I saw the Korean movie “D-WARS” yesterday. To say it was a disappointment would be to give to much credit to it.
Don’t waste your money on this movie. All the money seem to have been spent on the CGI (which was great in parts) and very little to the story line, which we have seen a million times before.
Being a tax office employee I get the full Christmas period off
From midday, Christmas Eve to Jan 2
After Boxing day (Dec 26) I have been watching the Korean drama “Jewel in the Palace” 대장금(大長今) / Dae-jang-geum
Since I love period dramas, this is right up my alley.
But there are 70 episodes and it has taken me two days to watch the first 25!
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There are many fine tutorials on the net for installing PHP, MySQL and WordPress on OS X.
The problem is none of them by themselves got wordpress working on Leopard.
I got it working on Tiger (OS X 10.4) by using the following article:
http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/
This article gives an excellent overview of installing PHP and MySQ, both of which are not included with Tiger. But with the introduction of Leopard (OS X 10.4) PHP 5 and Apache 2 are installed by default.
So to WordPress working we have to
1. Install MySQL from mysql.com (use the 10.4 version, no 10.5 version yet)
2. PHP is installed, but not turned on. Turn it on and tell PHP about MySQL
3. Install WordPress
I did all of the above, but wordpress could not connect to the MySQL server. I could connect on the command line using the mysql interpreter, but PHP couldn’t connect through the socket.
By default the PHP socket is /var/socket
But MySQL on OS X uses /tmp/mysql.sock
; Default socket name for local MySQL connects. If empty, uses the built-in
; MySQL defaults.
;mysql.default_socket =
I changed the PHP.INI to the following:
mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
# Changed to get wordpress to work. /tmp/mysql.sock is required for PHP to connect to mysql
The article LAMP in Leopard OSX 10.5 (PHP5 and Apache 2.2)
The article mentioned how to turn on PHP.
Further Reading:
http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2007/10/28/working-with-php-5-in-mac-os-x-105/
http://www.stuff.yellowswordfish.com/installing-wordpress-on-your-apple-mac/installing-wordpress/
http://www.stuff.yellowswordfish.com/installing-wordpress-on-your-apple-mac/the-mysql-database-engine/#more-660
A MySQL reference for OS X – http://www.comentum.com/mysql-administration.html
An outdated 10.4 installation tutorial – http://timestocome.com/wordpress2/10-step-install-for-wordpress-on-osx-104/
– still some interesting titbits.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Common_Installation_Problems
I have just started training in Brazilian JiuJitsu. This is an offshoot of Judo which concentrates on ground work, specifically submission wrestling.
I have a few old injuries which have flared up because of the stress on the body, e.g. such as pushing my opponent down in the photo.
Hopefully with patience, and a good training program I can overcome these injuries and improve my technique.
Proto theme for Mac OS X firefox 3.0b2 running under OS X Leopard.
It looks much more Mac like, a good thing (although I am still a big Opera fan)
I have moved the website from dreamhost.com to jumba.com.au
Today marks the official end of my probation with Australian Tax Office.
On the 10th of May, I started work with the Australian Taxation Office.
I work in the Client Contact section in a call centre
If you ring the ATO you might get me answering on the telephone.
My job is to help people with the basic tax questions.
On the Wednesday the 30th of May I will actually start work on the phone after two weeks of training.
It will be a little bit nerveracking.
Summary:
Upgrade versus Full Editions
You can use an Upgrade version of Vista to install on a empty PC
Legal ? … not sure, but it is an official Microsoft technique
So potentially you could buy an upgrade version of Vista rather then the Full version.
Activation
After using Vista for 30 days you must Activate it or Vista will drop back into a reduced functionality mode
Microsoft has detailed an official ‘hack’ that allows you to delay activation for up to 120 days!
The following are written by Brian Livingston:
Please read his website at: http://windowssecrets.com/
Last Monday, the 12th of March I started my first job after arriving back from Korea.
I am now working for the Department of Justice, Victoria
I also started studying Hapkido again.
