Back at MacHack 2003 Jonathan Rentzsch talked about how to override functions and inject code in Mac OS X using several neat tricks. He also released a framework called mach_star which has two components: mach_override and mach_inject. These are great, but overkill for some simple cases.
A much easier way of doing library function overrides is [...]
I drove out to Ventura on Saturday to see my friend Jon who is on the Warped Tour doing some promotion for Capitol Records and absolutepunk.net. The drive there was ridiculous… about 3 hours from Los Angeles to Ventura (only about 60 miles), as was parking (I ended up parking a mile away and walking) [...]
Taking a little break from the normal geek stuff, last night the Canadian electronica jam band The New Deal, with the bassist from Sound Tribe Sector 9, played at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood and were awesome! I had never seen them live before, so my friends Kevin and Ariana (who introduced us to them) [...]