Thursday, January 03, 2008
Quick notes on Leopard LAMP
Leopard ships with Apache2, MySQL, and PHP5. Follow the link for notes on getting it up and running.Labels: Apache 2, Apple Mac OSX Leopard, MySQL, PHP 5
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posted by Edward at 7:00 PM
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Printing Return Mailing Labels in OS X
1) Create a new document from a Template.2) Select the 'Labels' template.
3) Check the Address box;
Type your return address;
Select 'Sheet';
Select your type of Label.
4) Select 'Entire page' in the Options tab; click New Document.
5) Print your labels.
Alternatively you can print labels from the AddressBook program. However, there is no way to repeat a single address. So you will need to create a while bunch of contacts with the same address and select them all to print.
Labels: Apple Mac OS X, Mailing Labels, Tips
posted by Edward at 12:51 PM
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Put that old laptop to good use
What happens when a geek gets some vacation time and has an old laptop sitting around? Hmmmm.Some time ago I bought an Apple PowerBook "Pismo" off eBay and actually spent some additionally money on it to beef up the CPU (to a G4), a combo drive, and new batteries. It ran MacOS X Tiger just fine for the past year or so, but I finally decided to gut it and install Linux on it. Oh what fun...
First, Linux has really matured into a stable desktop environment with notable distributions ("distro") such as Ubuntu, Fedora, and Yellow Dog. Of course, the Pismo is a PowerPC machine so that limited the choices out there. I finally decided on Ubuntu as I've heard many good things about it (plus it has cool version names, e.g. Gutsy Gibbon).
The installation process wasn't too bad. I downloaded the .iso image, burned it onto CD, and booted with it. It detected just about all the hardware, but there was a problem with the display. A few searches on ubuntuforums.org revealed the fix (includes Linux shell commands) and the next step was getting the wireless connectivity going.
Be warned! Ubuntu does NOT like WPA-enabled WLANs. After hours of trying to get WPA to work, I gave up and "downgraded" my WLAN to WEP encryption plus MAC filtering. Once I configured Ubuntu for WEP, everything was great!
The other complaint I have is Adobe Flash support, but that's Adobe's fault for not respecting PowerPC systems. Thankfully there's an open source player called Gnash which sorta-kinda works. If all you need is a Web browser, word processor, simple games, IM client, etc. then have no fear in making the Linux move, especially when you have an old system lying around...
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Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2008, everyone! It has been a good year and all of us look forward to another great year.
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