This is a post using the new wordpress application for the iPhone. It’s pretty amazing, however the touch typing of the iphone and lack of copy and paste make writing long posts nearly impossible.
Category Archives: Software
FireFox 3 Released
I suggest you update, not only will you be presented with a new UI, you get lots of new features and security! Download – Features If you download in the next 24 hours, it will count towards breaking the world record (or setting, since I don’t think it currently exists)
WordPress 2.5
“WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, [...]
Setting Up MYSQL 5 in Leopard
Grab the latest build of MySQL5 for OS X. Install everything (or at least the main package). The preferences pane is currently now working in Leopard, an update is expected soon, however for now you can open terminal and type: sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld once that’s running, open another terminal window (Command + n) and type: sudo [...]
Disable Glassy Dock in Leopard
Open up terminal and copy and paste: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock If you want it back, its as simple as: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO; killall Dock
Leopard and PHP
PHP5 wasn’t working right out of the box for me in OS X Leopard, so here is what I did to fix the issue. Fire up your trusty terminal window and type (you can replace “mate” with whatever editor your comfortable using, like pico or vi): mate /etc/apache2/httpd.conf find the line that reads: #LoadModule php5_module [...]
Apple Safari 3.0 Public Beta for XP/Vista
Apple has released its browser, Safari, to the windows community. Safari currently has a 4% market share of the browser market, it will be interesting to see if they can take on FireFox. I personally use FireFox on both my OS X and Vista boxes. Beta 3 is also available to test on OS X. [...]
Apple Boot Camp updated to 1.2
Boot Camp 1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users. Support for Windows Vista (32-bit) Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics, modem, iSight camera Support the Apple Remote (works with iTunes and Windows Media Player) A Windows system tray icon [...]
Firefox and Thunderbird get updates
Both Firefox and Thunderbird received minor updates today, not just for Mac OS X but also for Windows and Linux. Firefox 2.0.0.1 is available for download immediately via Mozilla’s web site, and fixes a number of critical security (and other) issues.
Apple releases Aperture 1.5.2 update
Apple Computer on Monday released the latest in an ongoing series of maintenance updates to its post-production photography workflow application, which it recommends for all users of the software. Aperture 1.5.2 (131MB) addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance, the company said. Specific areas targeted by the update include: contact sheet printing, smart albums, [...]