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Writing A WordPress Filter To Modify Post/Page Titles
2008-04-03 15:34:00 I was recently working on a new Word Press theme when I had need to modify the title of pages before output. The style I was attempting to use involved wrapping <span> tags around the title (inside of the href tags). The wp_list_pages() function returns pages (which are basically the same as posts) and has several ... More About: Wordpress , Tutorials , Writing , Web Development
How Can I Recover My Lost MySQL root Password?
2008-04-01 17:13:00 Many people use the MySQL open source relational database server. Mostly for websites, but I’ve also seen it used elsewhere. One problem that I recently ran into with my local development installation is… “what was my root password again?” Aaaggghh! OK, sorry. Don’t panic; it can be recovered. A quick survey of the internet and I ... More About: Lost , Tutorials , Web Development , Operating Systems , Database
Friday Song Of The Day - Flirting With Time
2008-03-28 13:56:00 The song for this week is comin at ya from Tom Petty. This is Flirting With Time from his latest album, Highway Companion (2006). A coyote ran across the road on the move without a home. A flash of light reminded me of you. This could well be your last stand. Hold the sunlight in your hand. Spread your fingers, feel ... More About: Music , Song , Friday
Blog Design - New Date Badge
2008-03-27 06:52:00 Hey, how do you like the small incremental changes I have been making to the site? What!? You haven’t noticed? Well, that just hurts. After the categories consolidation and organization into tags the footer got a little bit of a face lift. The tag cloud now has a larger, more prominent area to ... More About: Web Design , Design , Blog , Badge
Power Conserving Surge Protector
2008-03-26 16:01:00 Have you ever walked into your living room, entertainment room or office and wonder at how bright it was… even with no lights on. At least not any lamps. Many of the electronic devices we use do not turn fully off; there is no hardware switch that completely severs the device’s connection with the power ... More About: Hardware , Power , Reviews , Toys , Surge
Where Did My Categories Go?
2008-03-25 05:40:00 To tag heaven. Ah, yes… tags. The teacher’s pet of Web 2 .0. The category list on this blog had become rather unwieldy as I just plugged in new categories whenever I did not feel like putting any thought into organization. I never really liked that method and so when Word Press implemented tags I figured I’d ... More About: Tutorials , Categories
Hi, I?m A Mac? And I?m A PC - UK Edition
2008-03-22 16:00:00 I’ve never seen the U.K. version of these hilarious Mac commercials. Check it out! More About: Apple , Edition
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates - Cartoon Video
2008-03-21 16:00:00 I thought this short little video was hilarious and made me laugh out loud. Just thought it’d be a funny treat for Friday. * Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Video , Cartoon , Humor , Apple , Microsoft
Friday Song Of The Day - Good Friday
2008-03-21 15:12:00 I thought the title was appropriate so here you have it. Good Friday from The Black Crowes. This song is from their album, Three Snakes And One Charm (1995). We’ve been avoiding this for so long Luxury is temporary than it’s gone I thought that we would happen I guess I’m wrong well say hi on the street, then well move ... More About: Song
Creating Featured Posts With SmartLink Widgets
2008-03-20 14:00:00 Many blogs in the wild these days have Featured Posts listed somewhere on their site, usually along the top of the blog or in one of the sidebars. This is a great way for bloggers to showcase some of their best work, some of their most popular posts or posts that have been rated by ... More About: Widgets , Blogging , Creating
Link Bundle - March 19
2008-03-19 17:07:00 Happy Hump Day! Here are just a few links to help you survive the rest of the week. Gamer?s Tools Review: Logitech G15 Keyboard and G9 Mouse - Ilya Kochanov reviews two peripherals that could take your gaming to the next level. 5 Types Of People You Need To Stay Away From On The Web - Hyder ... More About: Link , March , Bundle
User Interface Design - Simplicity
2008-03-19 16:42:00 Being a software engineer I can empathize with this comic. I feel your pain! This webcomic is brought to you by Eric Burke @ StuffThatHappens.com More About: Humor , Design , User , Simplicity , Interface
How Can I Tell If My Bash Script Is Already Running? - Part 2
2008-03-18 12:00:00 In my first posting on this topic I outlined a manual method by which you could code Bash scripts to check to see whether or not an instance of the script was already running. This is very useful in scripts that might cause adverse affects if more than one instance runs at the same time. ... More About: Running , Tutorials , Operating Systems , Script , Part
Facebook IM? Instant Messaging In Your Social Network
2008-03-17 12:00:00 According to TechCrunch, Facebook will soon be opening the doors on a new IM service built right into their their social networking platform. It is slated to use the Jabber open source platform, which should make it easy to add the new service into many existing IM chat clients. Of course this could spell disaster ... More About: News , Social , Instant Messaging , Network
Friday Song Of The Day - Nothing Compares 2 U
2008-03-14 20:28:00 Here’s the big 90s hit from ole baldy herself (no… not Britney), Sinéad O’Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U from her album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990). It’s been seven hours and fifteen days Since you took your love away I go out every night and sleep all day Since you took your love away Since you ... More About: Song , Friday
Vim Tips - Where The Heck Am I?
