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(JavaScript) How To Connect To A SOCKS Proxy From An Unjailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch - shaunchapman

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:51:50 UTC

Let's say, perhaps, that you are already forwarding your web traffic through an SSH/SOCKS tunnel at work (for privacy reasons that have absolutely no relation to accessing blocked sites LOL!) and you would like to use that same tunnel on your iPhone/iPod Touch. This is actually pretty easy to accomplish. First, you need to make sure the SOCKS tunnel on your work computer allows LAN connections so your iPhone/iPod Touch can connect to it. To do this, you simply need to add `-g` to your existing SSH command (something like `ssh -N -g -D 1080 user@domain.com`). Most people think you can't connect to a SOCKS proxy from an iPhone/iPod Touch without jailbreaking it but the truth is you can. You simply have to create a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) file, insert the function below in it (replace the *x*'s with your IP and the *y*'s with the port you used after the `-D` in your SSH command), and save it to a web accessible place with a *.pac* extension. If you're reading this chances are you know how to serve a file over HTTP on your work LAN, so I won't delve into that. Finally, on your iPhone/iPod Touch, go to *Settings > Wifi* and click the blue arrow to the right of your work network, scroll to the bottom, click *Auto* and type in the address to your PAC file (*e.g. http://192.168.xx.xx/mysupersecretproxy.pac*). Congrats! Now you can surf the web securely from your iPhone/iPod touch ;)

(Bash) Remove Dot Underscore Files - shaunchapman

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:35:58 UTC

Mac OS X creates files beginning with *._* to Samba shares when files on a Unix/Linux machine are accessed with a Mac. I use [Coda](http://www.panic.com/coda/) to access a Samba share on my development server at work. This is really annoying when checking the status of the Subversion repository. So, I've come up with a solution to remove those files while ignoring similarly named files in hidden Subversion directories. This command will ask you to confirm that you want to remove each file. For added convenience, I suggest making this an alias (add `alias dot_clean='find . -name ".svn" -prune -o -name "._*" -exec rm -i {} \;'` to the *.bashrc*, *.bash_profile*, or *.bash_login* file in your home directory). To clean a directory, simply type `cd directory_name` then `dot_clean`. Enjoy!

(HTML) How To Rickroll Your Company - shaunchapman

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:55:42 UTC

This will make every link on your company's homepage open a Rickroll page that when closed will spawn two more Rickroll pages. This is especially useful on company websites that require each employee to allow pop-ups. **Warning:** Use at your own risk.

(PHP) iChat to Adium Chat Transcript Converter - shaunchapman

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:50:31 UTC

This is kind of a sloppy way of converting iChat transcripts to Adium transcripts. To get this to work, export your chats using [Logorrhea](http://spiny.com/logorrhea/) (`File > Export Chats...`) then use the exported file as the `$infile` for this script. Also, change `$myscreenname` and `$myname` to your screenname and name, respectively. Finally, run the script in Terminal (`php this_script.php`). **Note:** For this script to work, you must have PHP, PEAR, and PEAR's Date module installed (type `sudo pear install Date` in Terminal). Sorry that this is a pain in the ass to get working. I wrote it very quickly for personal use and thought others might get some use out of it.