Latest Firefox nightly build fixes MathML display on MacOS X

Finally MathML works again! and this bug
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228804
Should become history :)
This is using 'Deerpark' Alpha 2
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/firefox-1.6a1.en-US.mac.dmg

Now all we need now is MathML support in Safari...
http://webkit.opendarwin.org/projects/mathml/index.html

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft warns on security fixes

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft warns on security fixes: "As the alert was released, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer voiced fears that consumers are getting complacent about net security."

pot kettle black??!

Macromedia - Flash : Flash MX 2004 7.2 Release Notes

Macromedia - Flash : Flash MX 2004 7.2 Release Notes:

"UFS Support

Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 will not support Mac users who have formatted their hard drives using UFS. Carbon applications have a number of issues with this that are documented by Apple. Unless you are using native apps (AKA Cocoa), UFS is not recommended or supported by Apple."

Don't format your OS X Tiger install with UFS if you want any of Macromedia's software to work...
Now wheres that install disk? :(

Bug 290777 - Regression in defining getters on prototypes in content script

Bug 290777 - Regression in defining getters on prototypes in content script: "'Illegal operation on WrappedNative prototype object'"

If you are seeing this error in Firefox 1.0.3 when using mozile or other javascript html editors upgrading to 1.0.4/nightly build fixes it

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-aviary1.0.1/

Hitachi claims leap in drive density:

Hitachi claims leap in drive density: ZDNet Australia: News: Hardware: "Widespread commercial deployment of perpendicular drives will occur with the 230 gigabit per square inch drives in 2007, he said. The technology will allow Hitachi to come out with a 20GB microdrive, which has a diameter of 1 inch, and a 3.5-inch drive for PCs and digital video recorders that will hold a terabyte."

Validation Results

Validation Results

Thats better!

ITsafe: How To...

ITsafe: How To...

Made me laugh - "IT Security Awareness For Everyone"
then 3 links:

How to update Windows XP
How to use Windows Automatic Update
How to update Microsoft Office

Its like there are no other operating systems in the world...
(or is it just they are not as vulnerable as windows)

also the comical - 'best viewed at 800x600 or above' message smacks of a committee meeting or two :), at least someone has been good enough to write valid XHTML (unlike this blog - I must fix that!)

Mac OS X: System Startup: Managing Startup Items

Mac OS X: System Startup: Managing Startup Items

Having realised I did not fully comprehend the MacOSX service start up process I looked into it this morning:

In a nutshell you can do
/sbin/SystemStarter command "service" ie
/sbin/SystemStarter restart "Web Server"

the "Web Server" part is defined by the "Provides" part of
/System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/StartupParameters.plist

/System/Library/StartupItems has all the apple provided software startup
scripts /Library/StartupItems has all the 3rd party stuff (just MySQL on my system)

on boot SystemStarter is called by /etc/rc which does all the grubby stuff first - mounting disks etc..

Simple really

Apple (UK and Ireland) - Mac mini

Apple Mac mini

Well if I didn't already have use of a Powerbook and an iBook I'd definitely buy one of these!