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Testing Comment Rating
A new comment rating plugin is in effect on this site, try it out!
WordPress 2.6.1-beta1
I’m surprised that I haven’t seen mention of this from other channels yet (official or unofficial), but two days ago, SVN revision 8561 of the WordPress 2.6 branch was labled as WordPress version 2.6.1-beta1. [...]
Start Conference Photos
A series of snaps from the excellent Start Conference, which I spoke at in the morning after Ev Williams and before Mena Trott.
Gravatar enabled WordCamp Badges
Andy has the very exciting news that Gravatar icons will be printed on attendee’s WordCamp San Francisco badges this year!
On supporting websites, Gravatars have become a de-facto identity for comment threads and discussions so to carry through the identity to the conference floor is just a logical conclusion.
There is one caveat. Gravatars can now be [...]
WordCamp 2008 Badges
Get A Gravatar Ready For WordCamp 2008 Badges. I think this is the first time Gravatars have gone physical. Really excited about it! They’re generated on the fly using PHP and the PDF library.
Community Tagging
Matt’s Community Tags. This is the VERY BETA plugin I’m using for the community tagging on my photos, which allows people to submit tags which then go into a moderation queue to be approved or modified by an admin. Not recommended for general use yet, just getting it out there since a lot of people [...]
Random Redirect Plugin
I just updated the Random Redirect plugin, with two extra parameters.
Around the web
Font Conference - CollegeHumor video - bwahahaha.
John Resig - Keypress in Safari 3.1
Griffin Technology: PowerDock - this is fantastic on so many levels. (thanks Shawn)
Beyond REST, or Beyond XMPP? Both? The Q&A - great interview and responses, I expect nothing less from Steve and Joe.
MsgFiler 2.0.3 Released! - this is a must-have.
Not Yet Squirrelly - [...]
Theme Video Tutorial
A series of videos, Designing for WordPress, that walks you through all steps of creating a theme.
Free Jon Miller
BoomTown Plea to Jeff Bewkes: Free Jon Miller! — Kara Swisher.
Free Software Usability
Why Free Software is hard to use, and how to improve it, by Matthew Paul Thomas. (The other Matt Thomas who used to be involved with WordPress.)
Interference Robustness?
What is Interference Robustness? In case you’ve ever wondered what that checkbox under Mac wifi means.
404s and WordPress Server Load
A few months back we launched a site redesign/redevelopment project for a client, and made a simple mistake that had some interesting ramifications. It’s worth posting here so others don’t make the same mistake.
What Happened
When redeveloping the site, we moved the WordPress instance from the web root:
/public_html/wp-config.php
/public_html/wp-includes/
/public_html/…
to a subdirectory within the web root:
/public_html/wordpress/wp-config.php
/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/
/public_html/…
I consider this [...]
Plugin Competition
The WordPress plugin competition at WLTC is now open for voting.
Using WordPress as a CMS
Things To Consider When Using WordPress as a CMS. Would love to see more articles like this.
ALA Survey
The new A List Apart for survey is up.
WordPress MU 2.6
Version 2.6 of WordPress MU is now out! WordPress MU is the multi blog version of the popular blogging software WordPress. It’s the engine behind WordPress.com and many other blogging sites.
This version of WordPress MU is based on WordPress 2.6. There’s a long and interesting WordPress.org post on the new features in 2.6 so get [...]
When will my broadband be upgraded?
Here in Ireland one company owns (almost?) all the local phone lines, Eircom. Just about every other company who provides a DSL service has to rent from them (anyone remember Smart?). The result of which is very similar pricing from every single broadband provider.
There is a silver lining of sorts. Eircom promised that they would [...]
Wanted: Cross-platform mobile shopping list app
Okay Lazyweb, help me find what I’m looking for. I want a mobile shopping/todo list app that my wife and I can both use to keep shared lists. I’ve got an iPhone, Susan has a Blackberry Curve — it should be easy to use on either of those devices. [...]
The Commodore 64 Book - 1982 to 199x
Several months ago my old C64 buddy, Andrew Fisher, emailed me to tell me about his new book, The Commodore 64 Book - 1982 to 199x. At the time his email fell through the cracks in the Thunderbird inbox and was destined to remain unanswered until I received a reply from another friend, Iain Black, [...]
