RasterWeb!One more GUI app in the SQL space, Aqua Data Studio:
Aqua Data Studio is a SQL editor and developer tool that allows developers to easily create, edit, and execute SQL scripts, as well as browse database structures.
It’s Java based. I gave it a try, and it does have a number of nice features, but it seems to want to get all the results from a query before returning anything, which made it difficult to use SELECT * FROM FOO on large tables to quickly get a peek at the data…
I actually came across a page that displayed to me what you see below:
Please Upgrade Your Browser.
We have detected that your browser will not display this site properly.
Click on a link below to download the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer for free
– IBM PC Users
– Mac Users
Note to 56K modem users: The download will take approximately 1 hour.To view our site, you will need to upgrade to one of the following browsers:
– Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above
– Netscape 6 or aboveAlso, JavaScript must be enabled for this site to display properly.
Click here to use the Old [Name Deleted] Web Site
Cool! I’ll check back in about an hour or so… I suppose I can use the Old site while I’m waiting…
I don’t even think OS2 users would call themselves IBM PC Users.
Note that I’m using Mozilla 1.3a. It’s impossible to ‘upgrade’ to Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 6 as those would be considered downgrades.
Happy Birthday Madeline!
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…
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!