Category Archives: apple
Use PHP to find your mobile browser
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
Cleaning my Apple Mighty Mouse Ball's
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
Changing the RSS refresh rate in Apple Mail
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
BounceBox Update, Version 1.1
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
Hack Safari to open links in new tabs, not new windows
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
removing .SVN directories recursively
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
Force Eject a CD/DVD in Apple Leopard
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
Safari's CSS Support for multiple backgrounds on the same Style
I was browsing just now and fond something pretty interesting, Safari supports multiple background image declarations for the same style tag. .box { background: /* Upper-left */ url(./corners_01.png), /* Upper-right */ url(./corners_02.png), /* Lower-left */ url(./corners_03.png), /* Lower-right */ url(./corners_04.png), … Continue reading