If you are trying to get started with mxj dev on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion it is quite likely you will run into this error message in Max Window

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: HelloWorld : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615)
	at com.cycling74.max.MXJClassLoaderImpl.doLoadClass(MXJClassLoaderImpl.java:119)
	at com.cycling74.max.MXJClassLoader.loadClazz(MXJClassLoader.java:88)
Could not load class 'HelloWorld'

Basiically, you need to go and get Java 1.6 JDK and install it. This can be got via the apple developer portal, the package you are looking for is “Java for OS X 2013-003 Developer Package” .you will then probably need to update your project/build config to reference the newly installed JDK which should now be at ‘/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_45-b06-451.jdk/Contents/Home’. I will leave that as an exercise for the reader. 

I recently had to copy some really large files (128GB) via an SSH session to a server. Using plain old ‘cp source dest’ would stop working if the SSH session was disconnected. My solution was to fork the process using a command like this

sh -c "cp ~/somefile ~/some/other/place  >/dev/null 2>&1 &"

Nice review of my track ‘Kanada’ due out on the 28th of August

http://upcoming.beatsmedia.com/withakay-kanada-axon-records/