m2cw – my 2 cents worth

here is a very, very interesting hint for future os upgrades: robg on how to make sure php, mysql and other unix stuff gets upgraded

here is a how-to for bit torrent

check out this page for some of the most amazing charts:Karl Hartig

unfortunately they all end before 2000! it would be cool to have some of them updated!

i was having an annoying postfix error in my log files:

Mail[260] Unhandled response to command STATUS: * NO Mailbox vulnerable – directory /var/mail must have 1777 protection

the solution: i changed the chmod attributes to 1777! (according to the guys at pine, makers of postfix, it makes no difference! for me it does as it doesn’t fill up my logfile with entries every 5 minutes!)

fire up that terminal and type:
cd /var/
sudo chmod 1777 mail
type in your password and it should work!

update: the only problem: after a “repair permissions” you have to do it again! i guess i will have to install a cron job… stay tuned…

update: i used lingon, the software that lets you edit cron/launchd jobs! with the assistant it was easy to set up a job that must be run at a specific time (5:30 am) as root user with the command chmod 1777 /var/mail. now i only need to wait and see if it really works tonight! 😉

interesting post on productive meetings

interesting post about 10 reasons why user-experience is hot and features are not: new laws of digital technology

here is how i changed the cron files in mac os x 10.4.5.: because the httpd log files were rotated every week, webalizer only had a weeks worth of data in the statistics. thus i had to change the log rotation to monthly.

i copied the rotation bit out of the weekly maintenance script (/etc/weekly) into the monthly script (/etc/monthly).

now webalizer should have data for the whole month and the log files of the webserver will be rotated each first of the month!

from macdailynews:

Apple now worth more than Dell

Friday, January 13, 2006 – 04:14 PM EST

On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple Computer, Dell founder and then CEO Michael Dell stood before a crowd of several thousand IT executives and answered flippantly, “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.”

A little more than a month later, on November 10, 1997, new Apple iCEO Steve Jobs responded, speaking in front of an image of Michael Dell’s bulls-eye covered face, “We’re coming after you, you’re in our sights.”

Today, after a little more than eight years of hard work, Apple Computer, Inc. passed Dell, Inc. in market value. That’s right, at market close Apple Computer ($72,132,428,843) is now worth more than Dell ($71,970,702,760).

Got any snappy retorts for that one, Mr. Dell?

Luckily, Apple has had the right man in charge since July 1997; a man with the vision and the ability to do what lesser men think impossible.

update: these numbers from Om Malik are even better.

from Michael S. Malone from ABC News:

“But whatever the real story, this new marriage between Intel and Apple is very good news indeed, for it finally brings together the best processor with the best operating system, inside the best PC packaging. And that has to be cause for rejoicing. Apple may have the soul of a police state

from canon website

How do I use iPhoto to create borderless 4″ x 6″ prints?

To use iPhoto to create borderless prints, please follow all of the steps below:

While logged in as an Administrator, install Canon version 1.60 printer drivers onto your computer (with Mac OS X v10.2 or later as the operating system) and select the appropriate printer as the default.
Launch iPhoto.
From iPhoto, select and open the image you wish to print. (Please refer to the Apple web site for instructions on how to use iPhoto.)
When you are ready to make a print, select from the “Menu Bar” “File: Page Setup”.
The “Page Setup” dialog will appear.
Select the following settings:
Settings: Page Attributes
Format for: select the Canon printer you wish to use
Paper Size: 4×6 (borderless)
Orientation: select the matching orientation
Scale: select the appropriate scale
Select “OK” and the “Page Setup” dialog will close.
From iPhoto, from within the “Constrain” section of the browser window, select from the pull-down menu (i.e., the button directly above the “Constrain” label) either “4×6” or “4×6 Portrait”. Then, using your mouse cursor, mouse-over the image and when the “Cross-Hairs” are over the upper left-hand corner of the portion of the image you wish to print, click and drag from the left to the right in a downwardly diagonal motion, releasing the click at the end of the image selection.
Click the Crop button.
From the “Menu Bar”, select “File: Print”, select your options, then select “Print”.
This selection, revealed in the iPhoto window will now print as a borderless, 4×6 print.