However, during one of my latest projects I discovered that under certain conditions, jquery-validate doesn’t play nicely with Internet Explorer 6. By the time you will read this, things might have changed, but the issue I had was that no form validation was done at all.

After some Googling, it turned out the problem is caused by the fact that jquery-validate is encoded as ISO-8859-1. Since the page itself was using UTF-8, and Internet Explorer 6 seems to assume all scripts without a proper encoding defined must be using the same encoding as the page, this caused the validation to stop working.

The solution is simple however. You just need to change the line where jquery-validate is loaded :

<script src="jquery.validate.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

and add the proper encoding by adding charset=”iso-8859-1″ to the script tag :

<script src="jquery.validate.js" 
type="text/javascript" charset="iso-8859-1"></script>

Warning! Since Microsoft Windows 7 RC is still pre-release software, and the fact that officially VMware Fusion doesn’t support Windows 7 yet, install at your own risk!. As always, backup first.

Without further ado, let’s begin!

Downloading Windows 7 RC

Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate can be downloaded for free at:

www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx

Don’t forget to actually read the instructions and information provided on this page. It’s actually very helpful and informative. Also please note that you’ll need a Windows Live ID if you want to download Windows 7 RC. If you have a Hotmail, MSN or Live.com email address, you already have a Windows Live ID. Otherwise, sign up for one for free.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose whether you want to test drive the 32 bit or 64 bit version and pick your preferred language.

After logging in with your Windows Live ID you’ll eventually get to a screen with a big ‘Download‘ button. More importanly, this page also displays your product key. You’ll need this key to install Windows 7 RC so WRITE IT DOWN!

When the download finishes, you are left with an iso disk image file. You can burn this disk image to a DVD-R, but since VMware Fusion also allows you to mount an iso file and use it like regular DVD media, we will do just that.

Setting up your VMware Fusion virtual machine

Select File > New from the menu to create a new virtual machine.

If you (like me) are installing Windows 7 RC directly from the .iso file you downloaded, choose ‘Continue without disk‘.

If you are installing Windows 7 RC from a DVD, choose ‘Use operating system installation disk‘ and select the correct DVD drive.

If you are installing Windows 7 RC from a .iso disk image file, Choose ‘Use operating system installation disk image file‘ and choose the Windows 7 RC disk image you downloaded.

Although Windows 7 RC isn’t yet supported by VMware Fusion, choosing ‘Windows Server 2008‘ as the operating system you will be installing works fine for installing Windows 7 RC. Of course, choose the 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008 from the list if you downloaded the 64 bit version of Windows 7 RC.

Enter the account name and password you like to use and enter the Windows product key you received during downloading Windows 7 RC.

Before Windows 7 RC will install, VMware Fusion will present you with a confirmation window. If you like to change some settings, like the amount of memory Windows 7 RC is allowed to use, choose the ‘Customize Settings‘.

Choose the filename for the virtual machine. In my case, ‘Windows 7 RC‘ is descriptive enough.

Installing Windows…

Since we chose the VMware Fusion Easy Install option, and provided VMware Fusion with all the details it needs, there’s no need to enter any data during installation.

Depending on your system the installation will take 30 to 60 minutes. Also your virtual machine will reboot a few times. Don’t worry, this is normal.

Log in for the first time

At this point, Windows 7 RC is done installing. All we need to do now is log in with the credentials you entered earlier while creating the virtual machine.

Installing VMware Tools

Immediately after your first log in, VMware Tools will start installing. Just let it run because it will install some drivers needed for Windows 7 RC to operate correctly within VMware Fusion . Your virtual machine will reboot one more time after VMware Tools is installed.

Congratulations… Enjoy Windows 7 RC!

Log in again and you’re all done… At least, until Windows 7 RC will expire on June 1, 2010 :-)

If you still have any questions, please post them in the comments.

Very little is known about this game, so in preperation of the planned trailer (March 18th!), this single screen shot is very welcome. Unfortunately though, it doesn’t tell us much.

If you liked the style of Castle Crashers, you will absolutely love this.

