Archive for June, 2004

Digital Camera

Well, I’m finally thinking about getting a digital camera. Not quite sure if I want one, but seriously thinking about it. Could be a fun toy. Saw this one. I’m wondering if anyone has it, and what they think of it? Good/Bad? Better recommendation?
Might be fun to [...]

Oracle 9i and Jaguar

Anyone successfully install Oracle 9i Database Release 2 on Mac OS X 10.2.8 Jaguar?
Tried today at work with no success
I’m looking at:
http://otn.oracle.com/pub/articles/rohrer_macosx.html
All goes good until you run that script (createDb). Runs in .0001 sec with no output.
Apparantly the script craps out at:

Bash [Show Styled Code]:

cat < <__EOF__ >${WORK_DIR}/init${ORACLE_SID}.ora

Bash [Show Plain [...]

Are you plugged in?

Well apparently Mozilla Foundation, Apple, Macromedia, Opera and Sun Microsystems are plugging in to new plugins.
Great news. A step towards the next generation of plugins. As much as we hate them, they are a way of life on the web. Might as well make them good.

There are some among us

Who sport a new(ish) UserAgent:
Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; de-AT; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040618 Netscape/7.2.
I’m apparently not the only one.
I guess we shall be seeing it soon. I’m curious what’s bundled with it, and if there are any Netscape tweaks.

Mac OS X Address Book for Thunderbird

It should be great to read the Mac OS X Address Book from within Mozilla/Thunderbird. This patch is really a big leap for Mac OS X Thunderbird users. Thunderbird so far hasn’t had many of the integration features for the Mac like it has for the PC (mainly MAPI). So this is [...]

Ben answers

This infinite restart bug was driving me crazy the other day. Looks like Ben has found it. And it’s not to widespread. Only nightly users.
Ugh. What a pain that bug was. Made me not use 0.9 at work. But only that system was hit by that bug. My [...]

Make me laugh for a Gmail account

Ok, well I have a few Gmail accounts to give away, but I want to have fun. So here’s your mission:
Make me laugh
Rules (must read before attempting this contest)
I decide. Simple as that, 100% up to me. That’s the way it goes.
USE THE COMMENTS FORM… unless…
If your going to say something that [...]

I’m back

I’m back from a week in Florida. Good relaxation, no computers, no code, no internet, no server issues, no geeky stuff, just fun in the sun (and occasional rain).
But I did do one thing quite geeky… got to ride a Segway. Takes a few minutes to learn to trust it (it’s more powerful [...]

Gmail Reply

I asked about getting SMIME support. Here’s the reply I got:
Hello,
Thank you for your suggestion regarding SMIME support — we are forwarding it to the appropriate team for review. We certainly appreciate hearing from Gmail users and encourage you to continue to let us know how we can improve the Gmail experience.
You might be [...]

Nokia paying for Minimo

This article may be the best press yet for Mozilla. A great review of what Mozilla was/is/misconceptions/roadmap.
Must read, especially if you read this blog.