Category Archives: Mac OS X

Let’s say you have a single file (a mysql dump) containing the output of multiple database backups… and you want to split them out into individual files. Input fil: # MySQL dump 7.1 # # Host: localhost Database: Purchase_Tracking # … Continue reading →

Rarcrack is an open source rar file password cracker.  Use it when you’ve forgotten the password you put on a rar or zip file.  The current version (0.2) doesn’t work flawlessly on Ubuntu, so follow these steps. 1. Download the … Continue reading →

Scribd is a great service, offering PDF downloads of a variety of content.  Unfortunately there is an ugly 8 digit (random?) number prefixed on each file downloaded. 47432750-Book-Name-Whatever.pdf 47501680-Another-Book-Name.pdf 47502885-Yet-Another-Book-Name.pdf It’s not descriptive, and it makes alphabetic sorting of the … Continue reading →

One of the great features of the iPhone is the ability to load PDF files into the iBooks application… why lug paper around when you can have a huge amount of reading material right on your phone? One of the … Continue reading →

Turnkey Linux offers a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) appliance – an ISO or VM to install or create a pre-configured Linux based web server.  The install is very streamlined offering minimal bloat, as well as many other advantages: pre-installed … Continue reading →