All us Mac OS X users know that it can sometimes get confusing and be hard to concentrate when we have a lot of windows open. To prevent this confusion we can use Isolator. With Isolator you can activate it and disable it as you like by click the icon in the menubar or using the shortcut key command + I.

Isolator allows you to concentrate on the frontmost window and you can either blur the other windows in the background or overlay another color.

Isolator is a Mac OS X only application and is free.

You can find more information and download it from here

Secondbar

If there is one of very few problems about Mac OS X, then a menubar not being visible on a secondary monitor when you connect another display to your Mac is certainly one of those problems.

I recently stumbled across Secondbar while browsing about the internet. It is such a useful tool and I will be using it constantly now that I've found it, just so I don't have to bother pointing over to the primary monitor when using dual displays just to access the menubar.

Let us know!

If you know of any other utilities that make the workflow of a Mac, Windows or Linux machine even better then post a comment to let us know.

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So you’ve successfully created a design for your website… the next question is, where to actually host it. It’s often debatable on which is the best among the many web hosting providers around whether free or paid. Well, it’s really pretty simple why – because it usually depends on different factors such as, what type of website you plan on creating and its needs. There are many offers lying around which easily confuse webmasters which one is the best for them and their site. But whether you’re making a personal or business website, uptime and reliability from a web hosting provider is always important.

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Here is a recap of the posts from this week.

Build a Twitter-like site with CodeIgniter and jQuery Part 2

5 PHP Frameworks you may not know about

Creating a basic iPad application

Here is a list of posts from this week if you may have missed anything.

20 Stunning Wallpapers For Your Desktop

10 Awesome jQuery Tutorials You Should Check Out

10 Flash and Actionscript Tutorials for the Beginner

Cheat sheets: jQuery, MooTools, Prototype

Deep Linking with jQuery

Build a Twitter-like site with CodeIgniter and jQuery

Javascript frameworks like jQuery, MooTools and Prototype are being used by almost all developers in web design and web development, and if you're not using them you should be. Frameworks like these make building complex Javascript functionality into websites a breeze with only a few lines of code.

If you want to start using a framework but are not sure which one is for you then you are probably best starting off with jQuery as it is simple to understand yet powerful. You can also use frameworks together, check out my post here.

In this post you'll find cheat sheets that will be helpful to you as a reference when using one of these frameworks and you can't quite remember a function.

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Everyone likes to have a nice wallpaper for their desktop so I have put a list together of the 20 best looking, simple and stylish wallpapers that I have found.

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I recently got a Google Wave invite and it is awesome. I will probably receive invites to Google Wave soon so if you would like an invite leave your email below using scr.im and I will invite as many commenters as I can.

Ruby on Rails is a framework for Ruby that has became increasingly popular over the last few years. The difference between a framework and a language is a language is used for compiling code whereas a framework is built on top of a language to allow for a more rapid development process.

Ruby on Rails uses the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern to keep code clean and organized. CakePHP is a great framework for PHP that replicates how Ruby on Rails works, the only difference being is it uses PHP and not Ruby so the code looks a lot different although some of the functions are named the same.

When learning a new language it is always best to give it your full attention for at least a week or two, because you will probably end up back where you started and not learning much more than you already knew. When using a language, frameworks, API's, etc, it is also recommended to refer to the documentation from time to time so that if you run into a bug it is more stress-free to solve.

If you are running Mac OS X then both Ruby and Rails are pre-installed. Windows and Linux users will have to download them.

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FancyBox is a plugin for jQuery that allows you to easily display images in the same window with a simple yet effective code. The plugin takes no time to set up and all that is required is that you include the jQuery javascript library within the pages that you are using the FancyBox plugin on.

Features:

• Display single images
• Create image galleries
• Display iFrame
• Execute Ajax
• Include Flash, movies or audio files

Using FancyBox

First of all we need to link to the jQuery and FancyBox file after we have downloaded.

<script type="text/javascript" src="path-to-file/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="path-to-file/jquery.fancybox.js"></script>

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