Tag Archives: mac os x

Mac OS X Hosting Unleashed

I cov­ered Mac OS X web host­ing before when I wrote about installing Medi­aWiki on Mac OS X, but in that tuto­r­ial, I used XAMPP, a pre­con­fig­ured Server Bun­dle, instead of the exist­ing Apache instal­la­tion that all Mac OS X instal­la­tions have by default. At the time, I was some­what unaware of all the soft­ware that comes with Mac OS X. As a cour­tesy to fel­low new­bie Mac-​​based devel­op­ers like myself, I have included a list of bun­dled software.

UNIX or Not? Installing MediaWiki on Mac OS X

I’ve been tak­ing notes on my Mac­Book using a local Medi­aWiki instal­la­tion (there’s a pub­lic ver­sion at http://​notes​.kom​put​er​wiz​.net:8000). Here’s a list of the nec­es­sary pack­ages: Apache, MySQL, PHP, ImageMag­ick, LaTeX, Inkscape, Medi­aWiki, OCaml, Make, and G++ Note that I’m run­ning these pack­ages on Mac OS X. Also note that they are GNU Linux pack­ages. (If

The Ultimate Hypocrisy

Remem­ber that post in which I described my absolute despise for Apple and all Apple prod­ucts (par­tic­u­larly the Safari web browser)? Well, God has a sense of humor: Not only has Safari become my favorite browser, but I have also adopted a Mac­Book Pro for my mobile com­put­ing needs. I was even using an iPhone

Language Learning Time!

Sum­mer time is the per­fect time to learn a new lan­guage, but which should I learn? Help me decide by vot­ing for Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JSP, Bash, C++, Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, Android, or make your own suggestion.