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Problems restoring a large MySQL database?

photo credit: onkel_wart I had a bit of a problem today trying to get an 8Mb backup uploaded into MySQL. The problem was caused by the fact that phpMyAdmin was timing out when I tried to import the database. I tried breaking it down into smaller sections but...

Monitor your web connection

Ever wondered what your internet connection is being used for? You could be a parent with kids surfing the Net, or an employer who allows employees to use the web for personal use. How do you know that the connection isn’t being abused? How do you keep track of which...

Are you backing up online?

There are a number of ways of backing up your data, but the one that has really taken off in the last few years is storage in the Cloud. That’s the name given to the variety of online backup technologies that let you take a copy of the data on...

Firefox for Mobile drawing closer

If you use Firefox on your desktop, you’ll notice a difference when you’re on something different, and till now, mobiles have all had their different flavours of web browsers. But this is all set to change with Mobile Firefox entering the fray. The team is getting ready to produce a...

Windows 7 theme – Isle of Man themepack

If you’re running Windows 7, here’s a great new themepack that uses a number of great imagery from the Isle of Man. I got the idea while looking at Microsoft’s theme page and noticed that although they had themes for a number of different countries, the Isle of Man wasn’t...

Trying out Seesmic Desktop

Image via CrunchBase Well, seeing I’m on Windows 7 and already a Seesmic user, I’ve been tempted by all the noise about Seesmic desktop announced at Microsoft PDC and decided to give it a whirl. It’s YATC (Yet Another Twitter Client), but specifically has been written in WPF and is visually...

Google Wave plugin for Firefox

Here’s an interesting plugin for Firefox if you have Google Wave. To date, I’ve been keeping my browser open on Wave in the hope that someone will send me a message, but that’s quite wasteful on resources. Yes, bandwidth is cheap, it’s not like I’m using commercial satellite or anything...

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