A Better Week for AAPL

by David on April 28, 2013

It looks like a better week for AAPL stock. After months of decline, an encouraging week once in a while surely helps the psyche!

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Binlog has bad magic number (mysql error)

by David on November 20, 2012

My MySql server had the following lines in the error log:

121119 22:50:57  mysqld started
121119 22:50:57  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655
121119 22:50:57 [ERROR] Binlog has bad magic number;  It's not a binary log file that can be used by this version of MySQL
121119 22:50:57 [ERROR] Can't init tc log
121119 22:50:57 [ERROR] Aborting

I fixed the problem by renaming the mysql-bin.index file:

mv mysql-bin.index mysql-bin.index-corrupt

This essentially takes the corrupt mysql-bin.index file out of service, causing mysql to create new one. All I can figure is that the original one got corrupted somehow. I really don’t have time to poke around and find out why today. Hope this helps somebody.

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Mountain Lion: My New Favorite OS X

July 26, 2012

In a rare instance of early adoption, I downloaded and installed OS X Mountain Lion on the day it was released (July 25, 2012). A little history: It took me two months to buy the first iPhone. (I wanted to make sure I could trust the then-new technology). I waited a few weeks for the [...]

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Having Trouble Printing FedEx Labels?

October 4, 2011

Are you having trouble printing FedEx labels? Does it seem to take forever to print, if it prints at all? Try this: Turn off “Print Backgrounds” by unchecking the box (this example is from a Mac computer). By unchecking this, the busy (but nearly invisible) background doesn’t get sent to the printer and your label [...]

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Wacom’s Inkling. I might want one.

August 30, 2011

This product just popped up on my radar screen, thanks to a friend on Twitter. See the video, then decide if it’s right for you. I really like the idea of sketching anywhere and exporting it directly into “Adobe® Photoshop®, Illustrator® (CS3+), Autodesk® Sketchbook® Pro (2011+) or Autodesk® Sketchbook® Designer.” (quote from Wacom’s website).

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