Browsing archives for 'Apple'

Experiences with the iPhone and Internet Tethering

Apple 20 February 2010 | 23 Comments

The last couple of weeks, I have had to use the Internet Tethering function that comes with the iPhone. During the course of this time, I made some interesting experiences that I would like to share. Phone Calls There is one thing I learned the hard way when I enabled Internet Tethering and wished that [...]

Setting up Apache2, PHP and MySQL on MacOS X – the easy way

Apple,Development,open source 23 January 2010 | 162 Comments

Today I set out to get MySQL and PHP setup on my MacBook Pro. Since Apache2 already comes with MacOS X (mine is Snow Leopard and yours should be too!). Now, the funny thing is that I first searched on the web how to best install PHP and MySQL. Surely, I came across MAMP (a [...]

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A petition to Apple to drop AT & T

Apple 18 August 2009 | 8 Comments

Thought this to be quite useful for my American friends.

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Apple or not – that is the question

Apple,Internet Zeitgeist 12 August 2009 | 1 Comment

The recent eMail von Jason Calacanis and his blog post entitled “The Case against Apple in five Parts” brought a little up stir in the Apple world. The recent reply came from Marco.  You can read their back and forth on Jason’s take on Apple and make up your own mind. I have read all [...]

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Setting the correct Java version under MacOS X

Apple,CFML,Development,open source 1 August 2009 | 4,209 Comments

My favorite scripting language is CFML, or as some know it as ColdFusion. I like it because it is very very powerful, easy to use and can do just about everything your xyz language can do. For many years, ColdFusion was a closed sourced system, where the former Macromedia and now Adobe got the copyright [...]

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Reading books on the iPhone

Apple,Personal 3 May 2009 | 1,297 Comments

I love to read. I like to get as much knowledge as possible into my system. So far, I have been an “old style” book reader, meaning I actually bought a book in paper form and read it. But in the light of a greener environment and saving trees I wanted to go more into [...]

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The almost perfect sound and TV setup

Apple 1 March 2009 | 2 Comments

I am a huge fan of making my life “simple” and not complicated. After all, life around us is already complicated with all that is going on, so why bother taking it home, right? That is also one of the reasons, why I use Apple Hardware and, to some extend, Apple Software. Not that I [...]

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Apple Mail problems and how to fix it

Apple 22 February 2009 | 232 Comments

Usually, I’m a happy camper with my MacOS X and with the built in applications (not that I use them a lot, but when I do I like how well they are built and “feel”). The only application I use a lot of the built in applications is Apple Mail. Lately, Apple Mail, has been [...]

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HTML5 will make web applications fly

Apple,Development,efficiency 19 February 2009 | 54 Comments

The fifth major revision of the HTML markup language (HTML5) brings some real power to web applications and will close the bridge for Online/Offline application. As an example, Google has just showcased how they would leverage the power of HTML5 with the integrated database and Caching with the use of their famous GMail service. Since [...]

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Stay in Sync with Google, iPhone and your Mac

Apple,efficiency 16 February 2009 | 25 Comments

The other day I posted about “Exchange, Kerio, Zimbra and Google or the Quest for the perfect Collaboration Tool“. In that post, one of the main goals was how to keep all your eMails & Calendar entries up to date on different devices. Today, I want to share my experience with Google Apps (eMail & [...]

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