CISCO 877 default IP address

I was given a CISCO 877 router to setup. As Macs do not have a serial port, the only way to connect is using an ethernet port.

The problem was "which is the default IP address of the router?". After searching a little I found the answer: 10.10.10.1 (netmask: 255.255.255.248).

Stanford CS 193P returns!

The Stanford CS 193P iPhone Application Programming course returns and now covers iPhone 3.0. It will also be available from iTunes!

"This is our preliminary syllabus. Details may change as we go along.

1/5 - Intro to Mac OS X, Cocoa Touch, Objective-C and Tools
1/7 - Using Objective-C, Foundation objects

1/12 - Custom classes, memory management, properties
1/14 - MVC, Interface Builder, Controls & target-action

1/19 - Views, Animation, Open GL
1/21 - View Controllers

1/26 - Navigation Controllers, Tab Bar Controllers, Searching
1/28 - Table Views

2/2 - Dealing with Data: User defaults/Settings, CoreData, JSON & XML, Push
2/4 - Threading, Notifications, KVC

2/9 - Text, Responders, Modal Views
2/11 - Address Book

2/16 - WebViews, MapKit
2/18 - Multitouch, Gestures

2/23 - Device APIs: Location, Accelerometer, Compass, Battery life
2/25 - Audio playback, Video playback, Image/Video Picker, iPod Media Access

3/2 - Bonjour, streams, networking, GameKit
3/4 - Unit testing, Objective-C fun, localization

3/9 - TBD
3/11 - TBD"

iStat Pro and new iMacs

One of my favorite Widgets (iStat Pro) does not work properly with my new iMac.

More specifically, the network part of the Widget does not show any activity!

I will let you know when I get an updated version of iStat Pro that fixes the problem.

Orba iPhone game

You can find the game here.

Notice: once you install it, you will play with it all the time.

About my new iMac :)

Formatting my MBP

In a while I am going to format my MBP in order to give it to its new owner. I did not intend to give it so soon, as I have it less that one year and a half, but when the new iMacs came, well, I just wanted one of them!

The MBP served me well and reliably but, as both a photographer and a programmer, I really need the extra speed (I will get the 3.06Ghz version) and screen of the new 27'' iMacs.

Hopefully, I will get my new iMac before Christmas.

My iMac

Yesterday, I sold my MacBook Pro and ordered a new iMac!

I want the 27'' model (the screen is HUGE), but it may take some time to be delivered so if I do not have it by the end of next week I will probably buy the 21.5'' iMac.

Being a photographer, I need the extra space of the new 27'' iMac as well as the extra power of a 3.06Ghz Core 2 Duo CPU. Also, I was constantly using my MBP with an external monitor (that is also sold) and therefore the MBP was mainly used as a desktop machine; so my thought was "why not sell it and get a real desktop machine instead?".

I will let you know when I get my new iMac.

Note: the 27'' monitor is also good for iPhone programming :)

Using Google Public DNS Servers

Google Public DNS IP addresses

The Google Public DNS IP addresses are as follows:

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

You can find more information here.