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How To Create An Anonymous or Limited Access Only Account With MySQL

Friday, January 1, 2010

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In MySQL, you have a root user, and you’re able to create other users and grant them varying levels of permissions or privileges to access/create/modify MySQL databases. One thing that you might not know is the ability to create an anonymous user, which means that you (and your applications) can connect to your database without [...]

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How To Remove Speed Download Plugin From FireFox on the Mac

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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I was using jDownloader for the Mac and while it was great software, it was coded in Java, making it non-native. I don’t mind the interface being different, but the start-up time was incredible slow. So I tried out Speed Download to see if it was good, and I have to say that it was [...]

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How To Solve Codec Type Mismatch Error When Converting Videos With ffmpegX

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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For a video conversion tool that’s so powerful and easy-to-use, ffmpegX is something that throws up occasional errors that just frustrate you to no end until you discover what it means. One such error that I get is when I convert video files to Flash video (FLV). Here’s the error: Codec type mismatch for mapping [...]

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How To Solve Skype Problem “Unable To Mount Database”

Monday, October 5, 2009

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There was an update for Skype that I performed on my Macbook this morning, and when I was done with the update, Skype was restarted. However, there was a problem when Skype started, and it showed this error message: “Unable to mount database”. Searching around, I found a solution by Skype user Michael on the [...]

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