public service announcement I need a good database to run locally. When I Google for ‘postgreSQL OSX’ I see a lot of old posts that start with ‘download and build readline’. No wonder people still use MySQL. If you’re on a Mac use EnterpriseDBs installer. It’s up to date and you get a reasonably sane [...]
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changing the default JVM on OSX Leopard
I’ve been using a bit of Java lately, and the OSX 1.6 JVM seemed pretty stable. JRuby is the next thing on my geek list, and that runs best on Java 6. Although the 1.6 JDK was installed in the last system update, it’s not the default: hypnotoad:Desktop $ /usr/bin/java -version java version “1.5.0_13″ [...]
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This mornings WebKit nightly build rendering the Acid3 test: And look! Firefox painted me a beautiful picture too: That’s lovely, sweetheart. Guess who’s not regretting switching a couple of months back.To be fair, Opera apparently scores very highly too (both its users must be delighted).
