I can’t do this because it violates my ISP Starhub’s Terms of Service (TOS), but those who don’t face such restrictions might want to check out this easy-to-follow guide to serving a web site with Apache on Mac OS X (and yes, it’ll work even if your ISP doesn’t give you a fixed IP address!)
These are some interesting results of how a Mac mini fares as a web server. I’m not sure how its laptop-class hard drive would hold up to 24/7 use though. One a related note here are actual (and rather detailed) instructions on just how exactly to go about making a web server of a Mac mini.
One of the reasons I upgraded from a 2nd-generation to a 3rd-generation iPod was to gain song-rating capabilities. I really really thought that I’d constantly be rating all my music on my iPod while on the move, so that I could make better manage my iTunes library and create smarter playlists. It didn’t work out that way though. The reason is simple – I simply grew to prefer leaving my iPod in my pants pocket or bag. So I took…
Couldn’t resist Yahoo’s offer of getting my own domain name for only ~$5 a year, which is really cheap even if it’s US$$, because most Singapore hosts offer it for ~S$20. So, I clicked a few buttons and..voila…syamsul.net was born! Decided to get a cheap S$2.50 monthly plan from Focushub to go with it though, and am moving my blog and photo gallery to this account, leaving my coolsphere.org site with more space to host my school-related websites. Had a…
I started using Moodle this year, as seen on this website, for one of my English classes. I have been doing weekly journal writing, and even tried out peer assessment of writing. So what next? Well, I went fishing for ideas around the web and here are some of the interesting articles I found: Moodle review by the Teaching English and a Second or Foreign Language Journal Moodle at DCU explains why the Dublin University decided on a campus-wide deployment…
MacCentral has posted an excellent article showing the insides of the Mac mini. It sure looks easy enough to upgrade the RAM. Most tempting! On another note, iWok 05 and iLife 05 have started shipping too! Can’t wait for the reviews!!