Tag Archives: Mac OS X

Kindle for Mac Finally!

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Lloyd

Finally!
This will allow me to enjoy a couple books that have images that are too small to get any of the details out of.
Although, I was now tempted by the possibility of getting technical books in the Amazon Kindle format, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Windows First on Mac

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Lloyd

The first thing I install when I’m setting up a Mac is Microsoft Windows XP.
I’ll likely never start up Windows again, but I’d like to have it available just in case my need becomes great in this Windoze world. Re-partitioning … Continue reading →

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5% of Nothing

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Lloyd

Makes me laugh and cry a little.
This alert is likely meant to warn that a whole lot of data is being added, modified or deleted as part of a sync. It’s an “oh crap, likely either you are doing some … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard, a Major Bug Fix Release

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Lloyd

I’m looking forward to the release of the next version of Mac OS X, version 10.6 Snow Leopard this September. As a Software Quality Assurance (QA) practitioner, I find it particularly interesting that this major release is basically a bug … Continue reading →

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Java Developers, If You Say “Works on Mac”

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Lloyd

Please Play By the Mac OS X Rules
Today, I’ve been trying various password managers — seems like thousands of mostly complete solutions, all lacking polish. One of them was JPasswords, after I tried it I found a lone file in … Continue reading →

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Watch Videos Online? I Download Later When the Tubes are Clear

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Lloyd

I’m a web worker. My work is online, and it all slows to a snail’s pace if I’m streaming or downloading a video.
I have “High-Speed Xtreme-I” which promises “up to” a-lot, but the metered download rate is much, much lower … Continue reading →

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Trying a little Objective C – Cocoa – Mac OS X

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Lloyd

As well as surely-but-slowly working on a little web project, I’m trying to learn a little Objective C – Cocoa – Mac OS X.
My motivation is two folds:

Create some small (open source) Mac Apps to solve my own itches.
Exploration of … Continue reading →

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Apple “Tax”, Being Able to Get Things Done

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Lloyd

Is buying computers a strange game of screen size and hardware numbers? Or is it about looking for a solution in hardware and software that helps you get things done?
I’ve given up waiting for the next Vista update to finally … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Case Sensitive Filesystem

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Lloyd

Case sensitive file systems should be retired.
They allow us to do stupid things, mostly in error, but sometimes because we are too smart for our own good. There is no good reason for their (continued) existence.
I imagine that in the … Continue reading →

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Mac, WordPress: “Error establishing a database connection”

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Lloyd

If you get “Error establishing a database connection” when trying to set up WordPress.org on your Mac, are sure that the database name (DB_NAME), username (DB_USER) and password (DB_PASSWORD) are correct, the solution is very likely that you need to … Continue reading →

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