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LAMP in Leopard OSX 10.5 (PHP5 and Apache 2.2)

Following my how to setup your mac web development environment, and today moving to Leopard, my entire offline environment is broken - this is entirely due to the move from Apache 1.3 to Apache 2.2. This article will discuss the changes required to get your multi-host mac dev environment running again with PHP5, MySQL, Apache 2 [...]

Will iTunes allow you to rip DVDs?

In a conversation with my father about how best to import his films to his newly purchased iPod, it occurred to me: surely ripping DVDs is a natural next step for iTunes?

Introduction to using Dashcode

I recently wrote my first Dashboard app: HTML entities (named in the top 10 widgets by engadget.com), widget using Dashcode. Since the product (Dashcode) is still in beta, there wasn't a great deal of resource available for developing widgets, so I'm sharing my experience and any tips I can offer for development.

Let's get Dashcode working again

Update: why is it you always find the solution after you post a work around? Anyway, you can patch both Intel and PPC based Dashcode apps using the information found at alex.clst.org Dashcode has expired on time, but Leopard wasn't delivered on time, and now we're left for at least 3 [...]

40 Mac Tips

I've been submitting Mac user tips as they come to me via Twitter/Mac_Tips - here's the complete list of the 40 tips (all under 140 characters).

A way to keep track and in touch

In reading my usual digest of RSS feeds, I came across Merlin Mann's "I could totally use this" and then the source lazy contact manager - I figured it wouldn't be too hard to write, albeit roughly - and I would also find it useful.

30 second review of Safari 3 beta

Safari 3 goes public beta today - so here's a 30 second review of the features and the downsides of the beta upgrade.