Apr 12 by Michael Benner
That's right, I have officially gotten "Off The Windows". I had one program left that I was using in Parallels. Any guesses? Yup, the beast that is MS SQL 2005. While I have been making the move toward mySQL, legacy systems still need maintaining. So after digging around I found SQL Explorer for Eclipse. It took a bit to get it installed, so I am posting the steps here to help others looking to bring MS SQL into Eclipse.
Mar 6 by Michael Benner
Say it isn't so...I had to install XAMPP on my MacBook Pro running 10.5.2 to get Coldfusion 8 running. Yeah, I know XAMPP has Apache and mySQL, but let's be honest, it was built to make PHP easier to install. So after finishing my RAID install (see earlier post) I took this opportunity to TRY and install CF8 (which never worked for me in since Leopard). So after reading
Nov 16 by Michael Benner
One of the great things about being a father is the little conversations that spontaneously erupt with your 5 year old daughter, that shows she is very observant and has an extreme amount of wisdom in her innocence. Two days ago I had one of these conversations. Angelina came in and asked me how I was doing and if I would be going with her to dance practice that night. I said, "No, honey, it has been a rough week and I still have to get this project finished". "OK, Daddy, is that why you look so tired?" asked Angelina. "Yup, I have been up late all week working on this." To which she responded
