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All posts by Matt
Saddest Music
Jeffrey on the new Glassdog and the web. Happy ninth birthday. HTML wasn’t easy enough, and it isn’t getting any easier. Blogs aren’t anything special, they’re just a function of software that makes it easy to maintain content. Compare the usability of the top 3 blog packages with the top 3 “content management systems.” Blogging software is the simplest mechanism for “In-depth explorations of every imaginable topic.” That’s the revolution.
WordPress and PHP
problems switching
Jill/txt is having some problems switching to WordPress, maybe we can help? Two documentation pages that come to mind are styling lists and The Loop.
Keystroke Shortcuts
A few useful Windows keyboard shortcuts. I remember seeing a very comprehensive list somewhere, but I can’t find it right now.
XML Parse Error
WP contributor Podz: “The RSS feeds from here have been stopped.” My thoughts? That ship has sailed. Despite what I’ve said in the past, to many bandwidth still matters.
Fuecks
Harry Fuecks on WordPress. I have learned so much from Harry over the years, quite an inspiration. Hat tip: Thomas Maas.
Sure I Do
“I really wonder how does Matt ever go thru all the articles that he links.” Also thoughts on activating and deactivating plugins. Hat tip: Alex.
Private CVS
How to set up your own private CVS repository, this is almost exactly what I would have written if I had the time. Excellent walkthrough. If you’re not using version control yet, why?
Don’t Mess With Jay
Jay Allen, From Troll to Doppelganger. For what it’s worth, I ran the IP on the forums and no posts have been made to the WP support forums from that IP.
Captchas for the blind
Kitten’s Captchas for the blind? May be more accessible, but just as annoying. I wonder what Joe will think of this.
Web Standards ROI
Keith on Web Standards ROI. Show me the money!
Periodic Table
Periodic Table of Perl 6 Operators. I’ve got a big Perl project coming up, I need to start drinking the kool-aid. (Or something.) Hat tip: Jonas.
Stephane Le Solliec
Stephane Le Solliec’s weblog » WordPress powered blog up and running “I’ve worked enough with computers to know that nothing ever work on the first try, … is that WordPress thing defying Murphy’s law?” Hat tip: Ozh, who also writes in thta Stephane created Geoping and U-Blog.
WRT54G
What I got out of this article is I really need to pick up a WRT54G. Hat tip: Mark Pilgrim via Slashdot.
The Dredge
New WordPress Blog. “Having never used an out-of-the-box CMS before, I have been more than pleasantly surprised by the ease with which I have got a version of WP up and running. It really is a 5 minute install, and the code it produces slips into my CSS like a wide-boy into a Volkswagon Golf.”
IE Nugie
Robert: ”
Oh, and everytime I meet an IE team member in the halls (which is quite often) I grab them by the shirt, give them a nugie, and ask them when they are gonna support standards.” It’s good to know the best and brightest are on the task. The IE Mac team did a wonderful job of supporting standards, why can’t the IE windows team keep up?
Fiona Apple
“Sony has yet to find the magic song on Brion’s latest production, [Fiona] Apple’s new record. The album has been finished for months but sits on the shelves at the label as, Brion says, execs search for a single.” It’s no secret I’m a huge Fiona Apple fan, and a Jon Brion fan as well. His work with Brad Mehldau (Largo) was excellent. I really can’t wait for this album to come out. Hat tip: Michael.
WordPress Wikipedia
WordPress on the Wikipedia, I wonder who’s going around adding all this blogging stuff to the wikipedia? The site is looking excellent, not sure when they adopted that new style. Looks like a good CSS implementation, which makes perfect sense for an encyclopedia. (Not counting the weird page-within-a-page embedding thing which I suspect is an application error.)
Jazz Standards
Lars Holst, Designing With Jazz Standards. I’ve always been inspired by Blue Note record covers and the design of Reid Miles. In fact Sarah got me a book that is nothing but Blue Note covers and I love it.