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Mac Eclipse Setup
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Having successfully resolved my PHP, phpMyAdmin and MySQL issues, I next turned to the task of getting the Eclipse software development


PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin, on my Mac, Oh My!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
I recently updated the web application hosting environment on my Mac (Leopard, 10.5.6 as of this writing) in order to support a local copy


Quick Mac Update
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It's been a while since I've posted anything Mac related and since I was busy over the weekend rebuilding my system, I thought I'd share


Specify Tab Names in Terminal
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I have about a half dozen hosts that I ssh to on a regular basis. I often end up with multiple tabs, and it's very helpful if the tab


My Leopard Experience
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Like many of the Mac faithful, I headed down to the closest Apple retail outlet around 6pm on Friday afternoon to pick up a copy of Leopard


Halloween Mashup
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Here's a Halloween treat: Yes, it's the pumputer, and you can see a whole series of photos that chronicle the creation of this only on


A KVM That Works
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Finally! Over the years I've tried 3 different KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switches and have finally found one that works! And by works, I


Two Kinds of People
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
There's a saying among computer folks that rang true again last week: There's two kinds of people, those who do backups, and those who've


Managing MP3 Files Using MediaRage
Sunday, January 9, 2005
I spent some time today managing my digital music collection, adding tags such as artist, album, date and so on. I have a variety of mp3s


MarsEdit Test Post; Driving on Icy Roads
Sunday, January 9, 2005
I've tried a number of blog editors, such as Ecto and a couple of others, and none offered enough value for me to switch away from typing


G5 Optimized Firefox
Thursday, November 18, 2004
First, if you aren't using Firefox as your primary browser, why not? It works better than Internet Explorer, it's free, and it's an easy


Mac Migration
Thursday, November 18, 2004
The G5 Powermac was introduced a couple of months before I bought my first ever Apple computer, a G4 Powerbook. I knew at the time that


Using the V600 with a Mac
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Though not supported by Apple or Motorola, it is possible to use the Motorola V600 mobile phone with an Apple computer, in this instance a


Leap Year Fractals
Sunday, February 29, 2004
Fracture is a fractal screensaver for Mac OS X that creates some of the most fantastic, richly detailed fractal images I have ever seen. I


Thunderbird Fix Posted
Sunday, February 29, 2004
I had another tip published at the MacOSXhints site. After CarbonCopyCloning my internal harddisk to an external firewire drive I noticed

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