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  • OS X mySQL tools

    I have a few different tools I use for managing MySQL on my OS X server. I’ve always been a fan of phpMyAdmin and have also used something called CocoaMySQL. But I was recently in a situation where I didn’t have those available and needed something quick. After searching around some I discovered dbSuite Admin Tools X, a very nice piece of donationware for OS X and Windows for working with your MySQL server. The big bonus it has over CocoaMySQL is that it has user management built in (something I’m sure it will have eventually). These folks will be getting a little bit of a donation from me on my next round of payments.

  • More Wario Insanity!

    Yay! It looks like there is a new version of Wario Ware in the works. That game drove me absolutely insane and I keep thinking about giving it a replay. [via Waxy.org Links]

  • Wikipedia Hits One Million

    From Joi Ito’s Web:

    Wikipedia reaches one million articles

    Wikipedia has just announced that it has reached one million articles. Congratulations Wikipedians! Wikipedia is in more than 100 languages with 14 currently having over 10,000 articles. It is ranked one of the ten most popular reference sites on the Internet according to Alexa.com (trumping Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times). At the current rate of growth, Wikipedia will double in size again by next spring. [Joi Ito’s Web]

    Pretty cool. I keep thinking I should work on contributing more, especially in the anime section.

  • How to Crash IE

    Eric Meyer posted a test file that tends to freeze IE6 and in some cases even cause a reboot of the computer. So if you’re running that, don’t click the link below.

    Freezer Case

    Since a few people asked for it, I’ve created a test file that reproduces the Internet Explorer freeze reported yesterday. You can find it with the title “Internet Explorer Freezes — BEWARE!“. …(254 words | CSS Browsers | comments and pings allowed) [via Thoughts From Eric]

    Behold, the power of CSS.

  • del.icio.us links

    Yesterday I added the last 10 links I’ve posted to del.icio.us to the right hand column. I’m going to use this for stuff that just seems interesting, but I really don’t have much of a comment on. You can also subscribe to the rss for my links.

  • Geek Misconceptions

    Kasia writes about something that annoyed me a bit. She points to “A Girl’s Guide to Geek Guys” and “The Guy’s Guide to Geek Girls, V2.0” and comments on some of the points they make.

    Let’s clear some things up.

    • The Star Trek thing.

      Star Trek is not a geek thing. Not all geeks like Star Trek, heck, most geeks I know never watch it. Would you people stop equating geeks with Star Trek freaks? Who the hell is Ivanova? The first guy to buy me a Star Trek mousepad as a cute gift would wear it as a collar in about fifteen seconds or less.

    • Branded tshirts.

      So people think geeks wear tshirts with brand names because they’re proudly displaying their loyalty? That’s cute and funny at the same time. T-shirts at conferences are free, t-shirts at conferences come emblazoned with logos and brand-names, ergo, geeks often wear tshirts with brand names because they’re free. Unlike the rest of you gap-labled yuppies, we don’t pay to advertise corporations.

      Unless you count my Free Software Foundation tshirt, I paid for that, but that was really more of a donation than a purchase. Sort of like the emacs manual, yah, i’ll ever read that!

    • Geeks can fix things.

      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha — that’s all I’m going to say on the issue.

    [kasia in a nutshell]

    In general, I’ve always thought of myself as more on the geek side. But reading through the guide to geek guys it seems I was wrong. I’m barely geeky at all! Even though in humor, I just found that these were just so wrong and cliched that they weren’t even that funny.

  • My New Fangled Blogroll

    One of the first things I’ve posted to my wiki is a short article on how I did my new blogroll (down on the left). It’s a bit of PHP/CSS/Javascript code that all works to make the expandable folders. Comments are welcome and appreciated.

  • life – wikified

    After a few false starts I’ve started up my own personal wiki. In the end I decided that MoinMoin would be the best choice for me, since it is fairly small and simple. TikiWiki was interesting, but just way too much for a small personal wiki. Now I just need to make some themes. to make it fit in with the rest of my site. Anyways, you can get there via the link on the left, or by clicking here.

    There really isn’t that much in there yet. But I’m planning to use it for random information I want to keep track of. And if you want to contribute at all just let me know (everyone has read permission unless I grant them more).

  • Do They Know About CD-Rs?

    C.Net has an article about Longhorn putting the squeeze on gadgets

    SAN FRANCISCO–Windows makes it easy to quickly download files to iPods and other portable storage devices–a little too easy in the minds of many IT managers.

    In the next version of Windows, Microsoft will give big companies an easy way to block use of such devices, while making it easier for consumers to connect their home systems to them, a company representative told CNET News.com.

    Much has been made of the security risks posed by portable storage devices known as USB keys, or flash drives, music players like the iPod, and other small gadgets that can store vast amounts of data. Some fear that such tiny devices can be used to quickly copy sensitive data off business PC hard drives, or to introduce malicious software onto corporate networks.

    “It’s a real problem,” said Padmanand Warrier, a developer in Microsoft’s Windows unit. “That’s the feedback we’ve gotten from IT folks.” [C.NET News]

    I know things like USB drives make it a little easier, but anyplace I’ve worked it was easy to get a cd burning for your machine. Or for smaller things a floppy drive. And telling people they can’t use a cd burning is akin to stopping them from ever doing any effective work.

  • Movable Type 3.1 Released

    The fine folks at Six Apart have officially released Movable Type 3.1. I’ve been beta testing this for a bit over a week and it’s pretty nice. They also released a pack of plugins for it that includes MT-Blacklist.