Category Archives: apple

Webkit custom scroll bars

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Sheldon Lendrum

Webkit browsers such as Safari and Chrome support some superb CSS3 styling. They are ( even thought I use firefox as my primary browser ) the most advanced browsers. For a while now I have created custom scroll bars using … Continue reading →

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Use PHP to find your mobile browser

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Sheldon Lendrum

I needed a quick way to include different files based on the if the visitor to a site is on a mobile device or a regular browser/computer. Every browser has a user agent depending on the operating system, browser and … Continue reading →

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Cleaning my Apple Mighty Mouse Ball's

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I have a couple of Apple Mac’s and with each of them, I have a Mighty Mouse. I have one I carry with my with my Mac Book Pro, this is getting quite old now, It was the first release … Continue reading →

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Changing the RSS refresh rate in Apple Mail

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I use Apple’s Mail App as my primary mail client on both my personal and work mac’s, and for both machines I have various RSS Feeds subscribed. I use apple mail as an RSS Client for a couple of reasons, … Continue reading →

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BounceBox Update, Version 1.1

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I was using an implementation of my BounceBox mootools javascript class on a site I am working on at the moment, and made a couple of additions to the Class that I hope other will enjoy. The new version1.1 demo … Continue reading →

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Hack Safari to open links in new tabs, not new windows

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

Safari (by default) will open certain links (e.g. target=”_blank”) in a new browser window instead of a new tab even if you have your preferences set no too. Fortunately, there is a hidden preference you can set to force Safari … Continue reading →

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removing .SVN directories recursively

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I have been working a lot lately using SubVersion ‘s to maintain all the projects that I and some times others are all working on. A firm that I contract to has recently set up a SVN Server on a … Continue reading →

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Force Eject a CD/DVD in Apple Leopard

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

Today I had to help a friend force eject a stuck DVD in his iBook, there are a couple of methods we tried and I thought that hey may be helpful for others. I would recommend trying to eject your … Continue reading →

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