Enable IP forwarding using an AppleScript

MacOSXHints.com

If you use your Mac as an intermediate machine to provide Internet access or other network services, you could have the need to enable the IP forwarding. I looked through the web to check how could I enable or disable this ability, which is disabled by…

15 April 2010

WebKit2 and WebKitGTK+

Planet GNOME

So you’ve seen people talking about WebKit2, perhaps have seen someone claiming it “drops support for Linux“, and you’ve been wondering what the hell that means for WebKitGTK+. Well, welcome to the preemptive Q&A section with WebKitGTK+ maintainers =D.…

15 April 2010

Append a new random quote to the end of a Mail signature

MacOSXHints.com

Here's an AppleScript that will append a new random quote from a text file to some or all of your Mail.app signatures every minute, using crontab. I've included somewhat detailed instructions on how to set the whole thing up. First put your favorite…

14 April 2010

xtrabackup-1.2

MySQL Performance Blog

The notice is hereby given that next version 1.2 of XtraBackup software is released. The list of changes in this version includes: Changelog: The binary packages for as well as source code of the XtraBackup is available on…

13 April 2010

10.6: Show confirmation dialog before iCal sends notifications

MacOSXHints.com

It seems there's no official way to prevent iCal from sending mails whenever an event is accepted, denied, changed, or created with invitations. I sometimes forward team events from my work computer to my private Mac, and as I already accepted them on my…

12 April 2010

How to know if you’re updating Slave you should not ?

MySQL Performance Blog

When replication runs out of sync first question you often ask is if someone could be writing to the slave. Of course there is read_only setting which is good to set in the slave but it is not set always and also users with SUPER privilege bypass it. …

12 April 2010

WebKit2 API Layer Brings Split-Process Model

Slashdot

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Anders Carlsson and Sam Weinig over at Apple just announced WebKit2, a rework of the WebKit engine that powers Chrome and Safari. This new version of WebKit incorporates the same style of split-process model that provides…

10 April 2010

Rebuilding MySQL with same options

MySQL Performance Blog

Every so often I am working on the system with custom compiled MySQL. How to upgrade to the new MySQL Options while preserving as much of original compilation options as possible if original build scripts are not available ? MySQL distribution has a…

9 April 2010

hacksugar: Using your iPad as a second monitor

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Filed under: iPad Looking for a novel way to put your iPad to work? How about using it as a second monitor for your desktop? Last week, I got a first look at iDisplay. It offers a system hack that extends your desktop space onto your iPad or iPhone. One…

9 April 2010