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After upgrading to Snow Leopard, the symlink was lost in /usr/local

cd /usr/local
sudo ln -s mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64/ mysql
Simply run that in the Terminal, and you should be all set.

Transportation: Controlling Air Traffic

James is a Traffic Management Coordinator at the Philadelphia International Airport Control Tower. He said:

My job is to reduce departure delays and to maintain an efficient flow of air traffic into and out of the Philadelphia International Airport. Currently we utilize a Google Spreadsheet to share real-time departure and weather issues, airport construction updates, and snow removal operations with the airlines and other interested parties. Im excited at the prospect of being able to embed real-time weather radar gadgets to provide users an up-to-the-minute graphical look at the weather. We currently use the chat feature on Google Spreadsheets but it appears that the more robust communication capabilities in Wave would greatly enhance our communication with the airlines. The ability to review conversations and data will help us to further reduce delays at Philadelphia International Airport. This will result in a savings of time for passengers, reduced fuel and operating costs for the airlines, and fewer complaints from both.

via Google Waves Best Use Cases – Wave – Lifehacker.

All I can say is: wow.  ATC on Google Apps? Nice.

Ever wanted to filter out the files that were less than 1GB with the simple ‘du’ (disk usage) command? Simple. Add the -h flag and a little grep magic, and you’re all set:

du -h | grep '[0-9]G'

A nice article on that process here:
http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/lightweight-device-detection-php

So you have your new iPhone^®, sync it up to your corporate Exchange^® server, and go on your merry way. Later that day, you go to take a picture of that adorable pose your daughter is in. “Ha!” you think, “The iPhone has a great camera for times just like this!” You smile as you pull your sleek little device out. Your smile quickly fades as you frantically search in vain for the camera app. You flip violently through the pages of apps, and finally succumb to your stupidity, and search for camera in spotlight. No Go. Your daughter is long gone, and you’re still there trying to figure out what is wrong. You go through every setting, making sure the restrictions are off in the settings panel. Yep, all’s good there… Hmm. As a last ditch effort, you get on the phone, and call your IT manager, asking if there is anything that he knows of to make a camera disappear in your iPhone.
“Oh, yeah,” he says. “I didn’t check the box to allow your camera in Exchange. I’ll be right on that.” “Nice,” you think silently.

Ok, so nice story. But you want to know how to get your camera back. Here’s the lowdown:
I found a solution to the problem.

Exchange 2007 has active sync policies. One of the options is to disallow the camera.

To resolve the problem do the following.

1. Open Exchange Management Console
2. Click “Organization Configuration”
3. Click “Client Access”
4. On the right you should see your active sync policies. Right click the policy and chose “Properties”
5. Click the “Device” tab
6. Check “Allow camera”

You should be all set. For those of you who are NOT connected to an Exchange server, check the restrictions pane under Settings > General > Restrictions