What does Apple have against PHP?

First the default PHP install on Leopard does not include GD Library, then I learn that Leopard also does not include PEAR by default anymore, either.

So more work on the UPnP server today. One big annoyance has been that Twonky would not correctly import my iTunes playlists. I finally sat down and hacked my own solution to this.

Some parts that went into this: A little bit of XSLT and Saxon to process the XML using the XSLT ( Read more... )

I am fairly close to deleting my myspace page. There are a couple of people I stay in touch with that are only on that site, but it seems weekly someone I know has had their password to the site stolen. I end up having to go into my account and clean up comments that are clearly Spam and so on ( Read more... )

So at work we had been waiting the release of Leopard Server so we could roll out a solution to a large customer of ours. The customer needs the ability to coordinate calendars, addresses, and other information ( Read more... )

So two nights ago I got Leopard Server up and running at work. Yesterday I got the mail server portion up and running. Or, at least, what I could test before the MX record moved over ( Read more... )

So a while back I purchased a Buffalo LinkTheater PC-P3LWG/DVD, which is a UPnP media device. For any Mac-heads out there, think about it as a really cheap version of the Apple TV.

The device requires a UPnP server running on a computer to stream the media to the device. There are a few contenders under OS X - EyeConnect, from el gato (the makers ( Read more... )

So last month the FDIC shut down the bank that I was using.

ING Direct purchased the US assets of Netbank, so temporarily my banking is going through them. This is an obvious opportunity to shop around for a new bank. Since I move around so much I see little reason to tie myself to a brick-and-morter bank. My banking has been entirely online for ( Read more... )

A little bit ago the Thunderbird/Eudora group, Penelope, released Eudora 8.0.0b1.

I downloaded it and was somewhat disappointed. Wait, scratch the word "somewhat" from that last sentence. I was out and out disappointed. Now, I realize this is the first public beta, and the new Eudora still has a long way to go, but... it still has a long way to go ( Read more... )

So I was looking for vacuum cleaners online. I checked Overstock.com, and then went to Amazon.com. I found the categories I wanted at Amazon (Upright Vacuums and Canister Vacuums). I knew about the price range I wanted, so I sorted based on price, from low to high. Two issues become quickly evident ( Read more... )

Some of you know that for a while now I have been developing a web-based interface to eyeTV. The idea solution would allow me to not only schedule recordings from any machine but, more importantly, to also program in a "Season Pass"-like ability ( Read more... )