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Monthly Archives: June 2004
First Photos
Photos from my first day in SF are up, there were some others but with any luck they’ll never see the light of day.
Gallery: 6-22-2004
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Molly
Netcraft on WP
Netcraft on WordPress and blogging software shift, however the best reason to use WP isn’t that it’s free, it’s that it works better. Hat tip: Simon.
In San Francisco
And the weather is gorgeous! Rode the BART from the airport, and it was the most comfortable public transporation I’ve ever been on. The Muni was about the same as any other subway/train thing I’ve been on, except every third person had white iPod earphones on and a Powerbook in their lap. I’m sitting in Crepes on Cole and it’s a very nice place, the food smells great and the music is good. Very cozy. Can’t wait for Tantek to get here so we can eat. What amazes me right now is the number of people just walking around. Lots of babies, lots of dogs. Lots of people holding dogs like babies. It would be easy to sit here and people watch all day. What’s funny is in the back of my mind I half expect every face that walks by to belong to a web celebrity, like at SxSW.
Gallery: 6-21-2004
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Davezilla
Davezilla, funniest site on the net, redesigns and switches to WordPress. Seems a little slow though, might want to check out the Staticize Reloaded plugin.
New Comments
I changed up the comment styles a bit. Let me know what you think. I had to make a compromise with an extra element. When my audience drops below 20% Internet Explorer I’ll move to a purely generated content solution. (I estimate in about 2006.)
Randomness
By the way, you may have noticed that the random photo is back to being random again. Every ten minutes one picture will be chosen from the almost nine thousand to grace the header. If you see an interesting one, please click on it and leave a comment.
Aggregator Hotlinking
Image hotlinking protection breaks online aggregators, but bandwidth doesn’t matter anymore so it’s moot.
Meetup Update
The three top cities for the WordPress meetup right now are San Francisco, Houston, and Manila (in the Phillipines). Four people have confirmed their attendence at the Borders in San Francisco so far. If only four people come, we’ll still have a blast, but I suspect there will be some surprise guests that should make things very interesting. Saturday at 4 PM, possibly in a city near you. Don’t forget.
Netscape 2 Encryption
The other Matt is looking for the Netscape 2.02 secure site interface. Can anyone help him out?
CSS UI
Simon says “Maybe a friendly UI on top of the custom per-site stylesheet would help though” A fantastic idea.
Corbis
These Corbis galleries have some beautifully done photos. Worth poking around for portrait ideas, at the very least.
MD5 and passwords
Handy Dandy Guides to MD5 and passwords, in which you can see why we use that method for WordPress. Hat tip: Sushubh.
bestkungfu
Matt May, best known to me for his accessibility work and employment at the W3C, appears to have switched to WordPress. Also, congrats on the 5k (which has nothing to do with computers). All he needs now are cooler URIs.
With Kathy
Finished up a Will & Grace mini-marathon and had some great buffalo wings at “BW3” with Kathy, Sarah, and and Kathy’s husband Tom. Great food and company. 🙂
Learning The Lessons of Nixon
Lisa Williams uses the Dewey Decimal system to categorize her WordPress blog. Krazy.
Fighting for Apple
Fighting for Apple, a nice overview mainly addressing why Michael loves his Mac. I’m the last web-geek I know that doesn’t use a Mac, and the peer pressure is pretty harsh.