2008-03-12 23:08:00 I just wanted to post a few quick tips on using the Vim (vi iMproved) text editor. Whenever you are editing a large text file in vi you may want to know where you are? What line am I on? Well, it’s actually quite easy. Just type CTRL-g and look at the bottom/status line of ... More About: Tutorials , Tips , Geek
So How Big IS A Kilobyte?
2008-03-10 20:00:00 This web comic is brought to you by xkcd.com and Randall Munroe (A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language). More About: Humor
Conditional Statements And Comparison Order - Part 2
2008-03-05 05:19:00 In the original posting, Conditional Statements And Comparison Order , I brought up a coding style used by some software engineers that struck me as odd. The practice of placing a constant value first in a conditional comparison. For example: if("Some String" == aVariable) { // Do some stuff } ... Listing 1 I never liked the way this reads ... More About: Part
Friday Song Of The Day - Time
2008-02-29 16:11:00 Do you ever feel like your just lost in time… flowing like a river… to the sea? Seems a bit depressing. Anyway, no reason for this weeks song other than the fact that I like it. This is Time by The Alan Parsons Project as seen on their album, The Turn of a Friendly Card. ... More About: Song , Friday
Firefox 3 T-Shirt Design Contest
2008-02-28 15:44:00 Do you have mad ninja designing skillz? Do you love the Firefox web browser (who doesn’t)? Well, now is your chance to win some cool cash and prizes plus worldwide recognition! The Mozilla Store is hosting a T-Shirt Design Contest for the upcoming release of the highly anticipated Firefox 3 browser. If chosen, your design will be represented on the official Firefox 3 t-shirt during the release. So what can you win? Here are the prizes. 1st Place Winner: Worldwide recognition for designing the official Firefox 3 T-Shirt featured in the Mozilla Store. A free Firefox 3 T-Shirt to show off your winning design. $250 gift voucher to Amazon.com. 4 runners up: A free Firefox 3 T-Shirt with the winning design. A $50 gift voucher to Amazon.com.
You Can?t Always Get What You Want
2008-02-22 16:29:00 … but if you try sometime you just might find, you get what you need. I love the lyrics to this Rolling Stones classic - You Can’t Always Get What You Want. This song appears on several of their albums the latest of which is the Forty Licks CD. I saw her today at the reception A ...
The Office - Malaysia
2008-02-22 16:07:00 In absence of actually writing any real content for a while… here is an absolutely hilarious alternate version of The Office . It’s The Office Malaysia or The Sweatshop. Very funny. Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Video , Humor
Music Talent Or Fancy Editing?
2008-02-21 06:40:00 Who says you have to actually play an instrument to be able to put together a song… or an ensemble? This video is taken of a guy who cannot play either the drums or the piano, but he played various sounds and recorded video of it. Then using basic timeline editing he composed a musical piece. Very cool! Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Music , Editing , Talent , Fancy
Win $3,000 Or An Xbox!
2008-02-18 16:18:00 ZoneAlarm is hosting the Safe and Secure Sweepstakes where you can win some pretty decent prizes. It is quick and harmless to enter; all you have to give them is your name and email address. The prizes include: $3,000 Visa® Gift Card Xbox ® & $600 Visa® Gift Card $50 Visa® Gift Card Plus they have a pretty fun space ... More About: Giveaways
Applying Math To Humor
2008-02-18 16:05:00 I thought this was a funny Dilbert and thought I’d share it with you. Click the image to view the whole comic. More About: Humor , Math
Friday Song Of The Day - Never Gonna Give You Up
2008-02-15 21:34:00 The Friday Song Of The Day for this week is Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up from his 1990 debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody. It can also be found on a more recent greatest hits version baring the same name as the song. Finally, you have to check this awesome version of ...
Pet Peeve - My Language Doesn?t Need That Feature!
2008-02-12 18:49:00 I apologize ahead of time for this soap box, but I have just read the nth forum posting with a response like this. I have been a fairly flexible software engineer for the majority of my career and this means that I use many different programming languages. What language do you need? If I do ... More About: Feature , Language
Friday Song Of The Day: Wake Me Up When September Ends
2008-02-08 15:46:00 Today’s song has no reason or rhyme… well, it has rhyme, but not in the sense that I picked it for any particular reason. This is Wake Me Up When September Ends from Green Day’s American Idiot album. Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends Like my father’s come to ... More About: Song , Friday
In The Future Will We Grow Computers?
2008-02-07 17:50:00 “Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.” - Morpheus It’s fun sometimes to think about what the future will be like. For instance in The Matrix, a futuristic movie by Larry and Andy Wachowski, machines and computers have taken over the world ... More About: Technology , Computers , Future , The Future , Grow
Does Your Job Ever Make You Feel Like This?
More articles from this author:2008-02-06 18:48:00 Sometimes if you only focus on your daily grind, the J-O-B, then you can start feel some despair. This Dilbert comic sums it up quite nicely. Click the snippet to see the whole comic. More About: Make , Daily Grind , Feel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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