Shane | 
11 21st, 2008| 
sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5 --with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config
This worked for me with mysql installed via macports by the command:
sudo port install mysql5 +server
From Code Intensity.
- TextMate - Programmer’s text editor
- 1Password - secure password and information manager that integrates into your browser(s)
- AppZapper - clean up behind software you decide to axe
- Boot Camp - Yeah, there’s still some Windows apps I use. (built into OSX)
- Camouflage - hide those pesky desktop icons for focus and clarity
- CoverSutra - iTunes tool for keyboard shortcuts, album artwork, Spotlight-like search, and Last.FM integration
- Cyberduck - FTP/SFTP client with drag-and-drop and Growl notifications
- Firefox 3.0 - only in release candidate status, but already a contender to finally replace Safari
- Fluid - turn any website into a .app
- Handbrake - DVD-ripping tool for converting DVDs to digital video files for your iPod, AppleTV, XBMC, etc.
- iStat Menus - monitor your CPU, memory, and network usage in your menu bar
- MacPorts - install Unix/linux tools using a tool similar to apt-get
- NeoOffice - good, free replacement for the slow and bloated MS Office
- Parallels Desktop - run Windows or Linux inside OSX
- SquidMan - run the Squid HTTP caching proxy on OSX
- SuperDuper / Carbon Copy Cloner - great backup tool
- ted - Torrent episode downloader - track your favorite TV shows!
- Time Machine - great, simple, configure-and-forget backup solution (built into OSX)
- Twitterific - Twitter client
- WhatSize / GrandPerspective - a graphical overview of what’s eating up all your harddrive space (hint: pr0n.)
- Adium Multi-protocol IM client; supports AIM, Yahoo, MSN, MySpace, Google Talk, and loads more.
- Growl pop-up notifications for anything and everything
- Safari - included with OSX
- Mail and Address Book- included with OSX
- Quicksilver keyboard-based launcher; hard to explain what it does, but useful as all hell
- Firefox browser, though I don’t use it nearly as much on OSX because of Safari
- Schoolhouse homework manager or iProcrastinate
- Colloquy IRC chat client
- Google Mail notifier
- iBackup
- NetNewsWire RSS reader
- Skim PDF reader (Preview is good, Skim is better)
- The Unarchiver for zips, rars, aces, etc.
- Transmission bittorrent client
- VLC media player for files Quicktime won’t handle
My SFF server machine has been configured to speed up my digital life. Read the rest of this entry »
In the pursuit of utilizing memcached on my 2008 MacBook with Leopard, I’ve been stuck for a while trying to get the memcached gem to compile and install properly using memcached installed through MacPorts.
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Recently I picked up a 13″ MacBook that I have upgraded some. It’s got Leopard, and I used Time Machine to restore all my settings and software from my now-neglected iMac.
The settings transferred included some for Spaces. Now, I tried Spaces and didn’t find it that useful, so I disabled it. But I didn’t clear out any preferences for it.
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