James Gosling resigns from Sun
Perhaps the end of Java as we know it? James posted the following at his new blog: “…Yes, indeed, the rumors are true: I resigned from Oracle a week ago (April 2nd). I apologize to everyone in St Petersburg who...
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jQuery revolution @ bidorbuy
Over at bidorbuy.co.za we are really introducing a number of firsts in the online auction market. We obviously want to create a user-experience for our buyers and sellers to enjoy their time on our site as well as improve productivity....
Paypal: How to sell your electronic goods
You will have noticed on my website a number of downloadable scripts accompanying articles. Since I spent a significant amount of time working on those scripts and this blog is certainly not contributing to my income, I felt it was...
ADSL router statistics
In a previous post I explained how to gather statistics for your Netgear DG834 DSL modem router. Thanks for all the donations!! I have made some subtle changes in the router.cgi to display SNR/attenuation in one chart and display the...
OS X: Spotlight is your quick calculator
Every day I find something new in OS X which makes me wonder, why this could not have done in any operating system. Every OS has nowadays a full-index search. Microsoft’s Vista-search just sucks, as I have never been able...
OS X: DB Solo – master your databases
I stumbled across DB Solo the other day when in dire need to quickly compare database-schema’s and data. Watching our DBA’s compare schema’s in VI and Notepad gave me an instant headache. This is where DB Solo comes in –...
OS X: SuperDuper – heroic system recovery for mere mortals
One of the first things I sought out for my new computer was a reliable backup software. After a lot of online and print research there seemed to be a lot of fanfare for SuperDuper. In fact, MacWorld rated it...
OS X: Delicious Library
Another cool application for us Apple-fans: Have you ever loaned a book or DVD or an expensive gadget to a friend, and forgotten which friend? And then bought another? With Delicious Library you just drag any item onto any friend...
OS X: VMWare Fusion
I used Parallels for a while but I was never able to leave it on without it eating up my CPU for no reason. I gave VMWare a shot just for fun and what I found was a much more...
OS X: Smile – screenshot short-cuts
Taking screenshots in OS X (Leopard) is really cool (and easy) – if you know the relevant short-cut keys: Press Cmd + Shift + 3: Take a picture of the whole screen Press Cmd + Shift + 4: Take a...
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