Monthly Archives: October 2011

PostgreSQL on Lion with Homebrew

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Andrew

There are several ways you can get PostgreSQL up and running on Mac OS X Lion (see for example OS X Lion #2: PostgreSQL as default database, PostgreSQL 8.4 on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), How to install PostgreSQL on … Continue reading →

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MySQL on Lion with Homebrew

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Andrew

This was non-obvious to me, so I’m documenting it here. There are several ways you can get MySQL up and running on Mac OS X Lion (see for example Rob Allen’s Setting up PHP & MySQL on OS X 10.7 … Continue reading →

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Migrating to WordPress

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Andrew

Welcome to my new look blog. Oooh, shiny. I’ve been trying to upgrade the software behind this blog on and off for quite a few years now. It was back in 2008 that I installed MovableType 4.12, and although MovableType … Continue reading →

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rsyslogd on Oneiric Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Andrew

If you happen to have upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 but are running an old kernel (for example, you’re working on a hosted virtual server), you may see the rsyslogd process running away with your CPU. This seems to be a … Continue reading →

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Open letter to ExCel London

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Andrew

Following my frustration at the DroidCon venue having no cycle facilities (tweet tweet), I was pleased to see that ExCel London (host of Nokia World 2011) do in theory have secure bike parking. It took a while to find this … Continue reading →

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TV Licensing

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Andrew

The TV Licensing staff are on strike due to a pay dispute. This seems as good a time as any to talk about the TV license and the notorious enforcement company, TV Licensing. I am a big fan of the … Continue reading →

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At what price to community?

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Andrew

Dave has written a detailed post on the types of community that Tizen hopes to target. It’s great, and I recommend you read it through. For more background, you should also read my blog post on what’s really going on … Continue reading →

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iPhone 5

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Andrew

Aww hell, I don’t really like writing about Apple these days since it’s often a cheap route to page views, but here’s a few things. Firstly, Horace Dediu is obviously right in his article “Why is there no iPhone 5?“. … Continue reading →

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Droidcon London 2011

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Andrew

I’m off to #droidconuk tomorrow and Friday, for a couple of days of Android immersion. Should be a useful benchmark for the adoption rate of Android by developers … looking forward to some interesting discussions. If you’re there, come say … Continue reading →

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Over the Air 2010, 2011

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Andrew

It seems I didn’t blog about Over the Air back in 2010, beyond referencing the phone I won for my hack. That’s pretty poor. I don’t appear to have blogged much about any of the previous events either, apart from … Continue reading →

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