Posted in systems, tagged cli, code, failure, java, osx on August 20, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I normally don’t mess with Java so this is likely a trivial point, I could very well be stating the most obvious of obvious things.
The documentation for Amazon’s EC2 Web Service actually had a well written explanation, but who reads? Scanning the setup instructions I saw:
Java. — Check, I got that
Java JRE version 1.5 — [...]
Posted in design, web, tagged jquery, typography on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Patrick Haney, a JQuery technique to implement the ampersand method described at SimpleBits, “Use the Best Available Ampersand“.
use jQuery to parse the DOM, find any character matching “&”, and wrap it in a tag with the appropriate class.
Automatic “Awesompersands”
Posted in funny, misc, tagged wtf on August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Seriously, everytime I see one of these I feel icky. I don’t know, maybe don’t use color in your email, and done include three months of quoted correspondence below your signature might be a better place to start. Oh wait, here’s an idea, don’t email back “Thanks!” every time, my brain is part of the [...]
Posted in web, tagged 2008, sfo, wordcamp, wordcamp sf 2008 on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WordPres Zeigtgesit
2.6M WordPress.org Blogs
Versions:
v2.51, 2.6 – Secure release – 1.78M
v2.3 – (Not a secure release) about ~500k
PHP5 Adoption
2/3 of WP blogs are PHP5, when will WP stop supporting PHP4? (Stay with it until 10% or less are doing PHP4)
Plugins stats
145. OpenID
24. AdSense Manager
12. Hello Dolly!
10. cforms
9. wp-polls
8. WP Automatic upgrade
7. wp-cache
6. wp?
5. stats
4. nextgen-gallery
3. google [...]
Posted in i forgot on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just launched at #wordcamp San Francisco. Will take a look and comment later:
http://wpscreencasts.com/
Posted in web, tagged navel gazing considered fun on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in web, tagged wordcamp sf 2008 on August 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Twitter search, feed
What is a good blog editor like Mars Edit but for the PC?Cuzillion – performance testing
Firebug lite 1.2
HTTP Watch FireFox beta coming soon
Operator microformat observation
What if your readers could search you and everything you’ve created for answers they’d trust?
Brad Feld
Gigalogue – Next week… dev.gigaom.com Gigaomdaily
Buddypress Wordcamp slides
Posted in i forgot on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dead trees version handed out at registration. Anyone have a wiki to dump this into?
San Francisco – 2008 – WordCamp
User — Developer
9:30 SEO Mistakes Most Bloggers Make — DiSo, OAuth and more
10:00 Open Source Business Models — Even Faster Web Sites
10:50 Andy Skelton – A Musical Performance — N/A
11:00 LOLcats and the Secret of Virility — Secure Coding with WordPress
11:30 WordPRess & Microformats: Past, Present, [...]
Posted in i forgot on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is this really necessary? And it is all over the nbcolympics.com site. Other photo stories, hotties and their cars, “guess these abs”, Team Speedo Beijing”.
Stay classy NBC
