Year: 2007

  • Apache 2 PHP 5 and MySql 5 on Tiger 10.4.11

    It took some tinkering.. but it’s done… and it’s not for the faint at heart.Don’t go with the prefab installers… build it all from source, and be forewarned that it is easy to develop conflicts with an existing apache 1.3 install on a mac..…please back up your disk and os before you start.. I recovered…

  • what is a server? …Core Image and Ruby Cocoa!

    I recently got an email with a simple question “what is a server?”.. so in the most simple terms a server is just another computer just like your desktop that is networked to the “web”. I like to call it your public computer vs your private computer..and your public computer (server) can store and retrieve…

  • Slice Host, Cake, and Commandshift

    …even though it seems they having growing pains with network issues, i’m guessing that the new cluster server at (mt) – who have had they’re own growing pains) will be similar and hacks don’t have the money for the Engine Yard even though the only way to keep performance and scalability is don’t oversell the…

  • Bundle Fu, Rails 2.0, Django containers , the Unix-Demiurge, and the all important Readme..

    A good thing to note..Media temple put Django containers into beta testing and i’m guessing they’ll release with their cluster server and a bad thing to note.. there’s a trick to running rails 2.0 on the gridserver… work with this and prey for no fsck..Dennis Ritchie has claimed “The second letter was originally different.” Who…

  • Google Android – Ten Million?

    Android has it’s source code available at the project page. Google is giving away $10,000,000 to the best applications. The Open Handset Alliance, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies, is developing Android: the first complete, open, and free mobile platform. Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an…

  • Electric Rain to Support Papervision 3D

    “Swift 3D will also be capable of converting existing models in the .3DS and .DXF file format into Papervision3D projects, creating all the necessary ActionScript 3.0, FLA, and 3D files needed to run the project without doing any hand coding.” Canon’s got a good site that uses papervision 3D and so does Sony a note…

  • on ajax, antisammy, and songbird.

    Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web…take a close look at that favicon? what is that? Here’s some other tests and tools: Dojo – clean, Mootools – Compact, clean unique widgets.., and check out these test that show the speed of the frameworks, Prototype , Scriptaculous – easing, JQuery – write less,…

  • FCC Spectrum Auction and paid links…

    Who’s going to win the spectrum auction? 11/30/2007 06:08:00 AM Posted by by Chris Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives Here at Google, we see the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction at the Federal Communications Commission as one of the best opportunities consumers will have to enjoy more choices in the world of wireless devices. That’s…

  • how to create a website in under a minute..

    or hundreds of websites in an hour. I use it as a mockup tool with clients to teach them to use WordPress.. and then customize their site layout and content. I’ve noticed that the city paper and post and courier here in Charleston also uses WPMU… try this from Photo Matt Update 4/8/2020 – Sometimes…

  • how to buy and sell artwork… and use ‘search’ commands.

    someone asked me recently about investing in artwork.. i said “investing? what… just buy what you like and sell what you thought you liked” Dali established three major artistic themes, which would form the core of his work for the rest of his career: enigmas, Gala, and melted clocks. The images were produced using what…

  • Elingsh

    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do…

  • Luuk Bode

    I’m digging on the artwork from http://www.luukbode.com/

  • Welcome to Facebook

    Well… It looks like we are all about to be online instead of just the niche web crowd. I see that my old high school friends have all joined the website Facebook. When I first logged int, this was my welcome: Allison Farrell: Dave- get on those photos big boy- I just took digital pics…

  • My Neighbors 55lb Catfish Caught in the Wambaw

    That’s the famous, eccentric, allusive, one and only… Dirty Dan Wheeler. Update 7/22/2020 – I ran across this post today in my analytics and I was thinking about Dan. A lot of folks called him Dirty. I lived next door to Dirty Dan Wheeler… which in swamp terms is about a mile down a dirt…

  • Climate Change

    These articles on the California wildfires have caught my attention recently.

  • Internet Troll

    I think the term ‘Troll’ is appropriate for how some folks communicate online

  • Social Networking and Categorizing

    This video was the inspiration for my little link experiment and to start editing Wikipedia pages. The video attempts to compare the how information is categorized online. The phrase that inspired my little link publishing bonanza was “There is no shelf, the links alone are enough” is highlighted several times throughout the video. I think…

  • Rotten Neighbor

    I just ran though some areas I’m familiar with to see if there were any reviews and there it is. “Strange, partially-clad men leering around staring at young women. Heavy drinkers. NASCAR fans. Baby-shakers. All around not a very nice place. Avoid the whole neighborhood if you can.”

  • Digital Signatures and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

    I had a question this morning from an accountant in Las Vegas about digital signatures. Just as I seem to find answers on everything else, I started hunting around the internet to find some links to decent information. I’ve yet to use pdf’s, live cycle, or acrobat forms on any project, but I’m pretty sure…

  • Google Health and 411

    Google Health

  • Corbis

    Corbis image licensing

  • Apple Leopard

    Apple OS X Leopard

  • Lance Krall

    Lance Krall Prank Calls

  • Carolinas Magazine

    Carolinas Magazine Project

  • Regional Web Traffic

    I keep tabs on the web traffic related to our region mainly because of real estate related web searches and advertising

  • OpenSSL and Configuring https on Localhost

    Using OpenSSL to generate localhost certificates.

  • Southern Culture

    Sam and Dave from Georgia… Soulja Boy too.