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I writing some PHP doing stuff to a database, in which I have a table like this... CREATE TABLE MYTABLE ( something TINYTEXT, another VARCHAR(16), created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, userID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (userID), ); And I write some PHP...

Well, I tried shopping for a new microphone today. I reside in Thailand mostly, so I tried one of those computer mega stores where everyone sells basically the same cheap junk - and the Apple reseller knows nothing about Macs. (Apparently Apple have no standards, and anyone can call themselves...

I have an unibody aluminium MacBook. (The 13 inch model - before Apple changed the specs and re-released it as a "MacBook Pro"). I've been trying to narrate a voiceover in iMovie today, and the sound quality from the internal microphone is terrible! Muffled and ringing machine noise in the...

I've just replaced the power supply for my aluminium MacBook. I plugged in the old one today, it went pop, fizz, there was a slightly electrical smoky aroma - and the maglock didn't light up. Fortunately, no damage was done to the computer. While I didn't mind spending money to get an...

I have folders of Adobe ActionScript (.as) files, but I've noticed that spotlight/search ignore the contents of these files, even though they are text-based. How do I configure spotlight/search to examine the text within these files?

Still not quite working, as I tried to warp this tutorial to work with C++, rather than C. I can use OpenGL within C++ programs? - Can't I? How?

I want to get into using OpenGL libraries in C++. Can someone get me started? I found some tutorial at http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=Mac_OS_X I've included the framework, and typed in the example. It compiles ok, but it doesn't run. I get this error-...

How do I record sound files in MacOS X ? (From the microphone to create aiff or wav files?) I can find any utilities to do this. Is there any free third-party utility I can download? The ability to edit the start and end of a file would be good too (to remove pauses). I did notice that...

Cool! that worked. Thanks

I have a new iBook. The disk drive from my old (deceased) iBook is sitting in an external enclosure, and I have been able to restore my data and applications from it. However, I want to restore get my iTunes playlists. I managed to copy over the music files - but how do I restore my playlists?

I'm familiar with Java Programming (also C++ and other languages), but I want to get into J2EE to make my skills more marketable. I've had a play with the Macs Java environment. It looks cool. I've picked up some books on JavaBeans and Enterprise programming. So what do I need to play...

I thought of cookies, but hoped there was another way. "Throttle". Well, I could mean I want to grab it by the neck and shake it - which sounds like a good idea. Actually, I just want it to pause after every 100 mails are send. My web hosts prefer that I do this. I want to write...

JavaScript question. I have a web page incorporating JavaScript, but it doesn't work when the user reloads it using the browser back button. The problem is that any variables that I set up the first time it loaded are now lost. Is there any way to prevent this? - load them into an object...

I have a couple of Scanners. A Mustek 1200 UB Plus, and an HP ScanJet 4200c (which I bought today for $5). They are both USB scanners, but I've drawn a blank obtaining appropriate drivers off the Internet. Is there any way, and drivers, or third party (preferably free) software I can use to...

Ok, I'm not allowed to close the main window. Well, I wasn't really. Well, I was opening a new window from within flash. But it all depended how I open that window: If I open the window using: getURL(url,windowname); - then the self.close() had no effect. If I open the window using...