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This is cool, very innovative!

Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado in  1978. Initially released in its native Japan , it ranks as one of the most influential video games ever created. Though simplistic by today’s standards, it was one of the forerunners of modern video gaming.Until now, it remains a very popular game among the 70s generation. Now, we can finally embrace the game again with our NDS (or PSP) with Space Invader Extreme”! I’d been playing this game for the past 3 days, it is really awesome! Try it, you will fall in love with it.. (If you are born in the 70s)  

Or you want to “feel” how it would be like to play this in Arcade-style? Order this game console from Vat19.com. I will be ordering one of this when I settled down in Indonesia..

You may be getting this problem:

“I had issues with the apache-based web sharing mode in Leopard. I was hoping reinstalling Mac OS X would solve the issue, but it hasn’t. Even though I have repaired permissions and made my sites folder a shared folder, other users cannot access my homepage.

OR

Like my friend who had a problem in accessing his own page in LAN. It keeps giving him 403 error telling him that he do not have permission to visit this site… etc.

Work around?

You will need to do some settings in Apache 2 in Leopard.

1. Go to /etc/apache2 folder, navigate to “users” folder”

2. Create a local.conf file using bbedit and save it here.

**In this local.conf file, type:

Then restart your web server by going to System Preferences, uncheck and check the web sharing.

Lastly, check your Apache Configuration using terminal:

apachectl -t

It should show you “Syntax OK“.

Well, after knowing that my DS can read comic… I am very keen to try something on it. I’d tons of comics in my MacBook Pro, placing them under ComicBookLover’s wing. All of them are in CBR format. In fact, I really dun recall seeing any comic in CBZ format.

Now here is the problem, how am I going to convert my digital comics from CBR to CBZ format? This is a big headache for most users. I read thru the forum, bits and pieces of information lying around with unclear instructions. And worst, most of the solution are for Windows only.

So here am I, once again serving the Mac community.

1. Download ComicBookDS version 3.0 from HERE

2. Copy the “cbds” directory in the root of your card (Memory Card). And dude, we will assume you know we are using R4. There will be another instruction manual in the file, so I cut short on this part.

3. Download PictoDs (For Mac version) HERE

4. Change your Digital Comic format from CBR back to RAR format.

5. UNRAR will produce a folder of images, 40 – 50 pages of images, depending on the comic.

6. Open PictoDS (For Mac). You can choose to add File (One by one image), or choose to add “Folder” to select the entire comic. 

7. Click on “PROCEED” to convert your comic to “.cbds”, which is compatible for your NDS. Then save the file to your NDS R4 Memory card (Micro SD).

I had created a Automator workflow to simplify this entire process. If nothings goes wrong, it will take away steps 4 and 5. It will open up PictoDS for you as well. However, this workflow will take assumption that you are using unrar x and already have PictoDS installed on your Mac.

You may download the Automator Workflow HERE