Tag Archives: howto

Avoid Edge Cases: Most Important Article of the Year

22 Dec 2006 • #code, #design, #geek, #gtd, #howto, #process, #web

If you are a web designer, or anyone that works on websites, the most important article you can read this year (and maybe even next) is “Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front” by Ben Henick

How To Install OpenSolaris on Parallels

11 Dec 2006 • #howto, #os x, #solaris

Reboot the VM, and at the grub menu, hit ‘e’ and ‘e’ again to edit the kernel boot parameters. Change the line from kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom to: kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom,atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0 From spod.cx

How to rotate virtual host logs with logadm on Solaris

17 Nov 2006 • #apache, #code, #howto, #solaris

logadm -w apache2 ‘/home/noel/domains/*/logs/{access,error}_log’ -C 30 -a ‘/opt/csw/apache2/sbin/apachectl graceful’ -p 1w -t ‘$dirname/$basename-%d.%m.%Y.log’

Getting Authdaemond To Work With Postfix On Solaris 10

9 Nov 2006 • #code, #geek, #howto, #solaris

If you get cannot connect to Courier authdaemond in /var/log/syslog just do the following: sudo chmod +x /opt/csw/var/spool/authdaemon

Aligning Objects in Illustrator

26 Oct 2006 • #geek, #howto, #illustrator

I work in Illustrator a lot when making logos (vector scaling rules!) and making business cards (again, vector scaling rules!). But I was always flustered when having to set guides for centering objects. I figured out that you don’t have … Continue reading →

Photoshop and GTD: Part 2

8 Oct 2006 • #gtd, #howto, #photoshop, #process

Background The other day, I promised you my aritcle on GTD and Photoshop – so here it is. I started RYNO Digital, with friend and (really amazing) photographer Ryan Michael Kelly. I have since sold the company to Ryan and … Continue reading →

Photoshop and GTD

2 Oct 2006 • #gtd, #howto, #photoshop

I recently spent close to two years in the New York city. During this time I dove into the world of fashion photography and subsequently retouching. I spent a large amount of time assisting other photographers. It was this connection … Continue reading →

mod_rewrite woes

20 Aug 2006 • #apache, #geek, #howto, #web

Everytime I reinstall OS X, I have to reconfigure apache (sometimes). Everytime I do that I can’t figure out why mod_rewrite isn’t working. Clagnut’s article does the trick everytime.

Install MySQL on Mac OS X Tiger, the Easy Way

17 Aug 2006 • #geek, #howto, #mysql, #os x

Download MySQL for Mac OS X. You want the “Standard” distribution. Install the both the MySQL binary package and the Startup Item (which you can disable later) as well as the Preference Pane. Open the MySQL System Preference Pane; Click … Continue reading →

geothermal is here

9 Aug 2006 • #earth, #geek, #globalwarming, #howto, #pondering

Gladwell posted an interesting story on how his father threw out his furnace in favor of geothermal heating (and cooling). It’s really interesting to know, that we have, below our very own feet, the power to heat and cool our … Continue reading →