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It’s official FireFox 3.5 is out and it’s the faster than ever. 10 times faster than FireFox 2 and twice faster than FireFox 3. Improved page rendering and layout engine making faster than previous versions. Best off all my add-ons from FireFox 3 works without a glitch.

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Got the chance to mess around with Amazon EC2 console. And was really amazed on how fast setting up a server with AMI(Amazon Machine Image) is. Just browse from already existing thousands of AMI then launch. That simple.

One experience though that I don’t like somehow are that these LAMP AMIs seems a little flaky. I was looking into CentOS LAMP AMI. First thing I do after connecting to SSH on the instance is check if all LAMP is working and what version they are on.

First AMI I selected, apache restart doesnt work properly, I get the

apr_sockaddr_get_info() error

tried troubleshooting it then finally quit. Terminated the AMI and launched another one.

Then on the next other instances I can’t connect to MySQL but Apache and PHP are working right.

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)

Terminated the instance again and started a new one but still get the same error on MySQL. The solution I found is to simply install all the updates to overwrite any corrupted files.

Simply yum

#yum -y upgrade mysql mysql-server php-mysql

Now my LAMP is working great and ready for more cloud computing.

Starting June 13, Facebook is launching their vanity url, you can have your friends directly access your profile from something like

http://www.facebook.com/olopsman. < -- your username

Check it out here.

Typetalk is a blog on creativepro.com. I love the list of resources picked regarding typography. Check it out the list here

With the upcoming release of the new iPhone 3G S this June 18. The classic iPhone 3G just dropped its price to a very reasonable $99. Too bad for those that just bought their iPhone 3G this past week like my friend in Dubai. That’s you Jaypee!!!

I also almost bought one last month when a promo from Globe offered my wife who has a post paid plan if she wanted a rebate or get an iPhone for P26,000. She didn’t accept right then and asks me first, when I said yes she tried to call again but the line was busy. We went to Globe center at the mall but they couldn’t offer us the same promo anymore cause it is only offered through the phone via promo. I felt bad last month but now feel relieved I didn’t get it, hehe. I might just buy one now online but I wonder if it can be made open line.