iTunes 7 – Movies, Music and Phone ?

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I just downloaded iTunes 7, and noticed the new installer. One thing that caught my attention was the custom install option. Which has the “Phone Driver” disabled. So, with all the rumors of the iPhone, looks like things are getting closer. Let the second round of rumors begin. See attached screenshot.

Vim 7.0 – Tab Navigation in OS X

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Vim 7.0 introduces tabs to Vim. I wasn’t aware of this until BigE pointed it out to me, and to this tip; that lets you move around the tabs with firefox style short-cuts for tab navigation. That’s a great tip, but what about us OS X users who prefer using the “apple/command” key? I decided… Read more »

Annotations to "5 common PHP database problems"

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Here’s a good “Addendum/Appendix/Annotation” to the original article by IBM DeveloperWorks. Along with some updated ways of doing things using MySQL 5 and stored procedures. Updated: August 11th 11:33 AM Thanks to ds- on #php.thinktank, actual addendum is here.

Book Review: "Building Websites with Mambo – Hagen Graf"

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This book has been out since August 2005. Though it was originally written in German, it has been translated into English, and published by Packt Publishing . Title: Building Websites with Mambo Author: Hagen Graf Publisher: Packt Publishing Audience: The audience for this book is not the seasoned PHP developer, but someone who wants to… Read more »

WebMaster Jam Session – Learn to promote your site

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If you’re interested in finding out more about SEO, SEM, and just general web design tips, I recommend you visit Web Jam Session A list of Sessions is available for those interested. Two of my friends are speaking at this conference, so I’ll be there to listen to what they say, as well as make… Read more »

IT Skills Shortage – fact or fiction ?

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“There’s no shortage of smart, employable IT workers. There is a shortage of flexible employers who are willing to hire people who don’t match an exact, niche profile or have a very specific skill or type of experience.” I’m not sure I agree with her, just like there really is no shortage for skilled workers,… Read more »

Flock – My new Web Browser

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Flock — The web browser for you and your friends : Check this browser out. This is an awesome browser for OS X. It’s much faster than Firefox or Camino, and much more feature rich than Safari. Things like the ability to blog to your own blog (I am using the built in “Blog This”… Read more »

Filing a bug report

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I ran across this article while going through some of the articles on Planet MySQL. The article is about how to properly file a bug report. It’s very well written, you can find the article here. If you use software, you need to read this. (That means all of you do). The post that took… Read more »