About
Hello there, My full name is Mostafa Torbjorn Berg, I’m currently studying for my B.Sc. in computer engineering at the Arab academy for science and technology. On my spare time I work on some cool webapps and social games of my own which gives me a good enough revenue to keep going (you can learn more about my work by visiting my...
Lab
This is where I keep log of my work that is still too young to see the light ! *Unnamed* car simulation game (iOS) : I’m working ATM on a cool car simulation game where you are supposed to deliver packages on a pickup. (Preview coming soon) SingleTap : An accessible method for text input depending on just a single button or single...
My work
I keep here a list of work i’ve done online ! Scratch&Win : A cool facebook app/game that lets you play daily scratch off cards (currently over 1.5 Mil users, and 200K DAU) (Arabic, English) FunSocial : A fun Quizzing application (lets you ask your friends many questions and see the results) (No link. App under maintenance) More...
Fixing the “unix:///var/mysql/mysql.sock” not found error on MAMP
I’ve recently been working on a CakePHP project on my Mac, I’ve noticed that when
I tried Baking the project, This error came out:
Reversing the VFD
Heya,
I had a broken Philips DVD player lying around for sometime, so I decided I’ll take out the LCD panel inside it and play a little.
First of all, I discovered that it was a VFD not a LCD, but programmatically that wasn’t a huge difference !.
Read MoreEnabling mod_rewrite on apache2
If you’re trying to enable mod_rewrite for apache2 on your ubuntu server (or any other distrib) and nothing works, this little writeup might save you a few hours of frustration !
Read MoreChanging iPhone’s default password
This is a little post to show you how to reset your default root password after jailbreaking your iPhone/iTouch/iPad !
(This works for any iOS jailbroken device on any iOS version)
There are two ways to do this, first way is to do it via SSH, the second way is via mobile terminal.app
1st method:
- You need to have OpenSSH installed on your device, to do this, just install the package “openssh” from Cydia
Newbie’s guide to Rackspace (Server Creation)
Hello nerds,
I’m writing this quickie as a tutorial on how to create your first server on rackspace, However, I won’t discuss how to set it up, just the creation part, I’ll show you how to interact and setup the server in another article.
So let’s start with the requirements
Read MoreWelcome to my new blog
Hey guys, I’ve been away from my blog for a while, here’s what i’ve been doing
1) My final year in Engineering, so lots of tests and studies ! (1 semester to go !)
2)My scratch&win game has gone big, so I’ve been working on a newer version where players can actually win money 
3)Working on the apple platform with Cocos2d to make a nice car physics game (It’s still a work in progress, you’ll find it in my lab)
4)I’ve been working on my car for a while, tried to sell it and had to remove all my mods and expensive equipment, but then decided to keep it, so i’ll be busy putting everything back in
Keep tuned, there’s going to be some nice tutorials here about web development and iOS development..
Yours,
Mostafa Berg
Read MoreChanges !
Hello Everyone !,