Dr Fragen in the operating room

Andy Fragen

  • Exporting and importing

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    [Matt’s][1] done a great job with [Squib][] but I’ve been Jonesing for far too long about editing and writing posts using either [TextMate][tm] or [MarsEdit][me]. One of the few things holding me back was getting PHP and MySQL running on my friend’s IIS server. Well, that little detail is fixed and as soon as I…

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  • Fixing MySQL and phpMyAdmin

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    There seems to be a problem with how current versions of OS X store the mysql socket and how [phpMyAdmin][1] looks for it. It seems currently the socket is stored at `/tmp/mysql.sock` but phpMyAdmin is looking for it at `/var/mysql/mysql.sock`. The result is a connection error type #2002. After a lot of Googling here’s the…

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  • Coda 1.0

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    [Panic][] makes great software. I’ve been a very happy [Transmit][] user for years. They have just introduced a phenomenal looking web development app, [Coda][]. I spent about 10 minutes with it and if I could work it into my web development I’d use it. There’s always a but, isn’t there. But, I currently use a…

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  • unmount.sh Part 2

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    The unmount.sh script has been working great in testing here. I’ve added unmounting of sshfs volumes though I can’t test it ’cause I don’t have MacFUSE installed. I highly recommend running the script from a launchd process as this provides for better logging. Lingon is great for setting this up and I’ve even got a…

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  • Gracefully dismount unconnected AFP disk

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    Have you ever picked up you laptop and gone from one place to another, one net connection to another, one router to another and forgotten to unmount that AFP mounted hard disk? I have. I’ve got to say, for as much as I think OS X handles everything gracefully it really sucks at unmounting a…

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  • Get over it

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    Whatever happened to > Sticks and stones may break my bones but **names will never hurt me**. I don’t condone name-calling but I’m getting real tired of feigned indignance.

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