In a few days the new version of WordPress comes out and with the exception of tags, for me the upgrade to 2.3 is pretty straight forward. I have to plan to stop using UTW and switch to the built in tag system. I also want to make sure that I can fall back to [...]
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Akismet Auntie-Spam Greasemonkey Script
Hey I was useful finding and fixing a bug Engtech’s Auntie-Spam greasemonkey script was loading the Akismet pages using xmlhttprequest to load all of the SPAM pages into one condensed page for digestion which is very cool. And for for non-SSL admin pages works flawlessly. I use the Admin SSL plugin on my WordPress blogs. [...]
Ubuntu laptop died
After 5 years or so my IBM T40 laptop gave up the ghost. Dead hardrive. Given how cheap laptops are today I’ll probably go to Costco and pick up an HP laptop. The old laptop ran Ubuntu 7.04. I’ll probably leave the new one running Vista. I personally like running Ubuntu but other people use [...]
Least expected Microsoft error
I downloaded Microsoft Live Writer Beta 3 this morning. When I tried to run the installer I got this dialog box. Too funny. I’m running Vista 64-bit version.
WordPress 2.3 beta tag cloud
The WordPress 2.3 beta tag cloud is XHTML Transitional not Strict. Also if you want to keep UTW then the permalinks /tag/sometag will not work; the /tag/ will go to the WordPress one and not the UTW version. Hopefully someone will make a UTW like interface, presentation plugin that lets you use the built-in tag [...]
Got tags working in WordPress 2.3 beta
My theme’s loop started with start_wp() which works fine for everything except the_tags(). I replaced start_wp() with the_post() and the built into 2.3 tags function started showing up.
Dell called back about the free upgrade
I just received a call and an e-mail confirming my free upgrade and installation of the Dell XPS-720 motherboard (I have a XPS-700 from when it first came out). So far so good.
The Daleks are invading!
Daleks! Saw this on Boing Boing this morning. Awesome pictures here.
Object replaces iframe (and does not work in IE7 for this use)
Making the Google embedded code XHTML Strict was pretty easy and involved replacing <iframe> with <object> and massaging some of the parameters. This works in Firefox and Opera. Naturally it does not work in Internet Explorer 7. There is a hack that might get it to work which I will keep fooling around with. The [...]
Embedded Google maps
This is cool. A really easy way to embed Google maps. View Larger Map Geeky, I wonder when someone will come up with a WordPress plugin to take advantage of this? The only downside to inserting embedded iframe’s is that the TinyMCE editor blows up and dies for that post. Not a big deal, I [...]
