2008-06-09

tn3270: (Default)
2008-06-09 02:39 pm

Leopard

Really wanted proper multiple desktops on my MAC (I had been using a buggy freeware app). So... I made the plunge and upgraded to Leopard (10.5.3), and things look pretty good. The Spaces tool (Apple's name for multiple desktops) works nicely. My applications mostly work fine, but I have encountered two problems:

1) My local Apache web server with PHP did not work after the upgrade, and took some fiddling. This article on PHP and Leopard was very helpful. The good news is that Apple is now shipping PHP 5, instead of 4 (which came with Tiger). I had to manually upgrade Tiger to use PHP 5.

2) My local MySQL is having issues, I have not had a chance to debug that yet.

In general, it was a smooth process.
tn3270: (Default)
2008-06-09 07:45 pm

Let's do the time warp

Just got a "shipped via UPS" email from Amazon for a recent order. The UPS shipping status says "Delivered" on 12/20/2006. I think they reuse tracking numbers, and do not clear out whatever database the web package tracker queries.