Category Archives: Tools
- August 6, 2008
- Getting Inkscape (0.46) to run on Mac Leopard– also posted in Mac
Inscape is a fantastic open source vector graphics tool which can be a nice alternative to Adobe’s Illustrator. Getting it to run on the Mac took a couple of extra steps though. Firstly the download page advises that you upgrade X11.app to at least XQuartz v2.1.4. This is a large-ish download which forces you to [...]
- August 2, 2008
- Server Monitoring your ColdFusion sites using an alias– also posted in ColdFusion
I just read about a nice feature of the ColdFusion server monitor tool (available in ColdFusion
over on sandeepp’s blog. Essentially within the server monitors settings screen you can setup an “alias” for any site which uses a front controller which a lot of sites do particularly if you are using any of the [...]
- July 25, 2008
- WordPress for mobile devices– also posted in PHP
WordPress is one of the most used blogging platforms around. One of the great things about it is the community support including the countless plugins you can use to enhance your blog/site. Particularly with the iPhone and other smart devices, mobile web seems to be experiencing a surge in traffic and importance to businesses. Although [...]
- July 22, 2008
- How do you lock your screen on a Mac?– also posted in Mac
Call me crazy, but it doesn’t seem like you can “natively” lock your screen on a Mac like you can on Windows. Very odd and annoying as it’s something I do everytime I leave my workstation, I’ve even had to agree to a policy that I will never leave my workstation open as I have [...]
- July 8, 2008
- Kotatsu – a simple html table generator– also posted in (X)HTML
Sometimes you want to create an HTML table by hand and don’t have the luxury (if you consider it a luxury!) of having Dreamweaver around. Of course, creating HTML tables really isn’t all that difficult or time consuming, but considering we use snippets for just about everything else why not have a tool to generate [...]