...and no, I don’t want an orange puppy to help me find my files, thank you.

I mean, is it burying it’s own shit or digging up another dogs faeces? Yeuch.

Ok, this is all over the web and has been for a little while but it still makes me laugh. So in case you haven’t seen it check the links below for three videos showcasing those innovative Vista features. The audio is from Bill Gates Keynote Address at CES Jan 2006, the [...]

If you, like me, run PHP and mySQL on your Mac, you may have had problems with MySQL after the 10.4.4 or 10.4.5 upgrades.

I first noticed this when I could not use phpMyAdmin to connect ot mySQL, even though mySQL was running fine. The problem was reported as…

Can’t connect to local MySQL server through [...]

I know, I know, it’s only beta this still made me laugh – a lot.

Update: Ho hum, they removed the picture, you’ll just have to use your imagination as to what could be so funny about Windows Vista. Post your imaginative thoughts below! I’m waiting…

Update 2: I have it, finally! Nothing but [...]

Ever needed to find out what you wrote when you replied to an email?

It’s easy.

In your incoming mailbox you should have a column (with a dot at the top) indicating emails with replies with a little icon (showing a left pointing curly arrow).

If you move over this icon it will highlight.

Now [...]

You know, I really try hard to not come across as some kind of Mac zealot, and conversely, a Microsoft basher. One has to keep this kind of thing relative, in proportion, but I do use computers an awful lot in my job.

But this is about choices, and education, and there comes a point [...]