Living Dead Dogs
I have no idea what category to put this in — or anything to say — it’s really good that this is happening, yes, but it’s just too freaky for words. Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 — NEWS.com.au (27–06-2005)
Cool Bionic Arm!
This article talks all about how much progress is being made on artificial limbs. There’s actually a limb right now that can do a rudimentary amount of “feeling” and motion by brain control is just on the horizon. Too cool.
A DARK Day in America
The Supreme Court ruled today in this article: Justices, 5–4, Back Seizure of Property for Development — New York Times that the government can just ring your doorbell, take your property and tell you to leave because a corporation larger than you wants to use your land. Have a nice day.
How to Re-initialize MySQL
Marc Liyanage — Software — Mac OS X Packages — MySQL
Database Re-Initialization
Sometimes the scripts in the installer package do not work correctly, preventing the startup of the database server. Sometimes you need to reinitialize for other reasons, when the database is too screwed up. So if you have problems and you want a fresh start, perform these steps manually and then try again to start the server:
1. sudo find /usr/local/mysql/data –type f –exec rm {} ‘;‘
2. sudo hostname 127.0.0.1
3. cd /usr/local/mysql
4. sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db
5. sudo chown –R mysql data/
Note that you will lose all data stored in the database this way.
Cool Origami Stuff
So this intense website: NASDAクラフト
is a Japanese site that has paper crafts for making members of the Japanese space program. It’s kinda cool. You download a PDF, print it out and make this stuff with some glue.
Great Outline on Ajax and Ruby on Rails
This article outlines ONLamp.com: Ajax on Rails as a good way to build flexible web interfaces.
People are Starving
So, you not only went out and bought an SUV to suck up the resources of the world — now, because you’re too lazy to actually drive it off-road, you can fake it with Sprayonmud Products.