Thursday 20 November 2008

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Wholly deserved demise

It’s bad enough that so many people watch this crap. It’s worse that so many people spend so much time talking about it. It’s a disgrace that this is apparently the most important thing in the world today.

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In Misc on 20 November 2008. 4 comments. Permalink

DBD::mysql on Leopard with _mysql_init errors

It was over four years ago that I first had problems installing the DBD::mysql Perl module on Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Some things don’t change for the better and I spent most of this afternoon struggling to get up and running DBD::mysql on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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In Movable Type, Web Development on 20 November 2008. 2 comments. Permalink

20 Nov 2008 at Twitter

  • 09:44am: Haven't felt 100% for a couple of weeks now: groggy with sore throat. DESPITE new shoes. Weird.
  • 04:55pm: How can it still be this hard to get DBD::mysql working on a Mac. "Symbol not found: _mysql_init" Why's it always so hard?
  • 07:02pm: Idly wondering about entirely ditching Movable Type for WordPress just so I never, ever have to wrestle with Perl again.
  • 07:12pm: @plasticbagUK I fear I'm way too locked in to actually make the switch -- many blogs and many, many templates -- but nngghhhh....
  • 08:54pm: Upstairs. Noticed the computer downstairs was online. Wondered why. Realised it woke itself up to record 'The Daily Show'. Clever thing.