Monthly Archives: February 2009

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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'BounceBox' Mootools Effects Class

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I sat down to further my Javascript skills a couple of weeks ago and re-wrote a small peice of code that I used on DreamCatcher, A School Careers Application to create ‘Slide Down’ boxes for the Contact Form, Login Form … Continue reading →

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Safari's CSS Support for multiple backgrounds on the same Style

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

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 →

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Adium Chat Client Message Theme – Kermit the Frog

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I use Adium for Chatting on my Mac. It is a great little App that allows you to connected with multiple Account types like MSN, Yahoo, Google Chat ( or gmail ), MySpace, Facebook and more… all in the one … Continue reading →

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Torrent Downloading Laws in New Zealand ~ Update

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

If you download anything via torrents, you should read this article. It is a pretty clear explanation of the upcoming Torrent Laws for ISP’s and users here in New Zealand including the ’3 Strike’ policy. http://torrentfreak.com/code-aims-to-quell-new-zealand-3-strikes-fears-090204/ The thing about torrents … Continue reading →

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Virtual Web Hosting on OSX Leopard

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

Recently I brought a new iMac for my home development, music, movies, games and general play things. For work I develop Web Applications and with my ISP I have a static IP address, so I decided to set up a … Continue reading →

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WordPress Post Statistic Treats

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

As I was browsing the web today on a completly unrelated matter I can across Alex King’s blog and a couple of interesting mySQL Queries that can show some useful stats on your blog. The Article is http://alexking.org/blog/2007/01/01/sql-for-blog-stats. Here is … Continue reading →

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SPAW WYSIWYG was showing HTML characters not HTML

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Sheldon Lendrum

I noticed when installing the SPAW Editow recently that on the Design tab in SPAW, the HTML was showing as converted HTML Symbols like &lt; and &gt; rather than < and >. After a bit of playing, i found this … Continue reading →

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