A heartfelt apology
While I mentioned in Not Stuck , “thanks to those concerned”, perhaps I did not illustrate clearly that I was suitability moved by the genuine concern of close friends regarding my plight, and I did really appreciate the comments and initial feedback.
Read moreUsing Vodafone UMTS in Germany
These instructions apply to the Novatel MC950D UMTS USB modem running under Mac OS/X 10.5 (Note these instructions do not apply to OS/X 10.4) 1. Software Installation You first need to install the software as supplied on CD.
Read moreUnexpected SEO results
I had need to show the official MySQL business shirt to somebody, so I did a Google Search on “mysql conference photos” (without the quotes) as I know I’ve seen photos of staff at the conference online before.
Read moreCome and get a t-shirt at UC2008
Here I am at my desk sporting the PrimeBase supporters t-shirt that will be available at the exhibitors booth at the 2008 MySQL Conference . The front is rather uneventful with the official logo, but the back will be worth the experience.
Read moreNew addition to my blog
You may have noticed some icons besides any web links such as [This][1]. I have added [Snap Shots][2] to my site. I first noticed it on [www.techcrunch.com][3] and after some analysis saw the potential.
Read moreA clarification of evil
Earlier I wrote in The Sun Download Manager is evil a subsequent generalization, and I wanted to make a clarification. I stand my by title, but not that the entire company is evil.
Read moreWhen technology just works
Today I needed to visit a medical specialist for collection of something. I had to pay $250 as my insurance did not cover. I sent a check as requested however today they had not record of receipt.
Read moreA day with Paul McCullagh – Architect of PBXT and BlobStreaming
Continuing on from my lightning visits with Jan Kneschke and Michael Zinner , today I got to spend a day with Paul McCullagh at his home in Hamburg Germany .
Read moreLimiting your result set, but getting count of all rows
In reviewing some of my notes I thought it was relevant to ensure this small MySQL gem is documented for my history purposes. Historically I’ve seen people do a complex SELECT statement twice, first to get a COUNT(*) and then to retrieve the data, perhaps in a paginated format.
Read moreThe Sun Download Manager is evil
Well, following my rather unimpressed first attempt to download Open Solaris I registered a second account and this time it worked, go figure, there must be a “annoy MySQL ex employees feature there”.
Read moreMac OS/X One Liner – Changing hostname
To change the Hostname under Mac OS/X 10.5 $ sudo scutil --set HostName servername.example.com
Read moreLearning SEO the painful way
Indeed I have a goal of launching a consolidated site of my online presence at ronaldbradford.com at some time soon, and even now I have found I’ve made some SEO 101 mistakes, just in my testing site, and my temporary placeholder.
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