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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Install phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 7.10
Update: These instructions have been tested and work fine in the latest version of Ubuntu (8.04, Hardy Heron). phpPgAdmin is a web based GUI for administrating a PostgreSQL database server. Here’s some quick notes on getting it installed easily on … Continue reading
Mount ISO Files With Nautilus
Here’s two short bash scripts that allow you to mount and unmount an ISO image easily within the right-click menu in Nautilus (the file manager in Gnome): $ sudo mkdir /media/ISO $ cd ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/ $ gedit “Mount ISO Image” Now … Continue reading
Installing Apache and PHP Troubles
I just recently set Apache up on my home server (more on the server at some point in the future), but I was having problems serving up php pages. Every time I tried to access a php based page, Firefox … Continue reading
Zotero
Zotero is a new reference management tool that comes in the form of a Firefox (and Flock) extension. It looks like it could be a very good (and free) alternative to commercial reference management software tools like Endnote and Reference … Continue reading
A First Look at Android
I really thought that Android was going to be a complete turkey, but after watching some of the videos up on YouTube it does look like it could be quite promising. If someone releases some decent hardware at a reasonable … Continue reading
American Style Pancakes
These are a great idea for a quick and easy dessert when there’s nothing else to hand (they saved me last night)! Cheers to Celia for the recipe.
Stacks Overlays
This is a great idea to improve the appearance (and usability) of stacks in Leopard. Stacks is pretty much Leopard’s only non-eyecandy change to the dock, and it had the potential to be pretty handy, but the fact that the … Continue reading
Stephen Fry on the iPhone
Stephen Fry: I have been using an Apple iPhone now for more than four months. This is due to an unhealthy mixture of friendship with its designer, a slobbery and pathetic love of the new, the possession of an American … Continue reading
Broken Arrow
Note to self: Buy Broken Arrow on DVD. Caught a bit of it on TV last night - I forgot just how damn good that film is! (The soundtrack is great too)!
Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard
I’ve been reading about this in a few places now. Leopard’s Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in action. I first came … Continue reading