I really like using iChat for IM but one thing that is a minor annoyance is having to click the “Accept” button when you receive a text invitation from an AIM account. My preferred solution is to use Chax which offers a lot of other functions including chat logging. However if you don’t want any [...]
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PHP on OSX: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock'
When installing PHP and MySQL on OSX you may get the error Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/mysql/mysql.sock’. Or you may also get “No such file or directory” when calling mysql_connect from a PHP page. This occurs because PHP is looking for the file mysql.sock in it’s typical installation location of /var/mysql/mysql.sock. [...]
TortoiseSVN for Apple OSX
TortoiseSVN is my personal favorite SVN client, unfortunately it’s only fully supported on Windows. With a little bit of hacking, though, TortoiseSVN is usable on OSX. You can checkout, commit, update view the repo, etc. At this point there are no overlays or Finder contextual menus. These instructions are not for the novice user, but [...]
Monitor Log Files in Realtime with LogFileMonitor
In order to more easily monitor some web services that we have running, I whipped up a quick .NET app to monitor log files in real-time. I got a little bit carried away and wrote more than I needed, but I think this app will save a lot of time in the long run. The [...]
Binding Flex TextInput UI Controls to a DataProvider
In Flex when you bind data to a UI control like a DataGrid, the grid cells refresh every time the dataSource changes. The reverse is also true if the DataGrid is enabled for editing. That is, the dataSource is also updated when you edit a cell. The TextInput can be bound as well so that [...]
