Early last year (2005) I installed MySQL on OS X.  I was recently faced with the task again and realized I’d completely forgotten everything I did.  I just wanted to point out a couple of handy links for accomplishing this task:
http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/osdb.html
http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week108/monday.ws
The first link discusses installing from source while the second directs you to the binary [...]

This morning a good friend of mine invited me to watch a Dallas building get demolished. Unfortunately I didn’t get to witness the event in person, but was able to catch it on channel 5 news. Luckily I was able to Tivo the implosion and am posting it here for your enjoyment.
The implosion took [...]

It’s been a good while since I’ve imported data into mysql using the command line.  In the past I’ve used the load data infile syntax, but this time decided to use the mysqlimport client instead.  The raw data from the csv file looked like the following:
“Microsoft”, “MSFT”
“Macromedia”, “MACR”
“Google”, “GOOG”
and to actually parse this data and [...]

I stumbled across this ZDNet article talking about the beta versions of Microsoft’s next generation of designer tools.  While I’m a huge fan of Macromedia’s and Adobe’s web tools, I decided to download Microsoft’s Expression Graphic Designer.  It seems to be very functional and have all the sorts of features you’d expect in a graphics [...]

I recently posted about extracting jpeg frames from video files. I received an email from a reader who was having problems with the singlejpeg argument. It turns out that the latest version of FFmpeg doesn’t support this argument, which has now been replaced by mjpeg. I haven’t had the opportunity to upgrade, [...]

I really don’t understand blog spam. For that matter I don’t really understand spam. I know what it means, but I can’t seem to believe that it’s the least bit effective. Maybe I’m not the ideal spam recipient, but I’ve never talked to anyone that’s fallen into a spam scam.
A major problem I dealt with [...]

I recently posted about SensorLogic receiving another round of funding.  I was led to believe this from the following Dallas BizJournal article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/01/09/story6.html
It turns out that the article is completely inaccurate and that the initial round was completed at $11 million.  Thanks to Ray for clearing that up.

After much trial and error I’ve finally figured out how to extract a specfic frame from a video file using FFmpeg. The command to accomplish this looks like:
ffmpeg -i swing.avi -ss 6.0 -t 0.001 -y -f singlejpeg swing.jpg
While I’m not sure how to specify an exact frame number, you can specify a start time [...]

I recently posted abut pulling PNGs from video files using FFmpeg. Since then I’ve received a few emails about doing the same for JPGs as well as exporting files at a certain frame. While I’ve figured out to achieve the former, I’m completely baffled with the latter. To extract the jpg frame you can use [...]

If you haven’t seen one of the new Mac Intel ads then check it out:
http://www.apple.com/intel/ads/
The new MacBook Pro looks nice and almost makes me regret getting my PowerBook earlier this year.  I figure I’ll be do for an upgrade in about a year.  In the meantime it will be interesting to see if the new [...]