Kevin Hemenway

Biography

Kevin Hemenway, coauthor of Mac OS X Hacks and author of Spidering Hacks, is better known as Morbus Iff, the creator of disobey.com, which bills itself as "content for the discontented." Publisher and developer of more home cooking than you could ever imagine, he'd love to give you a Fry Pan of Intellect upside the head. Politely, of course. And with love.

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Trucos Mac OS X by Rael Dornfest , Kevin Hemenway June 2004 OUT OF PRINT	Spidering Hacks by Kevin Hemenway , Tara Calishain October 2003 $24.95 USD (Read Reviews)
Mac OS X Hacks by Rael Dornfest , Kevin Hemenway March 2003 OUT OF PRINT (Read Reviews)

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Web Apps with Tiger: Backups and Speed
Publish Date: Nov. 11, 2005In this, the fourth installment of "Web Apps with Tiger," Morbus shows you how to maintain and optimize your databases. Web Apps with Tiger: MediaWiki
Publish Date: Sep. 20, 2005In this, the third installment of "Web Apps with Tiger," Morbus shows you how to install a wiki, which is a web application that allows users to add content, but also allows anyone to edit it. He'll walk you through MediaWiki and have you (and it) up and running in no time. Web Apps with Tiger: Security and MySQL
Publish Date: Aug. 30, 2005In this, the second part of "Web Apps with Tiger," Morbus focuses on protection. He'll replace the default PHP configuration with a more secure version, and explain some of the differences. Finally, he'll install MySQL and run through its own security tweaks. Web Apps with Tiger: Getting Started
Publish Date: Aug. 16, 2005Morbus is back with more web serving tools and tricks, updated for Mac OS X Tiger. In this first article, he'll take you on a whirlwind through the basics: turning on the Apache web server, learning a teensy bit of its configuration, then enabling and testing PHP. Failing Miserably, If Not Inventively
Publish Date: Feb. 6, 2004A tale by Morbus of how Panther broke his automation and how, with a few days of disjointed searching, experimentation, and dreaming, he didn't fix the problem. Instead, we simply follow one man's obsession as he makes steadily more desperate attempts to scratch a bothersome itch. Apache Web Serving with Jaguar, Part 4
Publish Date: May. 9, 2003Now that many of the Apache basics have been covered in the first three installments of this series, Kevin Hemenway addresses a number of reader requests and shows you how to handle default index docs, custom error pages, password authentication, and a host of other goodies. Apache Web Serving with Jaguar, Part 3
Publish Date: Apr. 22, 2003In the first part of this series, Kevin Hemenway showed you how to easily start serving web pages from your Mac OS X computer. In the second article, he explored the world of CGI access. Today, he moves forward with a look at PHP and simple access controls. Apache Web Serving with Jaguar, Part 2
Publish Date: Apr. 11, 2003Mac OS X Hacks coauthor Kevin Hemenway continues updating his original Apache Web Serving series of articles for Jaguar. In this installment, Part 2, he explores the world of CGI access. Apache Web Serving with Jaguar
Publish Date: Apr. 4, 2003Mac OS X Hacks coauthor Kevin Hemenway updates his popular Apache Web Serving series of articles for Jaguar. If you missed the original series, or just need a little brush-up, then be sure to check out this first installment. Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X, Part 6
Publish Date: Apr. 23, 2002Ah, those wonderful, useful Apache modules -- Kevin Hemenway walks you through the various Apache modules that come installed on your Mac OS X system and explains what they do. Apache Web-Serving With Mac OS X, Part 5
Publish Date: Mar. 8, 2002Ah, it's one thing to have your Apache Web server fired up in Mac OS X; it's another to have it communicating with a MySQL database. Kevin Hemenway walks you through this process. Your life will never be the same! Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X, Part 4
Publish Date: Jan. 29, 2002In part four of our Apache trilogy, we answer a few reader requests, including info about default index documents, custom error pages, and password authentication. Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X: Part 3
Publish Date: Jan. 4, 2002We've fired-up the Apache Web server in Mac OS X and enabled CGI -- what other goodies are waiting to be discovered? In this article Kevin Hemenway shows you how to enable PHP on your Mac Web server. Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X: Part 2
Publish Date: Dec. 14, 2001In Apache Part 1, Kevin Hemenway showed you how to start serving web pages in Mac OS X. Now, he explores the CGI access that's built into your Mac OS X system. Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X: Part 1
Publish Date: Dec. 7, 2001In this first part of a multi-part series, Kevin Hemenway shows you how to start serving web pages directly from your Mac using its built-in Apache server.

Blog

Wireless Video Streaming with the Mvix MX-760HD

December 11 2006

In response to Wireless Video Streaming from OS X to your TV?, fearless reader Scott noted the Mvix MX-760HD as offered by ThinkGeek. Out of all the possibilities posted, this seemed the most relevant: wireless, internal hard drive (which is entirely optional), USB connectivity, DivX and XviD playback, and composite… read more

Wireless Video Streaming from OS X to your TV?

November 28 2006

The short story is that I bought a house and, with it, a new wireless router (the D-Link DGL-4300, quite nice) to penetrate the walls my previous apartment never had. With a strong wireless network on the second floor connecting to my entertainment on the first, I’ve my game consoles… read more

Boot Camp and Tomb Raider: Legends

April 06 2006

With Boot Camp and Windows XP running fine on my MacBook Pro 2GHz, the next step was testing out a recent game. Before I ran out and dropped some hard-earned money on, say, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, I headed over to Download.com to look for a demo of something… read more

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