite Radio over the internet on my PC at work as well as on my Blackjack 2 smartphone, IM ADDICTED. What was I to do but beg borrow and plead until the wife bought me one for fathers day. Im so spoiled I even got to install it early. Have I mentioned that I have the best wife any techno junkie could ever hope for? I picked up the Sportster 4 because it was dirt cheap, leaving me enough money to activate the subscription and procure the home kit as well. While I am still wrestling with the in car kit due to the fm modulator, the house kit is working great. As far as the truck goes, I think I will break down and by the wired connection that connects directly to the antenna. More to come I am sure. For anyone who hasnt checked out the Sirius lineup, you can check it out for free at http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio

PIC-0008

PIC-0008, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 10:40 AM on June 11, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0007

PIC-0007, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 7:53 PM on June 04, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

One of the best SNL skits ever

PIC-0006

PIC-0006, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 1:10 PM on June 01, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0005

PIC-0005, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 1:10 PM on June 01, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0004

PIC-0004, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 1:09 PM on June 01, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0003

PIC-0003, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 1:04 PM on June 01, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

PIC-0002

PIC-0002, originally uploaded by parksjsn.

- Taken at 1:04 PM on June 01, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

NWA - Help The Police

And that Jasper is basically how it is in da hood :)

Bluetooth Product of the month - Insignia NS-B

Well as you may know I recently replaced my Cingular 8525 (HTC Hermes) with a Samsung Blackjack 2. Unfortunately the Blackjack had no good way to listen to all the music I loaded on my new 4GB SDHC Card, such as the headphones that HTC was nice enough to include with the Hermes. Sice I was going to have to throw down some lootro to get some headphones anyways. I figured I might as well check the price on some bluetooth headphones since it had been awhile. Was I ever glad I did. I ended up picking these babies up at Best Buy for less than 50 bucks. In the words of the manufacturer here are the feature specs:

Enjoy all your favorite songs from your Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player, cell phone or PC with these Bluetooth-compatible headphones that feature a behind-the-head design for a comfortable fit.

Wireless Bluetooth connection to your Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player, cell phone or PC

Behind-the-head design

Over-the-ear style for a comfortable fit

Stereo sound for quality listening

10 hours of continuous music play

Built-in microphone

These headphones use both the Headset and Headphone Bluetooth 2.o Profiles which allow for seamless switching between listening to music and answering the phone. That means when I get a phone call, the music is paused and I can answer the call and talk directly from the headphones. When I hang up the music automagically starts playing again. SWEET!!!!!!!!!!