Monthly Archives: November 2005

Machine migration

Posted on November 26, 2005 by Andrew

Possibly the easiest migration ever? Moving from one Powerbook to another identical Powerbook was as simple as ABC: join the machines with a firewire cable boot the destination machine in firewire target mode (hold down T on boot) tell carbon … Continue reading →

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seeing double

Posted on November 26, 2005 by Andrew

seeing double, originally uploaded by savs.

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Trust is a two-way street

Posted on November 26, 2005 by Andrew

Back in March of 2004, I decided to trust iLife with some of my precious digital content: in particular, my photos and my music. For the most part, I have been happy since then, but the occasional problems have caused … Continue reading →

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merlot

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Andrew

merlot, originally uploaded by savs.

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Die, MySQL, die!

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Andrew

You know what’s coming by now, if you’ve read such balanced posts as MySQL sucks, MySQL makes me sick, or MySQL is a PITA. Consider this fairly normal scenario: a database on one server that I need to move to … Continue reading →

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links for 2005-11-21

Posted on November 21, 2005 by delicious

The Craig Web Experience: Presentation Tips (tags: presentations communication tips)

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swan

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Andrew

swan, originally uploaded by savs.

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links for 2005-11-19

Posted on November 19, 2005 by delicious

macosxhints – 10.4: Change the default Spotlight Preview zoom level (tags: apple osx recommended)

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Cocoon 2.1.8 released

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Andrew

Cocoon 2.1.8 is out. Carsten emailed a list of the major changes, and the full changes are available as always.

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Top 20 geek novels

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Andrew

Following on from the Time top 100 novels comes the Guardian’s top 20 geek novels. I do a little better here – I’ve read fourteen of them, and I have one of them on my bookshelf waiting (Microserfs). Here’s the … Continue reading →

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