My installation of iLife ’09 went without a hitch. I backed up my library a couple of times and began. I have 30,000 pictures in my library. iPhoto quickly identified 69 locations from my iPhone pictures and is currently scanning my library for people’s faces.…
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I recently had the opportunity to write a quick command line application using Java. Instead of using Eclipse or BBEdit as by editor/IDE, I decided to use Xcode. I chose the Java Tool project template and got to work. In the course of my project, I wanted to spit some text out on the console.…
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Web site for Wise County IT Consulting Company
Drupal 6 site hosted on Customer’s server featuring Facebook Connect, Tagadelic Cloud, Views, and other modules.
Web site for local Basketball association featuring pages for each team and team schedules.
Every once in a while I’m surprised by my Mac. Today it was a Malware warning. I was searching Google for a product manual when I clicked on what looked like a valid .org hit. I was redirected to an IP address and then to a .cn…
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I’m currently running
Mac OS 10.5.6. This version is also known as
Build 9G55. Let’s take that build number apart and see what it actually means.
Major Version
Minor Version
Build
Update
9
G
55
b
The build refers to the Apple internal build process that does a full compile and packaging of the entire OS.…
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I recently read that Apple (formerly Apple Computer) has filed for a trademark for OS X along side its current trademark for
Mac OS X™. This is just another step in a methodical move away from the computer industry into the main stream of consumer electronics.…
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Simple website for a local Intermediate School band. Content is managed by the band director.
Website designed by Wallaby Graphics
Drupal site where the owners can update their own schedule of classes and post other information. Implementation called for a custom stylesheet for some pages in a way that the user could choose. The primary use of this custom style sheet is to change the background image.
To answer that question we must first answer the question
Why do we need anti-virus software? The answer to that question is pretty simple. Engineers tend to design things to work and then stop. The exception to this is NASA who has to plan for every possible contingency and then make sure their design will survive.…
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I’m really enjoying using Flickr.com for sharing my pictures. They have a nice interface and I can publish my photos easily from iPhoto. I do mean publish. Even though I can set access groups a limit who can see certain pictures or sets, I still am careful about what I publish.…
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