Blog Archives

WordPress 2.0.3 Tuneup Plugin

Jun072006

A couple of buglets snuck by in the WordPress 2.0.3 release. There should be a version 2.0.4 release relatively soon. But in the meantime, check out the WordPress 2.0.3 Tuneup Plugin, by Mark Jaquith. It fixes a few of the more obvious/annoying problems (mainly errant “Are You Sure?” dialogs when performing certain admin actions). More advanced users can also use SVN to track the 2.0 branch like so: svn co http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/branches/2.0/

WordPress 2.0.3 Released

Jun012006

The wee hours of the morning saw the release of WordPress 2.0.3. This release fixes a few bugs that have been identified in the past three months, and it also adds some security enhancements. If you would like a smaller upgrade package, Mark Jaquith has a zip file that contains just the changed files. It’s unofficial, but I’d trust Mark. Also, if you don’t regularly check your WordPress Dashboard to see when new releases are … Continue reading →

A Software Development Analogy

May232006

Alice takes her car to a repair shop on Monday. She walks inside and talks to Bob, the customer service representative behind the counter. “My car seems to work pretty well, but occassionally it makes an odd noise. When can you have it fixed, and how much will it cost?” Bob smiles and replies, “we can have your car ready by noon on Friday, and it will cost $200.” Alice says that this is acceptable, … Continue reading →

The prodigal son returns

May152006

On Friday afternoon, I called home as I was leaving the office, as usual. Before I had a chance to say much more than “hello,” Susan said, “guess what?” Not knowing whether it was something good or bad, I asked, “what?” She replied, “the prodigal son has returned.” A neighbor down the street from us had found our dog! This nice young lady had first spotted Spirit wandering around on Thursday, and thought that he … Continue reading →

Not a good day

May102006

Today, so far, has not been a good day. Maybe it was an omen when our dog ran away this morning… I opened our front door to let him go out for his “morning consititutional”, but he spotted a rabbit in the yard across the street, and he bolted after it. I chased after him, and came close to getting him to come back, but then he ran off again. We haven’t seen him since. … Continue reading →

Digital Diva

Apr252006

It’s been a long time coming, but my wife, Susan, finally has a WordPress blog. You can check it out at DigitalDivas.net. As you’ll see when you get there, It’s Pink! Susan spent a lot of time adapting some CSS techniques for her site, and I helped her turn her html code into a WP theme. I’m sure she’ll be posting on a variety of topics, from web design and technology, to current events, to … Continue reading →

Sesame Street

Apr202006

Over on waxy.org’s links, I found this list of Sesame Street videos on YouTube. Talk about bringing back some memories. I’ve always loved Capital I, and Atlanta band Rooke used to do a version of it that was just beautiful. Other favorites include Mahna Mahna, The Ladybug Picnic, C is for Cookie, I Love Trash, and The Martians (yepyepyep). Claire has been watching some Sesame Street, and I’m sure she would enjoy some of these … Continue reading →

No more automatic link posting

Apr102006

And now that I’ve helped out the rest of you who want to automatically generate posts from your del.icio.us bookmarks (with my daily post fixer plugin), I’m turning that feature off here. It was an interesting experiment, but I’ve decided that this isn’t how I want to present that information. Let’s examine the good and bad of the automatic link posts: Pros Generates more content for the blog Provides additional exposure for the pages that … Continue reading →

del.icio.us daily blog post fixer plugin

Apr072006

I mentioned previously that I wanted to make a WordPress plugin that would touch up the posts created by the del.icio.us “daily blog post” feature. I’ve tinkered with it on-and-off, and finally realized what was preventing the addition of the rel=”tag” microformat (I forgot to double-escape some backslashes in a string). So, I present for your automated link posting pleasure, the del.icio.us daily blog post fixer plugin (.zip). The plugin serves two purposes: it lets … Continue reading →

Daily Links

Apr042006

Make Celtic Knotwork I wish I had more time to play with artsy stuff like this. I love Celtic knot patterns. (tags: art design celticknotwork celtic knots howto) Processor Comparison Chart This could come in handy when trying to get a rough idea of how one processor/speed compares with a different one. (tags: hardware cpu reference chart computer comparison)