UPDATE:Thanks to Eric Bachard, a fix very similar to this will be appearing in OpenOffice.org 2.4.2 due to be released at the end of October 2008. — With a change in the way that X11 works on Leopard, the X11 version of OpenOffice.org has been giving an error message on startup saying “command timed out”.… Continue reading OOO: Possible fix for the command timed out error on Leopard
Month: March 2008
OpenOffice.org 2.4 on Mac OS X [Update: now available]
The release of OpenOffice.org 2.4 (X11 version) is a little behind the other platforms due to a lack of resources in the QA process, as many of the resources have been placed on the upcoming aqua version. It will be another few days to week before they are available on the mirrors and the Mac… Continue reading OpenOffice.org 2.4 on Mac OS X [Update: now available]
ITV Catch Up through the browser on a Mac
Today was the first time that I looked at the ITV site for a while, as I had heard on Virgin Radio that the next series of Heartbeat was starting tonight. ITV are now using Microsoft’s Silverlight to allow cross-platform multimedia support. This is different from the BBC’s iPlayer, as the BBC iPlayer uses Adobe’s… Continue reading ITV Catch Up through the browser on a Mac
New OpenOffice.org Aqua Development Release
Head over to the OpenOffice.org Mac Porting web site for the latest development build. This is the most stable build of OpenOffice.org running natively on Mac OS X that I have seen. I haven’t yet had a crash with my basic usage. Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 is required. The improvements include: Printing now… Continue reading New OpenOffice.org Aqua Development Release
Apple’s Developer Site has Crashed
With the news that Apple has released the SDK for the iPhone, their developer site is currently unavailable. It seems to be have exceeded Apple’s expectations in terms of demand. I’m currently wondering if there will be access to the Bluetooth in the SDK so that I can connect a bluetooth GPS and produce some… Continue reading Apple’s Developer Site has Crashed
Sorting Tables in a MediaWiki
I’ve noticed that a number of tables in the Wikipedia are sortable. Further research found that it is implemented through client side javascript, when a table has the class=”sortable”. It is available in MediaWiki 1.9 or later. See the MediaWiki help on sortable tables. I have found adding the sorting to the OpenOffice.org Mac OS… Continue reading Sorting Tables in a MediaWiki
OSM cycle map of Shandwick Place, Edinburgh diversion
For the next five months Shandwick Place in the west of the centre of Edinburgh is closed for work to move the utilities for when the trams are going to be introduced in a few years time. The council, TIE and Lothian Buses were quick enough to produce alternative routes for cars and buses, however… Continue reading OSM cycle map of Shandwick Place, Edinburgh diversion