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Twitter Updates for 2007-12-17

The heat was off in our office this morning (a fault in the thermostat). It’s freaking freezing in here! Need another bowl of coffee… # Office thermostat now reads 72F, but it doesn’t feel like it. I’ve still got my coat on, and my fingers don’t want to type. # Getting ready to head home. L:34.159132,-84.464441 # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Updates for 2007-12-14

@factoryjoe thanks for the "lightbulb moments" pointer — some good points made there. # More diso goodness: @buddypress http://buddypress.com/ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Updates for 2007-12-13

The Yahoo! Shortcuts Plugin for WordPress looks pretty kickass. Great job, guys! http://shortcuts.yahoo.com/ # Just used our eye-tracker to participate in a study on web typography. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitterings

You might have already noticed, but I finally hopped onto the Twitter bandwagon. You can see my latest tweets in the sidebar (it’s the “What I’m Doing” section), and I currently have it auto-posting a daily summary here on the blog (courtesy of the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress). I’m not sure if I’ll continue that or not, though. Of course, if you are also on Twitter, you can just follow my tweets with whatever … Continue reading

Twitter Updates for 2007-12-11

Hmm… Here’s a new (to me?) webdev teamup: http://sidebarcreative.com/ # Finally got my PHP SOAP to generate XML that the .Net service could consume: $client->_namespace = ‘WhateverItSaidInTheWsdl’ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Updates for 2007-12-10

Watching the baby while my wife is at a job interview. # Finally made to the the office a little while ago. Had to drop my car off at the dealership for "Check Engine" diagnosis. :-/ # Need help getting PHP PEAR SOAP client to talk to a .NET service. The server end doesn’t seem to see the parameters my client is sending. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

VPS Recommendations?

I’m looking for a Virtual Private Server host. The server I’m currently on is woefully underpowered for the handful of sites I running (on the plus side, it’s been free), and it’s high time that I moved my stuff to a box that’s up to the task. Ideally, I’d like the following features: Virtual Private Server with at least 1GB of RAM (preferably with root access within my instance). SSH shell access. Decent monthly bandwidth … Continue reading

Easy Gravatars version 1.1

My Easy Gravatars plugin is now in the WordPress Plugin Directory, and I’ve released version 1.1. Changes: Gravatar images now link to comment author’s URL, if provided. Gravatar code now prepended to text instead of appended. Added stylesheet for options page and improved layout. Split options into ‘General’ and ‘Advanced’. New advanced option for selecting either ‘Comment Author Link’ or ‘Comment Text’ API hook. When time allows, I’m going to try to add support for … Continue reading

Easy Gravatars with Google Analytics Plugin

Several people have reported problems using my Easy Gravatars plugin together with Joost de Valk’s Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress. I spent some time looking over the code yesterday and found the conflict. I sent a patch to Joost, and he has released version 1.4 of his Google Analytics plugin. I hope to release a new version of Easy Gravatars with some new features sometime next week, as well.