After my work laptop was stolen and I switched to an older Mac Mini, my wi-fi internet connection would cut out frequently but somewhat intermittently.
Continue reading post "Mac DNS and wi-fi troubles"Computers & Tech posts page 9
Looks like I hit my 5GB data cap already, with maybe 9 days left.
Continue reading post "#1730"Erm, looks like Windows downloaded something like 1.5GB of updates automatically when I used my tablet for the first time in a long time. Gonna make it really hard to stay within my 5GB cap
Continue reading post "#1715"Rsync incremental snapshots
I have been using rsync for backup and other things for a long time. It has a link-dest option that allows doing incremental snapshots similar to Time Machine on Macs.
Database inheritance: Postgres?
I’ve been unhappy with the inheritance provided by PHP ORM’s I’ve looked at. In looking for something better, I discovered that Postgres has built in inheritance, because it is an object-relational database.
Continue reading post "Database inheritance: Postgres?"Not farewell Adium
In March I posted that an authentication change to AIM might break Adium for that service. The date of change came and went though and Adium continued to work.
Continue reading post "Not farewell Adium"El Capitan Macports update
Finally updated Macports on my system after updating my OS in December.
Continue reading post "El Capitan Macports update"Focus Mac OS X dialog with keyboard
Found an answer to a long standing Mac OS keyboard navigation question: How to focus a dialog window when it has lost focus.
Continue reading post "Focus Mac OS X dialog with keyboard"Farewell Adium?
Apparently, AOL Instant Messenger is changing their authentication method, which will break support for some existing clients. Adium is among them
Continue reading post "Farewell Adium?"Once again had to recover some of my Firefox tabs after an update (this happened before). I haven’t reduced my tab count since last time as planned (currently at 570). Gonna have to work on that. I think having so many makes Firefox more unstable and slow.