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MySQL Doesn’t Install on a Mac Yosemite 10.10

MySQL Doesn’t Install on Mac Yosemite 10.10 How to fix This website had the fix for me: http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-working-osx-10-10-yosemite/ Summary was: Download the 64 bit dmg (only 10.9 was available, oddly when unzipped it said 10.8) http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ Customize the install and uncheck the startup item Manually start mysql from command line and modify path in profile/bashrc … Continue reading MySQL Doesn’t Install on a Mac Yosemite 10.10

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What is Burning Man?

There have been many people who have previously attempted to answer this question. It’s been a very common question I’ve gotten in one form or another since going to Burning Man. It is also a surprisingly good question because Burning Man is a very hard event to describe. Many of the people who have previously … Continue reading What is Burning Man?

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If you want to do something good, put it inside something funny.

Getting the word out on the FCC proposal and net neutrality “If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring” Here’s a good comedy video getting to the heart of the issue of protecting net neutrality, and the problem with an FCC-sanctioned fast/slow lane, effectively allowing companies to negotiate faster speeds for … Continue reading If you want to do something good, put it inside something funny.

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Connecting to a RDS Server from a Local Computer Using SSH Tunneling on a Mac

That was the google query I searched and it took me a long time to find an answer so I’m going to contribute it back to the internet. Most helpful resources: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9119497/i-can-connect-to-db-through-sequel-pro-but-not-through-command-line http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Connecting_to_a_MySQL_Server_on_a_Remote_Host (almost helpful: http://it.blog.adclick.pt/linux/amazon-rds-tunnel-access-from-your-desktop/ ) Problem I wanted to connect to a remote RDS instance from my mac computer. You normally would connect … Continue reading Connecting to a RDS Server from a Local Computer Using SSH Tunneling on a Mac