First download the right MySQL installer .pkg from the MySQL site. This should mount as a disk image on the desktop. Double click and install the package, then double click the Mysql.prefpane and it will offer you two choices : Install for all users or install for current user. Select which you want then load up the terminal.

In the terminal type the following :

At this stage you close the terminal window and open a new one and do the following :

You should get some thing like “Welcome to MySQL” type thing at this point, that means it’s all fine and working. Type q to quit the montior. Next we need to setup the root password for MySQL by doing the following:

Thats it you should be done, to control the system and add users check the documentation or you can use things like the MySQL administrator app or phpMyAdmin, there is plenty of bits out there.

Tested using Mac OS X 10.4.5 and MySQL 5.0.18

Don’t you just hate getting spam especially from companies that you have explicitly told that you do not want to receive special offers and you also don’t want them to pass your details on to their third party corporate wally partners. It seems at the moment that they ignore these requests and tick the boxes afterwards, I have confirmed this a few times where I have started getting spam then gone to the website to find all the boxes ticked for some reason. At this point your stuffed as the boxes are ticked and your email address has been passed to the corporate fools and it’s now in the wild for all to send you shit.

I really wish that there was a complaints form for this kind of complete contempt for a site / companies users, saying this some companies are very good about this sort of stuff and they don’t try and get you every time you log in and do provide an easy way to unsubscribe from there bullshit emails.

You might be thinking why is he going on about all this? well the reason is that I’m fed up with advertising and at the end of the day most spam is advertising some shit that you really don’t want. At the moment all this advertising is getting way out of hand, for example say you want to watch a film on the TV every 10 minuets you get a string of adverts that ruin your attention to the film and make you want to chuck the TV out the window. So at this point we have got rid of the TV, you turn on your computer to check some mail and guess what you got? Thats right a load of bullshit advertising spam. It’s everywhere on websites, in the mail, on the TV and magazine’s just take the piss 50% to 60% adverts!

So why are they doing this? well the most obvious reason is because there are lots of dumb fuckers that fall for this kind of stuff, the dumb fucker cares more the latest in useless tat than he does about his bank account and sanity. In most cases the dumb fucker is so thick it’s hurting him, and due to this the advertisers know that sometimes it works so they keep on. Over time it will increase to the point where everyone feels like they have some mental illness due to the constant bombardment of bullshit. If I want something then I will actively seek out what I am looking for and at a reasonable price, I don’t need constant adverts trying to sell me crap, I don’t want to see some fucking footballer looking like a ponce with a phone it’s not gonna make me want to use or buy that product in fact it makes me feel the complete opposite (Shoot the footballer and smash the phone).

Not been up to much lately, here are some cool funnies for the more computer type people.

Steve Balmer – The Remix
This man runs Microsoft! This gives you an insight in to their stuff for sure

Bill Gate – Pie In The Face

Steve Jobs – The Death of PPC

Enjoy