Archive for the 'General' Category

Fix Font Rendering Issue in IE7 When Using jQuery’s Toggle

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

There is a really annoying issue with IE7 when using the toggle effect in jQuery. Once the toggle transition is complete, IE7 does not apply Windows ClearType rendering. Even more annoying is Microsoft’s decision to not class this as a bug.
Luckily, there is a workaround.
If your code for the toggle effect is:
$(this).toggle(”slow”);
then by removing [...]

Drupal, Automatic Node Titles and Tokens

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

An annoying issue when using the Automatic Node Titles module in Drupal 6 is that when you create a node you have no access to certain tokens which require the node to be saved first. In my case, I was trying to include a taxonomy term in the node title.
The solution is to access [...]

Testers Needed for Bookwormr

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

I’ve just about finished a website for people who like books. It’s still a bit rough around the edges but hopefully with a couple of people using the site I can get rid of the major bugs.
You can sign up at http://www.bookwormr.com.
The site was written using the symfony framework which I can highly recommend.

How to Install the Party Poker Client on Linux using Wine

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

I recently switched from using Ladbrokes Poker Client to using Party Poker. I use linux and so I have installed it using Wine. Here’s how I did it.

Install wine
Configure wine
Install Mozilla
Install Mozilla ActiveX Control
Install Shockwave plugin
Install Party Poker Client

1. Install wine
I have installed wine version 0.9.29. My distribution is Gentoo and so as root I [...]

How to Install Putty on the Nokia N73

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

If you have to run a server, having Putty installed on your mobile phone can be invaluable. Before you begin, it is worth making sure you have the latest firmware version of the N73 from Nokia. You can check which version you are using by typing *#0000#. My current version is V3.0638.0.0.1. Unfortunately you need [...]