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How to install Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Software on Mac

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To install LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 1.1 on Mac OS 10.6+ (Snow Leopard / Lion)

  1. Copy all files from the MINDSTORMS CD to a folder on your desktop.
  2. Open that folder and look under “Parts”.
  3. Locate MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg.
  4. Right-click (control-click) and choose “Show Package Contents”.
  5. Navigate into the Contents » Resources directory and delete the “preflight” file.
  6. Close this package and run the meta-package (LEGOMindstormsEngRet.mpkg) from the desktop to install MINDSTORMS NXT.

To install LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 on Mac OS 10.6+ (Snow Leopard / Lion)

  1. Copy all files from the MINDSTORMS CD to a folder on your desktop.
  2. Open that folder and look under “Parts”.
  3. Locate MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg.
  4. Right-click (control-click) and choose “Show Package Contents”.
  5. Navigate into the Contents/Resources directory and delete the “preflight” file.
  6. Close this package and run the meta-package from the desktop to install MINDSTORMS NXT

To download Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 software click here.

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How to disable inline image attachments in Mac OS X Mail.app

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When you open or preview mails in Mail.app in Apple Mac OS X, the first thing you have problem with is big images are getting displayed within the message. Many times this makes you frustrating because you want to read the message and not want to keep on scrolling the window left and down. This is default behavior of Mail.app and does not show the images as attachments (even though sender had sent as attachment).

To overcome this behavior, you can disable the Inline Attachment Viewing flag for Mail.app. To do so, open up a terminal window from “Applications->Utilities” and type or paste below command:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes

At any point if you change your mind and come back to the default behavior use the below command:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool false

Restart the Mail.app and voila!

Also remember, this will disrupt any HTML mails coming which have images.

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iPad 2 Launch Day Experience

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It was 4:45 PM EST, when I entered Best Buy for picking up the new iPad 2 on the Launch day, i.e. March 11. Not to surprise to me, there were already 100 people in front of me. Best Buy start delivering exactly at 5 PM with no no ice or any attention. I never felt that it is something Apple product queue. I remember last year when I was behind around 120 people to get my iPhone 4 on Apple Store, we were able to make it with the people crying mad when Apple stored doors opened. But nothing like that here.

Check out for details of iPad here, Apple iPad 2

Standing in the queue with my friend Saptarshi, Best Buy came confirm which flavor of iPad 2 we want. I picked up WiFi 64 GB Black and he initially picked up WiFi 16 GB White but changed his mind within 2 minutes and settled for Black only. Best Buy only allowed one iPad per person though lot of wanted more.

Finally we got it in our hands after 2.5 hours wait. When asked about the cover to choose, we asked for the Apple Smart Cover, black one. But within minutes we realized that it is not the Smart Cover which we got I our bags. Later got it changed with the right one but Best Buy was with limited colors and we settled for Grey one only.

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Madness for iPhone 4

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After Apple pre-order 600,000 iPhone 4 on the first day, there was a madness to get the iPhone on the 24 June from the Apple store. While writing this I am standing in atleast a half mile queue (including even the people who reserved for it online) in front of Apple Store @ Menlo Park, NJ. I reached here @ 6AM and it’s already being almost 2 hours to wait for my turn.

Will update this blog once have it in hands.

At last after waiting for 4 hours in the queue, I have got my 32GB iPhone4. It’s display is amazing and processing is quite fast with it’s new processor A4 @ 1GHz and with 512MB of RAM.

iOS 4 is really amazing with multi-tasking but all applications does not support this feature. For example, I use HumDesi App to enjoy the Indian music on the way. When I try to put this App in background, it stops playing music. I hope the developers of the application soon will come out with a update to support this feature too.

Mail and Contacts are quite good. And the best part is the new Camera with flash and the front camera to see yourself on the phone. Bit when I tried the FaceTime to have a feeling of the video chat on the phone, it did not work, though we both were on the same Wifi network.

Coming in the construct of the new iPhone, it is indeed very thin from the my previous iPhone 3G. And the glass on the feint and back are really very smooth but sometimes I feel like that it will slip from my hands. So probably I have to go for either the newly introduced bumper or some screen protector to get a good grip.

I will keep updating this blog about my experience of the new iPhone4.