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This is only good news. Currently, I have to “borrow” my housemates Windows machines to indulge in id’s Quake Live but with the news that Mac and Linux compatibility is high on the company’s priority list that is soon be a thing of the past. I can’t wait. I hate the fact that I have to borrow a machine to play of reboot and boot into Windows using Bootcamp if I want to play.

A full interview can be read here at Joystiq. I’ll be up for pwning all you noobs if you are up for it. My username is imLOST (I was going to add a link to my online profile but I don’t think I can.) So add me if you want. I love a good duel, I do.

I just stumbled across a cool new application/ thinigiemabob for my Mac. T’is called StickyWindows and it allows me to drag any window to the side of my screen and it transforms into a little tab.

This frees up loads of valuable screen real estate.

A video will give a much better indication of what it can actually do so I’ll let them take it away. All I can say is that I think it’s pretty awesome and I can see myself using it from now on to be honest.

I came across a cool application (Mac only) that allows the user to send SMS messages directly from the desktop. It’s called JSMS.

It uses the same login as your respective Vodafone, Meteor or O2 webtext services so the receiver still knows who the text is from. You also have the ability to import all your contacts from the website so that makes the transition even easier.

As far as I know, there are other programs available for Windows that do the same job. Cabbage being one such program. Don’t ask me whether or not it’s good though

It’s just cool and handy and much easier to use than the clumsy and slow Vodafone website.

Why would I want to install WordPress locally on my Mac?

Well, the main reason ( and the only reason that I’ll use it for ) is to test out new themes. Installing locally eliminates the hassle of having to upload the .css and .php files everytime you make a change to their content. And it means that your live site is not disturbed and your viewers are not greeted by a half finished theme.

How would I go about this?

Really, really easily – That’s how.

• Download “MAMP“. Install it in the “Applications” folder.

• Download the latest version of “WordPress” (at the time of writing, this is 2.6.1 ).

• Unzip the downloaded file and place the unzipped “wordpress” folder in: Applications > MAMP > htdocs.

Wordpress Install Path

• Open the MAMP application and start both the Apache Server and the MySQL Server. Click on the “Open Start age” Button or alternatively point your browser of choice to “http://localhost:8888/MAMP/“

Wordpress MySQL Admin Page

• Create a new database. You may call it whatever you want but for simplicity’s sake I entitled mine “wordpress”.

• Now you go to: Applications > MAMP > htdocs > wordpress > wp-config-sample.php and open that file in your favourite plain text editor. Edit the details to the following values and save the file as “wp-config.php”.

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'root'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'root'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost:8888'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value


• Now, point your browser to the install.php script. Follow the onscreen instructions and remember to jot down the admin password so you can log in in the next page.

And that’s it.

I’m off for some lunch.