Coblyn is just released for Mac OS X. A combination of puzzle solving and action, harks back to the computing days of old. If you loved Boulder Dash, check it out.

The neat thing is that the user manual includes details on how to create levels. The site also includes a bonus pack of 200 classic levels.

Apple’s iPod Shuffle is now only $65 AUD ($49 USD). I picked up one when they cost a bit more, and found it to be a very useful way of playing music when I didn’t want to have to think about it. Like when snowboarding.

The downside? It so small and convenient, I can’t seem to find mine. Perhaps this is a good reason (excuse) to look at an iPod Touch.

- found via techmeme

I do most of my web testing and development on localhost/~gmwils. Unfortunately, the upgrade to Leopard made this very broken.

Apple kindly updated apache from v1 to v2, and as a result the configuration directory moves from /etc/httpd to /etc/apache2. The log directory also moves, from /log/httpd to /log/apache2.

Mike isolated the problem:

When a user is created on your system, a small Apache configuration file is created that enables Apache to serve content from their ~/Sites/ directory. Under Tiger, these files were stored in /private/etc/httpd/users/. From what I can tell, if you’ve done an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard, those files do not get migrated over to the new /private/etc/apache2/users/ folder.

So, in order to make your sites work again, make sure to copy your Apache per-user configuration files from /private/etc/httpd/users to /private/etc/apache2/users.

Safari has been available on Windows for a while. This provides Apple with a wider development platform for iPhone apps. It also gives Windows one of the fastest browsers around.

The 3.0.4 beta release adds a few new features that improve its usability:

• Ctrl-num keys now work. For example, Ctrl-1 launches the first URL in your bookmarks toolbar. (I love this feature)
• Improved stability
• Improved compatibility
• Spell checking
• and heaps of others…

The other nice feature is proper font rendering.

I find that I still use Firefox for lots of development, but have started to use Safari more as my main browser on Windows. It is simply faster and more pleasant.

Pete put keys to keyboard and outlines the steps here.

Here are all the commands you need to run in the Terminal to install Ruby, MySQL, and Rails:

sudo port install ruby
sudo port install rb-rubygems
sudo port install msyql5 +server
sudo mysql_install_db5
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist
sudo port install rb-mysql
sudo gem install -y rails
sudo gem install -y mongrel

Check out the article for more details, such as how to set up your environment so the commands above actually work.

If you are on Leopard, Rails is already installed. So you can skip the above steps entirely and just start with:

% rails 

Update: See also this Apple article.