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My iPhone app, PhotoCloth, is finally available in the app store. PhotoCloth can turn any photo into a realistic 3D interactive cloth simulation. See demo videos and appstore link here.

I like to compose and read email with a fixed width font. Gmail now supports reading a message with a fixed width font using the Show in fixed width font option - but you have to do that on each message as you read it. If you use Firefox, you can create a user stylesheet that is domain specific to force all non-HTML messages and the message composition textarea to display in fixed width. The user stylesheet should contain:

@-moz-document domain(mail.google.com) {
    /* GMail messages and textarea should use fixed-width font */
    textarea.dV, div.ii.gt {
        font-family: MonoSpace !important;
        font-size: 9pt !important;
    }
}

Place the stylesheet (on MacOS) under your Firefox profile directory e.g. ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/XXXXXXXX.default/chrome/userContent.css

VMWare Fusion 2.0 beta2 supports virtualizing Mac OS X Server as a guest OS. If you try to install a Leopard Client guest, you get an error

The guest operating system is not Mac OS X Server.

However, if you create an ISO/CDR image from your Leopard install DVD, mount it then do

touch "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist"

then unmount it, you can now use that image to install Leopard Client into VMWare with no complaints. After you install, reboot VMWare from the install DVD ISO again, run Terminal and

touch "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist"

then reboot from the HD. This probably violates your license agreement so don't do it, I certainly wouldn't.

Update:
You can automate the deletion and creation of the ServerVersion.plist file using a LaunchDaemon. Put the following xml in a new file /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rectalogic.vmware.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.rectalogic.vmware</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/bin/bash</string>
<string>-c</string>
<string>/bin/rm -f /System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist; trap "/usr/bin/touch /System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist; exit" SIGINT SIGTERM SIGHUP; sleep 999999 &amp; wait $!</string>
</array>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Then run

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rectalogic.vmware.plist

Now when you login ServerVersion.plist will be deleted, when you shutdown it will be recreated ready for the next reboot.

Alternative approach:
An alternative approach discussed in the comments is to hack VMWare to disable the check for server.

sudo bash
cd "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages"
mkdir original
mv darwin.iso tools-key.pub *.sig original
sed "s/ServerVersion.plist/SystemVersion.plist/g" < original/darwin.iso > darwin.iso
openssl genrsa -out tools-priv.pem 2048
openssl rsa -in tools-priv.pem -pubout -out tools-key.pub
openssl dgst -sha1 -sign tools-priv.pem < darwin.iso > darwin.iso.sig
for A in *.iso ; do openssl dgst -sha1 -sign tools-priv.pem < $A > $A.sig ; done
exit

Instead of sed (which seems to add an extra newline to the end of the iso) you might want to use

perl -n -p -e 's/ServerVersion.plist/SystemVersion.plist/g' < original/darwin.iso > darwin.iso

I was riding down to lunch in a relatively crowded elevator at work and two guys were in opposite corners carrying on a conversation about work over everyones heads. Then, this happened:

Guy #1:

You want go go out tomorrow night?

Guy #2:

Sure, I told you I'm single again right?

Guy #1, as if embarrassed by this personal detail in a public elevator:

Uhm, let's talk about this over lunch.

and then Guy #1 continues:

By the way, I'm probably going to go for a 'rub and tug' after lunch, this Asian girl I go to is really into fiddling with my asshole.

Absolutely beautiful.

Spam subjects I have enjoyed:

Subject: wiener wiener chicken digger
Subject: Surprise her with the nicest bag in town
Subject: experience queen-sized dick
She likes her kitty stretched and do you have the capability to do it?

Some fake spam headlines are good too:

Subject: Clinton found hanged in bedroom
Subject: Afghan bombing kills President Bush
Subject: Angelina Jolie dies in miscarriage
Subject: Michael Jackson gives up being pedophile