Unpossibilities…

We all enjoy music, right? Playing your favorite music on a computer isn't difficult. But what if you are a Mac user having hundreds of GB's of MP3 files on an external harddrive?

Why

When I bought a new MacBook it came with iTunes as the default (and probably best) music player from Apple. I'm not going to discuss what music player is better. People claim you're able to work with an Apple right out of the box, so iTunes it is.

Having my music stored on an external drive will keep my laptop's harddrive clean and gives me enough free disk space for storing documents, pictures, games, videos...you know, fun stuff.

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Installing a clean version of WordPress 2.2 also gave me a nice chance to update the theme. I've chosen to install the GlossyBlue theme created by N.Design Studio. He did an excellent job on creating this theme! I've added a contact form using the enhanced-wp-contactform by Joost de Valk (based on the original code by Ryan Duff). If you're using the same theme as I do, you might want to check the contact page on this weblog and see if you would like to use it as well. Download the modified contact form here: enhanced-wp-contactform-glossyblue-13.zip Installation Step 1: Read the readme.txt and follow the instructions. Step 2: Update the current stylesheet, which is located in /wp-content/themes/glossyblue-13/, and add the code included in the zip file. You can replace the existing lines starting with #commentform. Step 3: Activate the plugin, if you haven't done so already. Step 4: Create a new single page or post and add the line:

That's it! Hope you will enjoy it. Any comments, or suggestions regarding my modification, please use the comment form below to post your message.

What do you do every day, besides going to work, having dinner and walking the dog? Just like me you're probably checking out some of your favourite websites, right? You type in the URL, hit enter and wait for the website to show up. When done reading the website you move onto the next one.

Most people I know run their own website or weblog and to keep up with their stories a nifty three-letter abbreviation RSS exists. It's hard to imagine current life without RSS feeds. Everyday millions of people write articles about interesting stuff, which varies from the latest cellphone that got released to a new chemical substance that has been discovered.

Those of you who aren't familiar with RSS should watch the video RSS in Plain English. This video will describe what the three-letter abbreviation is, how it works and of course what it can do for you. Once you go RSS, there's no turning back!

Have you ever wondered why most text is printed on a light background? How many times have you tried reading a full article on your computerscreen and dozed in or completely stopped reading the article? I've thought about it occasionally. Sure, articles can be boring. But you also might consider the color scheme that's being used on the article. I believe the same applies to text-editors. I'm using Textmate (by Macromates) on my Mac for programming in all sorts of languages. It has always been using its default color scheme, dark colored text on a white background. However, today I decided to invert the color scheme and was amazed how good it felt (here's a screenshot). The reason for doing this can be hard to explain. I've stumbled upon an article written by Roger Johansson about this issue. Roger published an interesting discussion on “Light text on dark background vs. readability” a while ago. When reading the comments made to Roger's article, you'll notice the different opinions people have and their reasons. Continue reading...