Monthly Archives: May 2008

Trash Stuff From the Command Line

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Daz

A great little command-line tool for Leopard: osx-trash manipulates the Mac OS X trash from the command line, just like the Finder does. It uses AppleScript via Scripting Bridge on top of to communicate with the Finder. You can move … Continue reading →

Posted in mac, snippets | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Default Text Field Values That Disappear on Focus

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Daz

You will have noticed this effect out on your travels on the internet - a text input field has some default text in it (often in a slightly dimmed colour), and when you click on the text box, default text … Continue reading →

Posted in javascript, noteworthy | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Daz

Following up from my old guide to installing PostgreSQL (for Ubuntu 7.10), I thought i’d better do an update for the latest releases… This quick walk-through are my notes for installing the PostgreSQL database server and the PgAdmin administration application … Continue reading →

Posted in linux, noteworthy, postgresql | Tagged , , | 70 Comments

First Gears of War 2 Footage

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Daz

Time to get that pre-order on, this looks like it’s going to be awesome…

Posted in games | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Orb - Live TV on iPhone

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Daz

That’s it, I REALLY want an iPhone now… You don’t need Steve Jobs’ permission to watch TV on your iPhone any more. And you don’t need to pay the cable company twice. A native Orb client for the iPhone and … Continue reading →

Posted in snippets | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Installing R/BioConductor on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Daz

The new version of Ubuntu is out, (as if you haven’t heard that by now), so that means a fresh install to play about with and working just the way I want! One of the tools that I currently need … Continue reading →

Posted in linux | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

If Browsers Were Women…

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Daz

"if browser were women…" Originally uploaded by jlxiong Very good…

Posted in snippets | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

What Do You Do With Old Versions of IE?

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Daz

Was round the in-laws the other day and couldn’t help but notice this one in the garden… A fine way to retire an old web browser. At least it’s found some use…

Posted in snippets | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Daz

If you’re a VMware user and want to play around with the latest version of Ubuntu in a VM (like me), you’ll need to get the vmware-tools installed. Unfortunately, things are not quite as straight forward as the previous release … Continue reading →

Posted in linux, mac, snippets | Tagged , , | Leave a comment