Peter D'Orsi » Software

Iphone wordpress app

Peter — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:39:23 +0000

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.

FireFox 3 Released

Peter — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:55:54 +0000

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

Peter — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:49:34 +0000

“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, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.”

Setting Up MYSQL 5 in Leopard

Peter — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:43:14 +0000

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 mkdir /var/mysql/

to create the directory and type:

sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock

to create a sym link to the default sock file. That should get you up and running.

Disable Glassy Dock in Leopard

Peter — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:35:23 +0000

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

Peter — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:31:20 +0000

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 libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

and remove the ‘#’, save the file, and reboot apache by turning off and on again under System Preferences > Sharing > Web Sharing.

Apple Safari 3.0 Public Beta for XP/Vista

Peter — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:01:34 +0000

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.

Safari 3 Public Beta

Apple Boot Camp updated to 1.2

Peter — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:25:38 +0000

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 for easy access to Boot Camp information and actions
Improved keyboard support for Korean, Chinese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, and French Canadian
Improved Windows driver installation experience
Updated documentation and Boot Camp on-line help in Windows
Apple Software Update (for Windows XP and Vista)

Firefox and Thunderbird get updates

Peter — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:59:58 +0000

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

Peter — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:48:54 +0000

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, watermarks, lift and stamp, image export, and image versions created using an external editor.