Author Archives: Stephen R

Every Halloween costume you ev…

Every Halloween costume you ever had was a failure compared to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG8CUHGb1Y4 (via @TheBloggess)

Virtual Multiblog 2.6.1

Just released Virtual Multiblog v2.6.1. The primary new feature in the 2.6 line is auto-plugins. That is, you can specify plugins that are automatically activated for all (or just some) blogs. Check it out!

Mac OS 9 lives!

Mac OS 9 lives! And it has a browser: http://classilla.org/

An ode to long URLs

An ode to long URLs – and a suggestion or two: http://bit.ly/syESq

10,000 words advocating “sub p…

10,000 words advocating “sub plugins” for WordPress, only to discover I’ve just reinvented something called “Interfaces” http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2009-June/026567.html [2011-12-21 edit: updated broken link]

Virtual Multiblog helper app

Hackadelic has released a (beta) WordPress plugin designed to automate using Virtual Multiblog. This is still in development, but the initial test I did looks promising. Basically the plugin creates an interface in the WP admin for creating new virtual installs. If you’re interested in playing with unfinished software, go check out the Hackadelic Multiblog [...]

A Brief History of JavaScript

1995 – Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever made in designing a programming language, invents a few more, and creates LiveScript. Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases the [...]

Strider Core — coming soon

I’m working on an integrated core system for WordPress plugins — including common code and automatic “best version” detection of more than one plugin uses the same core.