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iPad: How to Locate the Device’s Wi-Fi MAC Address

If you utilize MAC filtering to help secure your wireless router, you will need the MAC address of your iPad to connect it to your wireless network.

Fix: Facebook Homepage Will Not Open When Default Page is Set to Facebook Lite

If you’ve set your Facebook default page to the speedier Facebook Lite and have found that it will no longer allow you to open your homepage on Facebook, it can make for a frustrating day. While all looks lost, you can change the default back to the Regular Facebook by following these steps.

iPad: Update Items (and their order) Included in Search Results to Only Include the Desired Sources

The iPad includes Contacts, Mail, Music, Applications, Podcasts, Video, Audiobooks, Notes, and Calendar in its list of items included in the search results when you use the search functionality of the device. You can customize the list to only include the desired sources and also the order that appear in the result set.

iPad: How to Set Safari’s Bookmarks Bar to Always Show

By keeping the Bookmarks Bar always in view while you are surfing, you have easy access to your favorite sites and since the iPad has such a large screen, the loss in overall real estate is minimal.

Apple iPad : Change links in Google Reader to point to full HTML webpage

This recipe is a quickie for those new iPad owners who use Google Reader to view their RSS Feeds. Since the iPad’s Agent String is similar to an iPhone/iPod Touch, when you go to your Google Reader page you will be redirected to Google’s Mobile Version.

iPad: How to Configure and Use Picture Frame Mode to Display Photos

When your not using your iPad, it makes an excellent picture frame to display your favorite digital images. By using Picture Frame Mode, you can cycle through selected images and add some life to your otherwise boring desk.

Create NSIndexPath for UITableView in iPhone/iPad App

Once you get past basic table view applications on the iPhone or iPad, you may run into the need to create an instance of NSIndexPath. NSIndexPath is an interesting class that stores the path to get to something in a nested set of collections. In an iPhone UITableView application, NSIndexPath is central as it provides a reference to the section of the table and the specific row of interest. There is a trick to creating an instance yourself. Read on to find out how.

Batch File Scripting: How to export, find and replace, and reimport a registry key (XP, Win2k3, Vista, Windows 7)

This recipe is designed for the more operating system savvy persons and for those who work in an app deployment corporate setting.  Many times when you work in IT and in an app deployment team you run into situations where you need to either find a registry key and find a key and replace with a new entry.  However, sometimes there are cases where you know the main registry entry key but are not sure which entries below it may need to be changed.   Lets find a solution!

PHP: Camel Case to Spaces or Underscore

Recently while working on a project, I found I needed to convert camelcase strings to space-separated strings. This same technique will work if you want to convert camelcase to underscore separation as well.

Windows 7: How to Uninstall Windows Live Messenger

If you have moved away from using the Windows Live Messenger application and want to uninstall it, you will notice that there is no standalone listed to uninstall the app. Here are the steps to follow to rid your computer of Windows Live Messenger.

Symfony: Detect Which Version is Installed

The Symfony php framework is frequently updated. Detecting which version is actively installed, however, is not well documented. Here is how to do it.

Use Facebook Lite to Quickly Access Your Friends’ Updates

The normal Facebook homepage is a hefty download that is not immediately responsive. If you want quick access to your friend’s updates and such, you should give Facebook Lite a try. There’s even an option that allows you to switch back and forth between the Lite and full versions.

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