Time Wasted on Binaries » Code http://twob.net Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:47:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 quick note on meta name viewport and android http://twob.net/code/meta-viewport-and-android/ http://twob.net/code/meta-viewport-and-android/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:09:49 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/?p=228 If omitting width=device-width from the viewport meta tag, css3 flex-box layouts no longer respect overflow:hidden and text-overflow:ellipsis for wider-than-page content. 

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0" />

]]> http://twob.net/code/meta-viewport-and-android/feed/ 0 when webkit css animations causes flicker http://twob.net/code/when-webkit-css-animations-causes-screen-flicker/ http://twob.net/code/when-webkit-css-animations-causes-screen-flicker/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:39:21 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/?p=224 sometimes when using -webkit-transform:translate3d; or -webkit-transform:translate; on elements visible on the page, it causes the screen to flicker. In my particular case I had a menu that opened as an overlay, and whenever an element with translate3d was on the page, the menu flickered badly when fading in.

The solution seems to be to set backface-visibility to hidden for the menu element, like so:

#menu {-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;}

]]> http://twob.net/code/when-webkit-css-animations-causes-screen-flicker/feed/ 1 Installing latest MacPorts for OS X 10.6 http://twob.net/journal/installing-latest-macports-for-osx106/ http://twob.net/journal/installing-latest-macports-for-osx106/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:55:19 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/?p=215 I was just about to install MacPorts on my OS X 10.6 system, and downloaded the latest package (1.9.1) from macports.org, only to get a dialog saying my MacPorts version was too old to update, and that I first needed to upgrade to 1.7.1. That didn’t install at all, but I found this snippet while googling around for a solution. This removes all previous versions of MacPorts and its dependencys, so be careful if you’re not sure that you want to do that. Fire up Terminal and type:

sudo rm -rf \
/opt/local \
/Applications/MacPorts \
/Applications/DarwinPorts \
/Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \
/Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
/Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
/Library/Receipts/MacPorts.pkg \
/Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts.pkg

Then install MacPorts 1.9.1 package again. Worked for me at least. Disclaimer: I am certainly not an expert on this, so your mileage may vary…

]]> http://twob.net/journal/installing-latest-macports-for-osx106/feed/ 0 How to force UTF-8 encoding in mail.app http://twob.net/code/how-to-force-utf-8-encoding-in-mailapp/ http://twob.net/code/how-to-force-utf-8-encoding-in-mailapp/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:17:51 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/code/how-to-force-utf-8-encoding-in-mailapp/ Just open up the terminal and type:

defaults write com.apple.mail NSPreferredMailCharset "UTF-8"

It was that easy. Not everyone has to do that I guess, but if you, like me, have had a problem with Outlook users asking you why you’re writing to them in Chinese, this might help get them off your back

]]> http://twob.net/code/how-to-force-utf-8-encoding-in-mailapp/feed/ 2 Upgraded. http://twob.net/journal/upgraded/ http://twob.net/journal/upgraded/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:33:26 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/journal/upgraded/ Just upgraded to WordPress 2.1. All in all, it was quite a smooth experience. Congrats to the WordPress team for an impressive update!

Update: if you’re using the Feedburner plugin for managing different flavours of RSS, be sure to update that, and change your settings accordingly. I didn’t, but now I have…

]]> http://twob.net/journal/upgraded/feed/ 1 Howto kill lookupd after editing the hosts file on OS X http://twob.net/code/howto-kill-lookupd-after-editing-the-hosts-file-on-os-x/ http://twob.net/code/howto-kill-lookupd-after-editing-the-hosts-file-on-os-x/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:54:44 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/journal/howto-kill-lookupd-after-editing-the-hosts-file-on-os-x/ After editing the hosts file (mate /etc/hosts), instead of restarting the computer or logging out, this line will restart lookupd:

sudo kill -HUP `cat /var/run/lookupd.pid`

]]> http://twob.net/code/howto-kill-lookupd-after-editing-the-hosts-file-on-os-x/feed/ 0 Using the terminal with MAMP on OS X http://twob.net/code/using-the-terminal-with-mamp-on-os-x/ http://twob.net/code/using-the-terminal-with-mamp-on-os-x/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:15:38 +0000 bjorn http://twob.net/journal/using-the-terminal-with-mamp-on-os-x/ Recently I was going to take the promising Symfony PHP framework out for a quick test drive, but ran into trouble in the very beginning of the tutorial. I’m running MAMP for local PHP development, but the terminal is using the built-in PHP version for its command line scripting. And Symfony is all about generating models and scaffolds through the command-line in a railsy sort of way… bummer.

A quick search for led me to a discussion thread in the MAMP forum, outlining the following solution. I’ve modified it a bit, using move instead of copy, and adding some necessary SUDO instructions:

  1. Backup current php version by renaming it (optional)
    $ sudo mv /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/php4
  2. Create a symbolic link pointing to the PHP version supplied by MAMP
    $ sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/php /usr/bin/php
  3. Done!

Now, onwards with the tutorial…

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