Since that post, they updated the web site and added some clues in the form of even more  news paper clippings, pictures and notes. Apparently, more girls aged 5 to 7 were abducted along the Atlantic coast of Europe, again by a ’skinny monster’ wearing a ‘red light’. The new content also mentions reports of strange red lights beneath the sea surface.

I’m very interested in how all these events and facts will fit in the story arc of Bioshock.

Very little is known about the story of Bioshock 2. The short teasing trailer released in October 2008 revealed virtually nothing but successfully generated a lot of buzz, speculation and anticipation.

Recently, Take-Two launched a teaser site which like the October trailer doesn’t tell us much.

The site’s background shows a map of the world with a marking ‘2/20/67′ on the coast of Ireland. Besides this the site contains some newspaper clippings, notes and pictures. These seem to describe two main events which occurred at Lahinch Beach, Ireland :

• Mysterious footprints found on the beach on February 17, 1967
• The abduction of a 7 year old local girl

Apparently the girl was abducted “very quick”, “thin”, “above average height attacker” wearing some “red light”. Furthermore the newspaper clipping of February 17 describes “mysterious crimson (red) lights under the surface of Liscannor Bay”. Could these red lights share the same source?

Also, a picture of a Big Daddy doll which was found a week before the abduction on the same beach is shown on the site. One of the notes speculates that the attacker of the girl could be a Big Daddy though they aren’t very quick or thin. Perhaps in Bioshock 2 we can expect a new Big Daddy variant?

The pictures with the footprints show very strange footprints. It’s safe to say that these footprints are from (the same being as) the attacker of the little girl. Also note the strange object (a ribbon?) in the top left corner of the picture.

Furthermore the site mentions a certain Jeremiah Lynch (aged 71) who seems to be the person who discovered the footprints.

The Bioshock 2: Sea Of Dreams teaser site can be found at:
http://www.somethinginthesea.com/

I’ve been following the development of this version on my local sandbox install and each time I checked it out (literally through SVN) it got better and better.

If you are running an older version of Wordpress, it’s worth upgrading.

For more information on Wordpress 2.5 it’s new features, read the announcement by Matt Mullenweg on the Wordpress Development Blog

By default, if you want to change the toolbar from say icons and text to just icons, you would do that through the View menu. However, by clicking that ‘pill-like’ button in the top right part of a window while holding down the Control (or Apple) key, you can easily switch between toolbar styles. It won’t work with all windows though, but so far, I succesfully tested it with Finder and Colloquy.

The list of launch titles for the WiiWare service is as follows :

• Dr. Mario & Virus Buster
• Star Soldier R.
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
• Tenshi no Solitaire
• Okiraku Ping Pong
• Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii
• Saku Saku Animal Panic
• Pokemon Farm
• LONPOS

Before you can use the WiiWare service, you first need to update the Wii system to the latest version, which will add the WiiWare service (when it’s live in your region) to the Wii Shop channel. Also, judging by the screenshots and information available, buying WiiWare games will be like buying Virtual Console games, using the same familiar interface.

At the moment, the prices will range from 500 Wii points to 1500 Wii points. One thing that raised concern is the fact that judging by the filesize of the games and the limited internal memory of the Nintendo Wii, it’s very possible you’ll soon run out of available space, especially if you also have some Virtual Console games installed.

Probably the coolest thing of WiiWare games (compared to Virtual Console games) is that they offer online functionality like online multi-player gaming, leaderboards etc (if supported by the game).

Some games can also be extended with additional downloadable content through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play service. At the moment, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii and LONGPOS are the only games which support this functionality.

However, if you have two or more Macs close to each other, both Macs will respond to any button pressed on the Apple Remote Control. This is because by default, your Mac will respond to any Apple Remote.

Luckily you can change this behaviour by pairing each Apple Remote with one specific Mac. You can do this by holding the remote close to the Mac you want it to pair to while pressing the Menu and Next buttons simultaneously for about 5 seconds. A remote icon should appear on your screen when the pairing process was successful.

One thing you might want to do is temporarily disable the IR port on the other Macs by going to System Preferences and the Security pane. On the General tab, there’s a checkbox option which allows you to disable the IR receiver on your Mac. When you’re done, you can switch the IR receiver back on by unchecking the same checkbox.