A default mysql install is not accessible across the network until you set its bind-address in the configuration file. The config file differs depending on your system. So, if you’re getting Mysql Error 2003 (HY000) cannot connect to server… it is most likely that you haven’t set a bind address. After changing this setting, restart…

A friend of mine carelessly dropped my HP M427 "point and shoot" digital camera today, effectively jamming the lens mechanism, rendering it useless. I believe it could be fixed, but I’m still enraged. I’ve been using this thing for almost a year now, and never dropped it once. I hand it to him for five…