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I’ve been going through phpmyadmin doing a little database optimization throughout my sites. One big surprise was massive overhead in the “wp_comments” table for this blog. “Overhead” usually comes into play when you’ve deleted something, whether it’s a WordPress post/comments, Joomla articles, etc. It’s space that’s basically empty in the database (since the stuff’s been [...]

Writing my last post got me thinking about link directories. I’ve used them in the past. I don’t anymore.   See… They’re legitimate. But they’re not very useful. At least not in the way most people try to use them. Website Traffic.

When you can’t count on HP, the Linux community is fortunately there for us Mac users. No, there are no “HP Certified” drivers. Yes, there are Mac ones. I pulled the information from a thread here. Thanks goes out to craigverse for the info. Before going any further, Leopard users seem to have a very [...]

November 6, 2009 update: I’ve taken a look at Fusion 3 vs Parallels 5. November 5, 2009 update: Parallels 5 is now out too, which also supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 3 (PS3.0). I’ll have to test it later. October 30, 2009 update: VMWare Fusion 3 has come out, which now supports DirectX 9.0c [...]

A little hiccup on my OSX86 machine… I’d double-click the regular WoW installer, and the little animation would happen, and then… nothing.After a little searching, it appears I needed what’s known as a “Carbon Library Fix”. I’m guessing it has something to do with Rosetta being a little broken or something with the iDeneb install. [...]

Situation: DS1 (Dark Star One) in Windows 7 Beta (x64) was crashing immediately upon trying to start it. This is the Steam version of the game, although the fix may apply in other situations. The Ascaron Exception Dialogue pops up with a “Walhalla Exception” and says there’s been an “Ascaron Exception Error”. If you look [...]

Grabbed DSO for $5 through Steam over the holidays. One hiccup I found was that the rest of the Stromok system was discovered, but I couldn’t get to Odia, which is pirate infested, and hence, grants an artifact when you clear it. As it turns out, you have to head to Cabracoy first and complete [...]

UPDATE: Prime 95 can now be found on the main mersenne.org site. You can find the download section (including the Mac OS X version) at http://mersenne.org/freesoft/. Anyone familiar with stress testing in Windows is probably familiar with Prime 95. Problem is, if you head to the mersenne.org website, you won’t find a link to a Mac [...]

Here’s the background. I’m a Wordpad/TextEdit kinda guy. I don’t use office suites unless I have to, and the few times I do use them, I just want to get my task done and move on to something else. I’ve got to be able to find what I want quickly which means most of the [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to slap together a Vista PC and give Microsoft’s latest Media Center a try. An HTPC is something I’ve actually thought about for awhile, and for me, something that seemed to make sense. The nicest thing about Media Center is the all-in-one aspect of things. You can use it [...]