Author Archives: TinTin

Disassembling Binary File with Python on Mac

I’m currently doing some exploration towards PE32 on my macOS. Some of interesting surface analysis, some of deep analysis. But sometimes, I need only to see what kind of instructions in a small chunk of PE32. It was begin with the this blog, that discussing PE32 using Python pefile module by Ero Carrera. Installing pefile… Read More: Disassembling Binary File with Python on Mac »

Pimping My Shell with oh-my-zsh and Powerlevel10k theme

Realizing that I need more information on my CLI, I decided to pimp my shell more than just colorizing the prompt. I chose zsh and oh-my-zsh. Visit the official Oh-My-ZSH webpage. The installation is pretty much straight forward, simply type this line below on the terminal: sh -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)” It will setup the… Read More: Pimping My Shell with oh-my-zsh and Powerlevel10k theme »

Small Tune in macOS

I usually did these steps when having a newly installed macOS. This post also serves as my personal notes on how to do several things such as:1. Changing the terminal appearance with colorful prompt.2. Finder shows hidden folders/files.3. Changing default folder of Screenshot file 1. Changing the terminal appearance with colorful prompt. 2. Finder shows… Read More: Small Tune in macOS »

Make My MBP New Again

I love my old MacBook Pro 15” Retina Display Mid 2012. Old, but still working after 8 years I bought it in 2012. Having this MBP also became my first experience of purchasing an Apple product directly in the Online Apple Store, since I lived in the country where the Official Apple Store does not… Read More: Make My MBP New Again »

Backdated Mojave

After deleting the partition and re-formating the disk with APFS, I wasted another 2 hours just to manage how can I successfully install macOS Mojave on my MBP using my USB Bootable media previously. No matter how I get into the Installation Screen, I got the same error message: This copy of the Install macOS… Read More: Backdated Mojave »

Odd CSV File

As a lecturer, I wanted to register my students into my Ubuntu machine. I wanted it done in a fancy way: scripting. Then I began to download the list of my students from our system, opened it with Microsoft Excel sheet format, and saved it as CSV format. It was just another script to parse… Read More: Odd CSV File »