Zachary Jones

Introduction to MongoDB

November 29, 2011

If you’re like me, you’ve been working in the web industry for many years now, primarily using the tried-and-true relational database management systems (RDMS) such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. These databases are well-known, well-supported, and generally considered “the right way” to do things—even if they’re not. In the past few years an alternative database philosophy [...]

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Thoughts on iPad

October 31, 2011

Although I do now have a desktop running Windows 7 that I primarily use at home, I am still a Mac guy with my MacBook Pro which is used on the go and around the house (can’t carry the desktop to bed with me, or to the kitchen bar while cooking). I have resisted buying [...]

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Getting MySQL-Python working in OS X Lion

August 7, 2011

I was trying to setup a Django development environment on my MacBook Pro running OS X Lion and I ran into an issue with MySQL-Python. The module couldn’t be imported and gave me an “image not found” error. After digging around a while on Google I came across this article, which gives a very simple [...]

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Check-in mania

December 1, 2010

According to this article from AOL’s TechCrunch, the increasingly-popular Foursquare has reached 5 million users. I’m among that 5 million, as are a few of my friends. I’m not particularly loyal, however, to any of these similar services. I have a Foursquare account, a Gowalla account, and of course a Facebook account. With the addition [...]

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First Impressions: Apple Magic Mouse

November 27, 2010

Recently I picked up an Apple Magic Mouse from my local Best Buy to replace the Mighty Mouse I had broken years ago (but since I use a MacBook Pro replacing a mouse wasn’t absolutely critical). I alternate between periods of using my MacBook as a laptop and using it as a desktop solution with [...]

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Thoughts on Kindle for Mac

March 18, 2010

Like hordes of others, today I downloaded and installed the new Kindle for Mac beta. So far, it’s a very nice app. It is very simple—but this kind of app is perfectly suited for simplicity. The app took a while to open the first time, but once it loaded I was greeted with a Register [...]

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