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I was setting my computer up for a database systems class I'm taking this semester. I got to the point of getting PostgreSQL 8.1, pgAdmin III, and the JDBC drivers installed, but I couldn't figure out how to connect to the darn thing. I knew it...

I ran into a bit of a situation that was really blowing my mind. I have a rather large XML file (around 20,000+ lines) marked up in TEI that I wanted to do some transformations on (a day book and ledger from the 1850s). Essentially the code follows...

I've been playing with all the AJAX stuff that's been coming out lately. I suppose that like a lot of folks, I was creating a query, then having a generic function that created the XML in a proxy file for the JavaScript (Ray Camden has a really nice...

I ran across this on Digg under the title How to Make Firefox Over 40% Faster. While the improvement actually has nothing to do with Firefox, it does cover how to improve the CPU scaling settings. Quick breakdown... Uninstall powernowd sudo...

I've been running IE 7 beta 2 in standalone mode (so it wouldn't override my real IE installation) for a while. However, when beta 3 came there were some issues going to beta 3 because it needed to write some values to the registry and didn't assume...

It's been a while since I've written on this blog...I'm attempting to keep this one on CF. Anyway, MG Unity has come out and I have to admit that I'm REALLY glad it has. I've been working on a project with five academics from four different...

While Google Calendar has been getting most of the press these days, I noticed a few new features over at Google Scholar that were quite impressive. First, in an effort to help folks stay up-to-date on current research in a given field (their...

I'm a big fan of Rene Magritte's work (I have La trahison des images hanging in my office). I ran across this shirt, and I'm sure that Magritte would appreciate the update to his...