September 3, 2008 – 10:13 am
Just trying out Google’s new browser, Chrome. The admin back end for WordPress (that is, the page I’m working on as I type this) is blazingly fast running on Chrome. Faster than Firefox, IE or Safari — as in: No Contest.
Google set out with a specific goal: to create a browser that is [...]
If you’ve ever written a plugin for WordPress you’ve probably dealt with giving the end user options. Unless you’ve taken the low road and forced the user to directly edit the plugin file, “options” means a Settings screen in the WordPress admin, and most likely you are storing those options in the blog’s wp-options [...]
This is an important note to anyone using my Virtual Multiblog system for WordPress:
WordPress version 2.6 is going to be released very soon. Until I have had time to test Virtual Multiblog on WP 2.6, I recommend that you not upgrade WordPress past 2.5.1.
I’ve always said that the VMB system is quite future-proof, “unless [...]
I’ve released a new version of the Virtual Multiblog system for WordPress.
Version 2.3 is mostly under-the-hood improvements, but it might fix some of the issues people have. Additionally, I’ve made a few updates so it fits more seamlessly within the WordPress 2.5 Admin section.
I’ve also managed to abstract the optional Multiblog Support plugin to [...]
Ultimately, the thing that I absolutely cannot fucking stand about Windows is that every time I try to fix something, especially remotely, it turns into an infinite regression To fix A, I have to first fix B. To fix B, I have to change C. Now what the hell is wrong with [...]
New version of Virtual Multiblog is up!
Version 2.2 has a number of under the hood changes and bug fixes. It also includes an improved and clarified ReadMe, so if you’ve had problems, give it a look.
NOTE TO UPGRADERS: If you have used a previous version of Virtual Multiblog, be aware that the wp-config.php file [...]
A question that comes up in blogging circles from time to time is what the difference is between Comments and Tags. Most blogging software allows you to mark posts with both, and the distinction is often times not clear.
I like to think of it as like walking into a supermarket. Categories are the big [...]
It seems that Apple’s OS X is getting a new filesystem with its upcoming release of version 10.5. They’re reportedly moving to Sun’s ZFS.
From that link:
ZFS is not an incremental improvement to existing technology; it is a fundamentally new approach to data management. We’ve blown away 20 years of obsolete assumptions, [and] eliminated [...]
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