Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

How I got MySQL and PHP running on Leopard (in 3 easy steps)

November 7th, 2007

As a programmer I rely on PHP and MySQL to get my web projects done (this blog included). Though I have upgraded to Leopard a week ago, I just took the time today to re-install my working environment. On Tiger it was a piece of cake, since I just used the wonderful packages fron entropy.ch [...]

Why can’t I bookmark an iTunes Store page?

November 2nd, 2007

Do you often browse the Itunes Store aimlessly? Do you happen, now and then, to came upon some cool new record or audiobook that you consider for a future purchase?
Well, I do. And it frustates me to no end that the iTunes Store lacks the capabillity to bookmark a particular page and return to it [...]

Enough with the Java drama queens!

October 31st, 2007

Does this sound familliar?
I think we’ve been quite loyal to Apple. But as of today, that’s all changing for me. Today I am saying “so long Apple. The party’s over.”
What party do I mean? I mean the free ride that I as a Java developer have been giving Apple for way too long now. And [...]

haxies: Mess with the O.S, die like the rest

October 28th, 2007

It seems that some people using APE (Application “Enhancer”) from Unsanity got burned while installing Leopard, and where greeted by the new O.S with “blue screens”, crashes, stalling and general unhappiness (unsanity?). Why am I not surprised?
Here’s my immortal words of wisdom about installing third party hacks on OS X: don’t.
All of those damn [...]

More Leopard Only Stuff: Panic

October 23rd, 2007

Cabel, of Panic fame, writes in his blog that popular icon management application CandyBar 2.0 won’t play in Leopard and announces the upcoming, Leopard only release of CandyBar 3.0.
Now, CandyBar 3.0 sounds like a lot of fun, especially since it will be able to provide “[...] full support for the new mega-sized Leopard icons (up [...]