Just 10 days till the world gets to play with the iPhone. Okay, maybe not the whole world but at least those lucky enough to live in the US and lucky enough to actually get one the day they come out. There are lots of people saying it’s going to be a flop, and lots of people saying it’s going to be a hit.

Unless you live under a luddite rock, you’ve probably heard about Apple’s new product the iPhone. It definitely made the news, even NPR mentioned it. It’s not really a secret that I tend to like Apple’s stuff and I have good reasons for liking it. However I think what’s more interesting is what everyone seems to be missing here.

One good thing about any project; the opportunity to use power tools! MORE POWER!

Yeah I can hear the comments now. “Easy, just uplug it,” or “drop it off a building.” Okay you wise guys, go find a web site where you can leave inane comments because you can’t do it here. For those who are interested in how to make a loud Mac quiet, this article is for you.

The new site is runing ruby on rails, and this column is an attempt to document what I did and how I did it. For posterity, and in case it might help anyone else who may be doing the same thing.

Yes I do regular backups of my PostgreSQL databases now, and in the interest of sharing here’s how I do it.

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Sun October 09 2005
PHP 5 and PostgreSQL on Mac OS X

Sat June 04 2005
Apple and Intel

Sun April 10 2005
Significant Risk

Mon April 04 2005
Will they just make the damn thing already?

Mon January 31 2005
DRM: Digital Rights Mangeling

Thu October 21 2004
To Vote, or Not to Vote?

Mon April 26 2004
Return of the eBook reader!

Thu March 25 2004
The Passion of Christ

Sat March 06 2004
How to run for President of the United States

Wed January 21 2004
Diminishing Returns