Macs
Make Your MacBook Pro Scream
I have a late 2008 15″ MacBook Pro – the first of the unibody models. It’s got 4GB RAM, and it’s an amazing machine. But like anything I’ve had for more than a year, it’s starting to feel a little slower than I remember. A fresh installation of Leopard always helps, and although defragging hard [...]
Sending Yourself a Bill
I’ve been using Billings for about a year now. It’s a great OSX application for managing clients, projects, and invoices. It’s currently $40, and for the price, it has saved me enough time to be worth it. On the downside, I’ve found it to be less than intuitive on occasion, and I’ve [...]
Querious – MySQL Client for OSX
This is for Mac people only – sorry Windows friends. I’ve been looking for this for a while. Now, I’m pretty hard core, but I’m not hard-core enough to use the command line for all my interactions with MySQL. If you’ve been using the MySQL Query Browser that can be downloaded form mysql.org, you probably know that it will crash if you breathe on it. I’ve looked at a few of the clients that have come out for MySQL, but none have made me want to shell out money to replace what I had.
My Mac Mini @ Macminicolo
There are thousands of web hosting / co-location services out there, but as far as I know, there are none that will co-locate a server that can be shipped in a shoebox, and will treat it like it belongs in a rack, next to the big boys.
Macminicolo.net does just that. You send them a Mac [...]