Tara: 'Your One-Stop Spot to Shop for Lots of New-Age and Occult Items.' Catchy. Giles: Think so? Tara: Uh huh. In a... hard to say sorta way.

'Sleeper'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Jessica - Jul 28, 2007 3:25:14 am PDT #2265 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I love Flickr, but I did have to shell out for a Pro account almost immediately because of the upload limitations.

Tried Picasa way back when, wasn't a fan. There was something wonky about how they wanted to organize things. Can't remember what it was off the top of my head now.


Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2007 10:00:20 am PDT #2266 of 25496
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I use Flickr because it's the first thing I tried. I'm easy. I find it's easeit to use something that works okay than spend a lot of effort trying to find the perfect thing, which may not even exist.

Question: I'm trying to install my old HP 5300C scanner to Window XP, and it's strongly cautioning me not to do so because it hasn't passed Windows Logo something blah. I really don't want to buy another scanner. Is this a serious consideration, or can I just install the damn thing?


DCJensen - Jul 29, 2007 10:06:25 am PDT #2267 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Just "install the damn thing."


Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2007 10:09:48 am PDT #2268 of 25496
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I did. It can't find the scanner. Even though it's sitting right there plugged in and everything. I hate my computer.


DCJensen - Jul 29, 2007 10:23:36 am PDT #2269 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

I inputted your scanner info and windows XP into google and scanned for the most likely to help.

[link]

Has a scanner driver straight from HP (Hewlett-Packard, not Harry Potter)


Laga - Jul 29, 2007 10:29:09 am PDT #2270 of 25496
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'm holding it right in front of the screen but it still says it can't find it!


NoiseDesign - Jul 29, 2007 10:36:09 am PDT #2271 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

You need to hold it in front of the webcam.


Theodosia - Jul 29, 2007 10:46:52 am PDT #2272 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I've got MAMP (Mac - Apache - MySQL - PHP) installed on my iBook just fine, and I can run PHPadmin app with queries against MySQL tables just fine. But how do I 'run' a PHP program? Loading the .PHP file into my Firefox browser doesn't seem to work, and of course the stupid instruction book I have (MySQL Weekend Crash Course) doesn't say how you actually i start the model PHP files they supply running.

I can wait until tomorrow and buy a better instruction book, but geez, I feel pretty useless when I don't even have a clue as to how to proceed.


Kevin - Jul 29, 2007 10:53:11 am PDT #2273 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Open your Firefox, go to [link]

You go via the web server (Apache) on your laptop (127.0.0.1)


amych - Jul 29, 2007 10:58:53 am PDT #2274 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Where are you storing the files? If you're using the version of Apache that comes with the Mac, php is automatically enabled, but you'll need to be sure to store your files in the Sites folder inside your home folder. (It's possible to tweak Apache to use something else, of course, but for now, easiest to go with the default.)

edit: and after that, what Kevin said (which I should've made more clear). But trying to open files that are on the desktop or wherever is the most common mistake I see with this.