http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many new methods of font substitution are coming of the wood work and old methods are now getting a second look. @font-face method The @font-face method was added to the CSS2 spec but then not recommended in CSS2.1. However with CSS3 it's back and supported by most popular modern browsers. Read about ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/font-css-substitution-methods/ Here is a short and sweet post demonstrating the use of adjacent sibling combinators with text is an easy way to work with unique spacing with headers and copy in general. Basic Example Code h1 + p{ padding:20px 0 0; } h2 + p{ padding:0px 0 0; } h3 + p{ padding:0px 0 0; } Here is ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/css-adjacent-sibling-combinators-with-text/ Before we begin I want to tell that you are doing this at your own risk and this will be voiding the warranty of your netbook. Here are a list of compatible cards I have seen mentioned online but I have only tested and verified the Dell 1510. Dell 1510 Tested and ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/how-to-swap-out-asus-1005ha-wifi-card-for-osx10-5/ CSS Attribute selectors are a great way to target specific elements in your page and apply styles to them with out have go back and opening up the template file and changing code. I find them extremely useful for creating form css. There are 6 different types of attribute selectors [att=value] The attribute has ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/css-attribute-selectors/ Here are few quick steps to turn on PHP5 on your mac. This an easy modification allowing you to work with in your WebServer folder. Note: To use this method 10.5+ is required. With your favorite text editor (I recommend Textmate) open Macintosh HD/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf. You must allow hidden files to be seem ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/work-with-php5-locally-on-your-mac/ Here are the steps to install 10.5.8 OSX iDeneb on an Asus 1005HA. This installation requires you to have another OSX machine and either a USB key 10gigs + (recommend 16gig) or an external DVD drive. Pre-installaton Downloads iDeneb (for my installation I used 1.4 10.5.6 OSX). Recommend grabbing the latest here.(you ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/asus-1005ha-hackintosh/ I recently purchased the Asus eee pc 1005HA and needed to install OSX (actually on this machine I chose the iDeneb method). While working on a tight budget for this project I didn't want to drop an extra $70 or so dollars for an external dvd drive. Instead I opted ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/how-to-create-a-boot-osx-usb-key/ Recently I started using Textmate for more things then just coding websites since thats bascially the tip of the iceburg then it comes to the most powerful editor on the mac. If you interested in trying something new with Textmate here are basic instructions to use texmate to compose messages with ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/use-textmate-to-compose-email-with-osx-mail/ Here is an updated version of the Naked Wordpress theme to support HTML5. Wordpress Naked has been put together by us as a simple Wordpress theme to assist developers that need to quickly implement a blog using Wordpress but don't really have the time to spend looking under the hood in ... http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/html-5-wordpress-theme-naked/ Here is a download to the HTML 5 Bundle I have started for Textmate. This is my first attempt at creating a bundle from scratch please provide feedback and requests and I will add them. Download Here Update 7/19/2009 The bundle has also been uploaded to Github. View Repository http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/html-5-bundle-for-textmate/