David Hurst

PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer

Football Manager 2007 Mac No-CD Patch

I happen to love playing Football Manager 2007, and the CD usually lives in my MacBook Pro, unless I take it out at work to load something else and forget to put it back of course. So, a whole weekend without Football Manager - that sucks… not any more!
I have purchased the game so why […]

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Why won’t my AJAX form upload a file?

Do you ever have those dumb moments? You waste a whole load of time trying to get a piece of code to work and performing the most complex de-bugging on it only to realise that you have overlooked the most basic and obvious thing?
Yesterday I was putting together an image upload script, which I wanted […]

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Time Machine in Leopard without an external hard disk drive

I installed Leopard on my MacBook Pro the day it came out. I pre-ordered, obviously. I have an external backup drive that I use with my MacBook, so that was Time Machine sorted there, but I also have a PowerMac G4 at home and I don’t have another decent size external USB hard disk. However, […]

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Apple iPhone - why I won’t be buying one

Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a big Apple fan. I also spend ludicrous amounts of money on having the latest gadgets. So, it would be reasonable to assume that I’d be queueing outside the Apple store today to pick up a shiny new Apple iPhone, but I won’t be. I think Apple […]

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Seadragon and Photosynth - jaw-dropping stuff

I got sent this link (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129) by a colleague, and after I picked my jaw up from the floor, thought I had better share it.
I first heard about fractal coding a few years back, but the theory has been around for over 15 years. Without getting into the complexities, fractal coding offers levels of file […]

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