Why stop a geeky tradition?! Here is 2008’s travel graphs. This year I did hit the 2 full trips around the Earth. I am not sure what 2009 holds, but I had a 30% increase in travel and I only have 17% to go before it is a full 100. Here is last years stats: Travel Days for 2007
Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL: Rename root user account mysql -u root -p use mysql; update user set user=”mydbadmin” where user=”root”; flush privileges; Set the root password for database mysqladmin -u mydbadmin password ‘the-new-password’ Drop default test database mysql -u mydbadmin -p drop database test; quit; Edit the MySQL server config vi /etc/my.cnf and under [mysqld] skip-networking <– Disables network access set-variable=local-infile=0 <– prevent against unauthorized reading from local files bind-address=127.0.0.1 restart mysql /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
I LOVE SONGBIRD, but it wouldn’t recognize my iPod Shuffle. I use this one to workout and need hopping tunes to keep my miles time down. If you have an iPod that refuses to be recognized here is the fix: Connect iPod Open terminal cd /Volumes/$IPOD_NAME where IPOD_NAME is obviously the name of your iPod visible on the desktop rm -rf /Volumes/$IPOD_NAME/iPod_Control Restart Songbird Done!
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I don’t know where my computer is…death to all. The only thing that exceeds my love of Mac is my love of Linux. The reason I began using Apple products was from the consulting days of my life. I needed a machine that when I opened the lid, turned on, and began doing what I told it to do. Linux does this just spiffy, but the problem is I am fiddgity. My work machine was in a constant state of subversion dumps and compiles. A new kernel patch set? Sure why not. GIT Release of GNOME looking spiffy, download away. The problem is that when you live on the edge it is sharp. Bleeding edge releases in Linux made my laptops constant compiling machines. I tinker and therefore I Mac. ...
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. __ __Santa seldom answers your mail. __ __When you ask Santa where he gets all the stuff he’s got, he says, “Elves make it for me.” __ __Santa doesn’t care about your deadlines. __ __Your parents ascribed supernatural powers to Santa, but did all the work themselves. __ ...