Great article with some great advice on how to solve an error reported by Apache…
Step one?
Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/04/22/apacheckbk.html
Great article on ultra-low budget filmmaker John Harlacher and his film Urchin..
Odd behaviour - for some reason Windows2K has suddenly decided to go into an endless loop crashing under Parallels.
Worked fine beforehands.
Ever copied something from Firefox then pasted into Word or Gmail only to find formatting has been preserved?
One solution is to paste into a text editor and then into Word or Gmail which is clumsy and awkward but now here’s a great solution using the “Copy Plain Text” addon…
Some great tips on how to save your tabs when you restarting Firefox:
Holding down the CTRL key (or the Apple Command key on the Mac) in Firefox 2 when viewing a table allows you to select cells by area rather than by row (in the same way as Excel).
Very, very handy!
Out of the box, the Apache Web server that comes with OS X does not take any notice of .htaccess files (used to set passwords, rewrite URLs, point to custom error pages, etc).
This article shows you how…
Quite annoying but:
I’ve just noticed that my MacBook drops its wireless connection when on battery power and connected to a Netgear DG834 router.
It only happens when on battery power and the internet connection is idle for a few seconds.
SOLUTION: Either do not run on battery power OR if you must do so do not let the internet connection run idle.
IN PRACTICAL TERMS:
1. Keep your Macbook plugged in.
OR
2. On battery open a TERMINAL session and run the following command at the prompt.
$ nohup ping -i 10 somehost.com > /dev/null &
where somehost.com can be any server that responds to ping.
http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index.php?title=MacBook
and
http://kristopherjohnson.blogspot.com/2006/08/macbook-wireless-connection-drops.html
Leopard Update:
Now, using Leopard, I notice that it disconnects periodically and then reconnects which is better than before but, not great. Not sure if this is an Apple or Netgear problem.
You can control the appearance of forms (text fields, select boxes, buttons, labels, and so on) by using CSS. You can also greatly enhance the forms’ functionality with interactive styles—all without ever having to break out the HTML tables.
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=456144&seqNum=1
Another article:
http://alexking.org/blog/2005/07/18/css-checkbox-label-positioning
When you float an element it becomes a block box. This box can then be shifted to the left or right on the current line. The markup options are “float: left”, “float: right” or “float: none”.
