Archive for September 2008

September 17, 2008

howto remove ds_store files from webserver xampp indexes in osx

so on my previous post i explained how to get xampp to auto start. well today i wanted to explain how to get the .ds_store files macs are known for to NOT be shown on a webpage, directory listing, indexes etc… basically you have to modify your httpd.conf file if you are using xampp do [...]

September 16, 2008

howto autostart xampp mac osx

when building websites i use a fantastic application called xampp. basically its an application that installs and configures the following: Apache 2.2.9 MySQL 5.0.51b PHP 4.4.8 PHP 5.2.6 Perl 5.10.0 ProFTPD 1.3.0a phpMyAdmin 2.11.7 OpenSSL 0.9.8h GD 2.0.35 Freetype 2.3.5 libjpeg 6b libpng 1.2.18 libungif-4.1.4 zlib 1.2.3 expat 2.0.1 Ming 0.3 Webalizer 2.01-10 pdf class [...]

September 13, 2008

howto uninstall the iPhone SDK completely

i started playing with the iPhone sdk… although i am far from a dev guy. if you ever need to uninstall the iphone sdk use the following command in terminal: sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all “all” will remove all install components included in the /developer folder.

September 6, 2008

fix for firefox 100% process issue [memory hog] mac osx

for some reason firefox 3.x is really getting on my nerves. it all comes down to this. sometimes firefox 3.01 [or 3.0 for that matter] uses 100% of my macs processing power. it freezes the whole machine occasionally. it just drives me mad. firefox shouldn’t be a memory hog. it should not turn my mac [...]

September 6, 2008

iPhone 3G review

well, it has been about a month since i bought my new Apple iPhone 3g. it replaced my trusty yet aging Palm Treo 700w. i opted for the 16gb version of the iPhone 3g in black. so here are some of my thoughts. Likes 1. very sexy phone 2. solidly built 3. os is really [...]