Not sure if it is kosher to actually distribute a theme pack for Windows 7 that makes it look like Mac OS X. But in lieu of doing so I can explain how it is done. Basically, take your images from the icons of Mac OS X and copy them into files, copy them to Windows and assign them as icons. Once you’re done, set the background to one from, let’s say, Mac OS X and make your icon placement similar. Then, export your theme pack by going to the Appearance & Personalization Control Panel for Windows 7 and clicking on Personalization. Under My Themes, right-click on the theme and…
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Upgrading WordPress to 2.7
Well, it’s that time of the year that I need to do a little spring cleaning of the ‘ole site. So I figured I’d post how to upgrade WordPress. It’s pretty straight forward. But before getting started back up your install. This includes the files and the database. First off, the files. For that just back up the root of your Apache home directory. If you’re on a shared host this is often the public_html or www folder. If you’re on a Mac Server this might be /Library/WebServer/Documents. If you’ve customized your css and themes, etc you will most certainly want to triple-check that you’ve gotten your wp-content folder. Once…
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Mac OS X 10.5: The New Terminal
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Apple has been slowly winning over a lot of traditional Unix and Linux converts. This new breed of switcher is after a cool shell environment. In Leopard, Apple has upgraded Terminal.app to provide a whole slew of new features that are sure to continue winning new converts. Let’s just take a look at a few of them: Secure Keyboard Entry – Prevent other applications from detecting keystrokes used in terminal. Enable this using the Terminal menu. Tabbed Interface – I always have 3 shell windows open. That’s how I roll. But with the new tabbed interface (which you can access using the Command-T keystroke) I find…