• CSS3 PIE: CSS3 Decorations for IE (Supports IE 6-8 and all modern browsers)
• CSS3 Generator by Eric Hoffman & Peter Funk (Supports all modern browsers with minimal IE support)

There are a ton out there for all sorts of variables, but these hit the mark quickly when it comes to the more common effects you would like achieve on your website.

The CSS3 PIE is especially great, for it’s quick easy set up and ability to satisfy IE 6-8.  However, I’ve been advised that it can be quite the performance hog in IE.  I researched it a little and came across this posting that gets into the details.  Does anyone know if there is a way to improve performance using CSS3 PIE’s HTC in IE?

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Quick & Easy CSS3 Generators

If you want to find a website login in 1Password you have to unlock it an then start searching for where you want to go.

Some browsers like Safari have a keyboard shortcut ( option + command + \ ) to bring up the quick search called Go & Fill Login. Safari’s version looks like this:

Until just recently I had no idea you could do something like this in Chrome, with Chrome it is actually even easier. All you have to do is start to type 1password in the browser bar area. This will start the quick search for 1password right from their. You will have to unlock 1password before you can use this feature. It looks like this and is just awesome.

If you don’t already use 1Password I highly recommend it. 1Password has certainly made my life easier, you can even sync it between multiple computers using DropBox.

Get 1Password
How to install 1Password browser extensions: http://blog.agile.ws/1518190697/
Get DropBox

Search 1Password with Google Chrome’s 1Password Extension

**WARNING: It should go without saying, but just in case, you should ABSOLUTELY TAKE A BACKUP before attempting any of the steps below.**

1. List Disks

Open the Terminal App and list your available disks by running:

diskutil list

Output:

Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            249.7 GB   disk0s2

2. Find Disk Identifier

The one you will split is probably called “Macintosh HD”, as shown above, although there will be 3 entries if you have a single partition. Each disk will have a disk identifier. Mine is disk0s2.

3. Check Min/Max Disk Size

Query your disk to find it’s min and max sizes by running this command and replacing “disk0s2″ with your disk identifier:

diskutil resizevolume disk0s2 limits

Output:

For device disk0s2 Macintosh HD:
Current size:  249.7 GB (249715376128
Minimum size:  122.5 GB (122549932032 Bytes)
Maximum size:  249.7 GB (249715376128 Bytes)

4. Split your Boot Disc

Split your disk and make sure you don’t set your boot disk to less than the minimum. This can be run as many times as you want until you run out of space. In other words, if you want 3 disks instead of two split the disk again using the disk identifier of the newly created disk.

I want to make my boot disk 200GB and my Second (Lion) partition take up the rest of the space, about 50GB:

diskutil resizevolume disk0s2 200GB JHFS+ Lion 48G

The command causes the second partition to use the rest of the space on the disk, so just make sure that you specify a number, 48GB, that is less than the total available disk space after the split.

5. Dealing with Errors.

If you get an error like this then you should boot off your Mac’s startup disk, Open Disk Utility and click Repair Disk. Then re-run the command. You can even run it from terminal while booted off the install disc.

Started partitioning on disk0s2 Macintosh HD Verifying diskError: -9915: 
Could not modify partition map because filesystem verification failed

7. Now when I run diskutil list I see a new drive:

2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            200.0 GB   disk0s2
3:                  Apple_HFS Lion                     49.6 GB    disk0s3

8. If you have access to Mac OS X Lion you can now use this partition to install it.

How to Split Your Mac Hard Drive into 2 Partitions

1. Right click on your Desktop and go to New > Shortcut

2. Browse to the chrome.exe file (depending on your set up, it might be found here: username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe) and click Next

3. Type a name for the shortcut (ie “Chrome Kiosk Mode”) and click Finish

4. Right click on the new shortcut on your Desktop and go to Properties

5. At the end of your Target replace chrome.exe with “chrome.exe –kiosk http:// [enter URL here]” and click OK

6. Double-click the shortcut on your Desktop and it will launch the full screen Kiosk

7. To quit the Kiosk, press Alt + F4 on your keyboard.

Google Chrome – Full Screen Kiosk Mode

1. Option + Command click the iPhoto application
2. A box will pop up entitled: Rebuild Photo Library
3. Check “Reclaim unused disk space from databases”
4. Click “Rebuild”
5. Checking any of the other ones doesn’t hurt either, it actually speeds it up even more.  Give it a try!

Also, if anyone has any additional advice or tips, please feel free to share.

Speed Up & Improve iPhoto ’09 Performance

This is what my dock currently looks like.

Terminal can be found in: Applications > Utilities

To add a separator to the left side of the dock

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'

To add a separator to the right side of the dock

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'

Each time you run one of the commands above it will create a new separator but you need to restart the dock to see them. To do this just type this into Terminal:

killall Dock

Organize your dock by adding spacers in Snow Leopard

By going into the Backblaze settings in your System Preferences, you can select the check box next to “Show Backblaze icon in the menu bar.”  However, every time I checked the box, the icon would not come back.  And upon return to the preferences, the box remained unchecked.  A mystery?  Yes, indeed.

Therefore, I contacted customer support and they gave me a quick and easy solution that made my day.  Try the following steps below to fix the mysteriously missing Backblaze icon from the menu bar in Snow Leopard.

1. Click on the Finder
2. Press Command + Shift + G
3. Enter /Library/Backblaze in the text field and press “Go”
4. Right click on the folder “bzdata” and Get Info (or press command + i)
5. Change the permissions, so that all users have “Read & Write” permissions.
6. Then click the gear icon and select “Apply to enclosed items..”
7. If the Backblaze icon doesn’t show up on the menu bar, follow steps 1-3 again and this time double click “bzbmenu” and this will place the icon in the right spot.

Backblaze Icon Missing from Menu Bar in Snow Leopard