Archive for the OS X category:

The OS that has solved all my problems. I used to be a Windows admin person for a small company, who used Linux at home, and wished for an OS that was like Linux but could run PhotoShop - enter OS X.

Combo Pack: CakePHP and Leopard Virtual Hosts

Posted April 4th @ 3:52 pm  |  Filed in: Apache, OS X, PHP

A bit about CakePHP, but more about getting several virtual hosts/domains up and running on Leopard. For example, you can setup www.testsite1.dev and www.testsite2.dev with full PHP/MySQL database-driven goodness.

Using BBEdit’s Update Document Feature

Posted April 2nd @ 9:50 am  |  Filed in: General Code, OS X

When you find yourself updating the same static HTML files over and over again, like with a newsletter, BBEdit’s templating feature can really save you time and your clients money. Here’s an example of the process I use with a bi-weekly HTML newsletter I do.

Textmate & Running Python Scripts in Interactive Mode

Posted March 24th @ 6:11 pm  |  Filed in: OS X, Python

So yeah, as I check out Emacs, I also checkout things in Textmate that I might not know about, and I’m learning that Textmate can do *lots* more cool stuff than I thought it could. One of those is (yes!) Textmate does have Python debugging built in (both PyCheckMate as well as the standard Python […]

Building Emacs on Leopard: emacs osx make: *** [src] Error 2

Posted March 22nd @ 1:58 pm  |  Filed in: OS X

Trouble with installing Emacs on Leopard? This may help.

Getting MySQL-python Running on Leopard

Posted February 27th @ 11:38 am  |  Filed in: OS X, Python

As I pursue my python adventures, I of course wanted to learn how to do one of the things I do most - pull data out of MySQL. It seems the simplest way to start doing that is Python is to use MySQL-Python. So, after a downloading the package from SourceForge, and following the […]

Clean File Names with Automater

Posted February 18th @ 3:53 pm  |  Filed in: OS X

Every web developer knows how it goes - now matter how many times you tell your clients not to includes spaces, slashes, etc. in the files they want posted on their website, they do it anyways - it’s part of the deadline-driven work flow. Let’s take a basic look at how to fix this easily […]

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