Pretty weired headline, isn’t it? Well, I like Lightbox, use it quite often and most of the time it works fine. Now I encountered a strange bug: if you use lightbox on Mac in Firefox and you hav a div layer under it whit has CSS Style

overflow: auto;

the scrollbar will overlap the image (see picture).

I searched quite some time to find the solution, but in the end it was bloody simple. So I thought I post it here, just in case you are searching too. Just set the style of the div layer to overflow: hidden when the lightbox overlay is generated (you can write a new function or put in in fuction hideSelectBoxes(). Something like this:

var content_div = document.getElementById("content");
content_div.style.overflow = "hidden";

In the function showSelectBoxes() you have to restore the style again:

var content_div = document.getElementById("content");
content_div.style.overflow = "auto";

Piece of cake, isn’t it? I know this is not the most beautiful solution and you have to manipulate your lightbox.js, but it works. If anyone finds a better / easier solution, please post it as a comment.

First of all: I like my MacBook. I think Leopard is one of the best OS I’ve used so far. But there are some little tiny things that make me want to jump out of my skin. Sometimes. As a long-time Windows user I’m not used to all ideas and approaches of Mac OS. Anyway step by step I resolve problems and get to know the system better.

My latest problem was with fonts … if you google for font problems in OS X you’ll find thousands of pages. My problem was with the Dashboard. There was something wrong with the fonts and so it looked weired (see picture). Anyway I fixed it and then another problem came. Firefox was acting weired with the fonts than … no aliasing. This is how you fix most of the font problems in OS X:

1. Download Linotype FontExplorer X.
It is free to use and a little more comfortable than font book. If you don’t want to install new software, I think everything I describe here can be done with font book too, I just wanted to give you a link to some good freeware.

2. Clean System Fonts Folder
In Linotype Font Explorer, click on tools > Cleanup System Fonts Folder. Duplicate Files and broken files will be removed from the system. Never mind, there will be backup folder on your desktop with all the removed fonts.

3. Check your Helvetica, Helvetica Neue
My Dashboard Problem was because I accidently installed a broken version of a Helvetica font. After I deactivated “Helvetica CY” my Dashboard looked fine again.

4. (Re)Install Verdana
My Firefox font problem was because of a missing Verdana font (I know, the web-programmers should offer alternative fonts in their CSS files, but sometimes they don’t … and sometimes the design is just made for Verdana). You can download verdana here. Just add it with LinoType and activate it

5. Trebuchet MS
Lately Trebuchet MS got more and more popular for Webdesigns, so you might want to install it to. Download it here and install it as described in point 4.

Wes Anderson is a genius. He has only made a handful of movies, but people talk of him as a cult-director. Only a few directors in Hollywood managed to do that (Tarantino comes to my mind). While I liked The Royal Tennenbaums, I loved Life Aquatic. I haven’t seen Rushmore yet, but I’m quite sure it will perfectly fit in his movie list.

Anyway yesterday I saw his new work The Darjeeling Ltd. Again he uses the usual suspects as his actors: Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray (only cameo). Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody are new in his “crew”, but fit perfectly in.

The movie is about three brothers on a journey through India, seeking spiritual satisfaction. Funny situations, great characters and highly entertaining dialouges make, what should be known as a Wes-Anderson-Film. Love it or leave it. I give it 9 out of 10 points.

Ever wondered how you get Clips you don’t buy in iTunes-Store on your iPod? Well, I did. And I found a solution for this problem: iSquint. This little Freeware tool for Mac is very easy to use (just drag in the file you wish to convert and hit “Start”). Then you can drag the file into iTunes and syncronize your iPod - there you go.

Plus: if you want to have youTube clips on your iPod (like videoclips to your favourite songs), there is a little Firefox plugin called Video DownloadHelper that works perfect: You just have to wait until the full videstream is downloaded in your browser and the you can download the video by clicking the icon. The file you will get (.flv) works fine with iSquint.

I don’t know why, but I have the feeling, 2008 will be a year of good movies. There are by far not as many Blockbuster as in 2007 (except maybe John Rambo and Indiana Jones 4). And it started very good. Last weeks Eastern Promises was a good start for the year, yesterday I saw I am Legend and it wasn’t bad either.

The story has already been told several times: Omega Man with Charlton Heston and 28 days later by Danny Boyle are only two examples. A man seemes to be alone on earth. Well, not quite, there are some kind of mutants (in I am Legend they are a mixture of zombies and vampires).

The movie has pretty quiet moments for a hollywood movie. And Will Smith does a good job, trying to act normal when there seemes to be no hope. The movie is not brilliant, but good for a entertaining movienight. I give it 7 out of 10 points.