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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 | Apache, Mac OS X, MySQL, Tutorial, Web Development, php

Apple started bundling Apache and php a while ago so why would you want to compile your own builds?

Several reasons come to mind:

  1. No need to wait for Apple to release an update.
  2. You’ll likely want some of php’s extensions (GD, Exif, PDO) that Apple doesn’t include in their build
  3. Compiling your own software is fun and will make the girls (or guys) swoon.
  4. And who knows, you might get a little street-cred from the Linux geeks.

This post will walk you through getting everything up and running.

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How nerdy of me ;-)

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 | iPhone

I just got an iPhone the other day.

iPhoto Screenshot

Spending a lot of time devouring all the app store goodies. How I managed to function on an even neadratal level without NPR Mobile, UrbanSpoon, or (and especially) iBeer is beyond me.

Old Stuff

Friday, December 5th, 2008 | chaoscontrol.org, php

Since changing things around a bit, moving to Wordpress, etc., I’ve been getting a lot of 404s and even a few wordy emails from HotScripts.com and various other sites expressing concern over invalid file links (sorry guys!).

Until things get cleaned up, I dumped the seemingly missing scripts into a directory:

http://chaoscontrol.org/wp-content/downloads/

Odds are, if you ended up here, that’s what you were looking for ;)