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Safari gets a kick in the security ass.

Apple decided to grace us with some updates yesterday. I have a sneaking suspicion that these updates were completely related to the “hacking” that occurred a couple weeks ago. So be a good netizen and go update your browser. This patch fixes the following issues: A maliciously crafted website may control the contents of the [...]

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Screencast Tuesday: FlickrUploadr lets you get photos from iPhoto to Flickr

FlickrUploadr is a free application that you can get from Flickr that lets you get your pics from iPhoto to flickr by a couple of drag and drops. It’s seamless and works right out of the box. Here’s a screencast showing you the application in action.

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Compiling mysql from source tip

While learning about compiling programs from source using Terminal and working on a web application, I have learned a couple of things that are most useful. These revolve around mysql. There are a bunch of sites for installing and compiling mysql from source, so I won’t bother posting those instructions. However, I [...]

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Stan Flack has passed on to a better place

For those of you not in the know, Stan Flack has passed on.  He was probably one of the earliest online mac bloggers.  He founded MacCentral, which was later sold and turned into what we know as Macworld today. All of us here at macgasm would like to wish the family of Stan Flack our best! 

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Terminal Tip: Rip, Normalize your CD’s from the CLI

I’m a geek, so as you probably suspect, I get some really odd satisfaction from watching stuff go down in the Terminal. But, being self taught, I’ve still got a lot to learn about the finer nuances of command line life on a *nix based platform. So, when I stumbled across this photo [...]

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