Month: January 2003

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MySQL, YourSQL…

Got MySQL on Mac OS X?

YourSQL might prove useful…

YourSQL is intended as the iApp of MySQL clients.

Like Fugu, YourSQL puts a nice friendly face in the form of a GUI on top of the scary command line. Well, the command line isn’t scary to me, but to some people it is, and these tools provide something that has often been missing in unix, an easy to use, graphical front-end. More and more I think we’re seeing the power of unix merged with the environment Apple has provided in OS X. It can only get better…

For those not using Mac OS X, or those who prefer a browser-based tool (and have PHP handy) there’s always phpMyAdmin for MySQL database dealings…

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The Crazy Ones…

Does anyone besides me remember when computer nerds and jocks were two different groups? Hmmm…

Anyway, for Maddy’s birthday we went to the Build-A-Bear Workshop, which is a place that little girls like. She made a bunny and got some clothes for it to wear, because, you know, you can’t have a naked bunny now, can you?

After the bunny-making we stopped by Libby Lu which is another store that little girls like. It’s a very girly store. The employees (all girls) wear fairy wings and dance and sing when it’s someone’s birthday. This is the first time I’ve had to wait for an employee to finish dancing to make a purchase.

That was all a whole lot of fun, but we then headed over to the store that kids love the best, yes, the Apple Store! While I asked one of the geniuses about external CD burners (for my brother-in-law), and possible firmware updates for my Wallstreet, the kids enjoyed the games in the kids area, just as I knew they would. This was actually the hardest store to get the kids to leave. It makes me proud… I promised to bring them back another day.

Oh, when I was talking to the genius, he told me he had a Wallstreet, until someone puked on it. He was in college at the time, and there was this high-school kid staying with him, and… well, you know…

The guy waiting next to me at the Genius Bar said I got a Titanium PowerBook about 4 months ago… I’m a switcher… which I found amusing. Does Apple make “I’m a Switcher” shirts, it could be a popular item?

Damn Superbowl messed up the whole ABC schedule, putting Alias on later than usual, thanks for nothing you dang football watchers…

I did see an Apple commercial with that little short guy, and the really tall guy, and I believe it was narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Ah, now that’s what I like to see. Apple is still saying, “Hey, our products are for freaks! Look at these freaks! They choose Apple!” And yes, that includes Jeff Goldblum. He’s a freak as well. And I’m not using freak in a derogatory way, but you football-lovin’ superbowl-watchin’ people just wouldn’t understand…

Peace! I’m outta here!

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Fugu for SFTP

Fugu is a Mac OS X SFTP, SCP and SSH frontend. It appears to (more or less) be open source since you can use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose… or so says the copyright file included with it. You can even get the source via CVS.

Since I’m using a new host without SCP access, SFTP will have to do…

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Planet of the (Carrot Eating) Apes

I’m sure you know by now that we will soon have no bananas. This is of course disturbing. As you know, in the future we had planned to make apes into servants, sure, some people will say they will be slaves, but really they will be servants. Now it was widely believed that our mistreatment of the servants/apes will lead them to uprise and revolt against us, eventually leading to what is commonly referred to as a Planet of the Apes, where apes will rule over man.

Leading scientists and computer programmers have always held that this is what will happen. Without a doubt.

But… it seems that the whole running out of bananas thing will prevent that. The servants thing I mean. Obviously the apes will uprise and revolt against us when we run out of bananas, and we’ll never even get to have apes as servants. No, your butler won’t be named ‘bubbles’ and bring you a bottle of water while swinging from the chandelier with his tail, instead you’ll be the one with the lobotomy bringing the ape-overloads oranges and carrots.

Honestly, carrots? Sure, imagine going to the zoo of the future and seeing a bunch of monkeys sitting around eating carrots. They won’t stand for it.

Mark my words… our days are numbered…

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Premiumism

Mark has an interesting approach at generating revenue through premium services, but here at RasterWeb! we plan on implementing a different approach. We plan on providing the same old content – nothing new or special or groundbreaking – and it’ll only cost one US dollar per day. What a deal! You get all the same stuff and no fancy ‘extras’ or ‘bonus’ material to distract you!

I know what you’re saying, How can we do this, How can the folks behind RasterWeb! afford to pay every reader one US dollar per day just to read the RasterWeb! web site? Well, honestly, we haven’t quite worked that out yet, but know this – we put you, the reader, first. Well, second anyway. Ok, you’re in the top 5 for sure…

So check your mailbox, your one US dollars should start appearing shortly. If they don’t it’s obviously mean that either you’re not actually reading RasterWeb! or we don’t have your personal information on file. If we don’t have your personal information on file just keep waiting, once we get all your personal information on file you’ll be placed on the waiting list for your one US dollars. You should start to see your one US dollars appear no later that 2038.

So basically:

  1. We provide content
  2. You read the content
  3. Profit! (for you, the reader!)

It can’t go wrogn!