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Review: CSS Edit 2.6 - Stylesheet Editing Made Easy

Written by Tony Korologos
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
I run/manage/program/design roughly 30 web sites. I have to know a little HTML, PHP, Javascript, AJAX, CSS and various other web languages to manage my own and my client’s web sites. I don’t have time to master all of those languages, so I need tools which can take care of the raw code for me. My CSS tool of choice is hands down CSSEdit by my friends at MacRabbit. What is CSS? CSS is short for “cascading style sheets.” Style sheets can drive the appearance and even the layout of websites. The cool thing about using CSS to control a site’s appearance, is that it’s easy to make quick changes to the look of the site or document, without having to change the actual content. With CSS, a single document or set of code can be used to “style” multiple pages (even multiple sites) with the same look, saving on tons of raw coding. Site-wide changes can be achieved by changing one CSS document, rather than editing each individual markup (html/php etc) document. The advantages are less code, faster loading, quicker editing and more attractive documents. Read More

iFrogz iPhone 3G Luxe Case

Written by Tony Korologos

Sunday, 22 February 2009

I've got some new pals up north of me about an hour's drive. They're called iFrogz and they make cool accessories for the iPhone, iPods and other gadgets. I've got a iFrogz 3G Luxe Case for my iPhone 3G and it is awesome.

Materials

The hard shell case comes in two pieces which snap together in the back of the phone. This tough case provides a very good "exoskeleton" for protecting the iPhone 3G.

Despite the fact that the case is a hard plastic, the finish has sort of porous and soft feel. This makes the phone easy to handle. The original iPhone casing is very slick and slips out of my hand easily. It also slips around the dashboard of my car or wherever I put it. With the iFrogz 3G Luxe Case installed the phone doesn't slip in my hand or around in my car.

Access

While providing excellent protection for the iPhone 3G, the 3G Luxe Case still provides access to all the buttons, ports and sensors of the phone. Once installed there's no need un take it off.

Screen Protector

Honestly I haven't installed the included screen protector but I thought I should mention that the iFrogz 3G Luxe Case does include one.

Colors

The 3G Luxe case is available in six different colors: blue, red, purple, green, orange and gray. The bottom half is always black and the color options are for the top half.

Pricing

This hard case retails for $20, but I've seen street prices for around $16.

MacBook Hard Drive Upgrade

Written by Tony Korologos
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
I recently ran out of hard drive space on my Apple MacBook. My huge iPhoto library was the culprit. So I found a great deal on a hard drive and swapped it out with the one in the MacBook. Below is a walk through on upgrading your MacBook hard drive, and ending up with a spare external drive to boot! Step by step MacBook hard drive upgrade: Get a new 2.5″ drive Get a 2.5″ SATA drive and 2.5″ external case (USB and/or Firewire). Note: newer MacBooks no longer have a firewire port so be sure to get the correct external case for your needs. The MacBook’s internal drive is a 2.5″ SATA drive. I found a 250GB model for a little over $100. While buying the drive, I picked up a USB external case for the old drive, so I could use it as a backup drive and for transferring the data. Format new hard drive Put the new drive in the external case and format it using Disk Utility, located in the Utilities folder. Be sure to select GUID Partition Table which ensures bootability with Intel based macs. Backup the old drive Now it is time to transfer data to the new hard drive. I recommend using Carbon Copy Cloner to backup your internal drive to the new external. Though CCC is easy to use and free, it does have some advertisements which rotate while the backups are proceeding. When the backup is complete, you can actually go to your system preferences and select the external drive as your boot drive to test it out by rebooting. Once you’re confident the backup is good to go, power down and unplug your MacBook. Switch the drives It is now time to switch the drives. You’ll need a coin, small philips screwdriver and a T8 Torx screwdriver. Pull the external drive out of the case. Open the MacBook’s battery lock (coin) and remove the battery. Remove the L shaped metal plate shown in the left image below. Read More

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