Archive for June, 2008

Software Development, Visualized

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code_swarm is a fantastic application that visualises software projects over a period of time by analysing their code repositories. It aims to show in a graphical manner the users working on a project, and the number of files committed. Some great example videos are available, including a video of the Apache webserver project. code_swarm

Firefox 3 released: still looks dodgy on Mac

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Using Firefox 3 is really a different experience from using OS X. It’s not Windows, it’s not OS X and it’s not Linux. It’s something else. Firefox 3 brings Ugliness to the Mac Firefox 3 download

To upgrade or not to upgrade?

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John Gruber on the iPhone upgrade dilemma: So what it boils down to is whether you think it’s worth $199 up front — plus $15 extra per month for the new data plan with SMS — for faster cell network data. The iPhone 3G Upgrade Question

Fire Eagle beta invite anyone?

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I have one invite to the Fire Eagle beta to give away. Just leave a comment if you are interested. What is Fire Eagle? From the site: Fire Eagle is the secure and stylish way to share your location with sites and services online. Fire Eagle

Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk will play nicely together

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Buried deep inside the press release announcing the Yahoo-Google search advertising deal, is an interesting point about the company’s respective messenger clients: In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users.

New Blog Design

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I’ve installed a new WordPress Theme to freshen things up a bit. It’s called Spotlight and I think it’s a nice minimalist design, with enough flair to keep the page looking interesting. Let me know what you think!

Installing PEAR on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

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PEAR was removed by Apple from 10.5 for one reason or another. Here’s how to get it back: Pre-requisties Make sure you have a php.ini file in /etc/. This isn’t available by default. To create one enter the following: sudo cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini PEAR Install cd curl -O http://pear.php.net/go-pear sudo php go-pear This starts the [...]