Author Archives: filosofo
A Plugin for WordPress 2.3: Include Categories in the Tag Cloud
June 16, 2007 – 5:34 pm
I’m running the cutting-edge development version of the WordPress blogging platform (known as “trunk” to WordPress geeks). So I’m enjoying some of the features that will appear in the next version of WordPress, 2.3, which will probably be released towards the end of the summer. The biggest new feature for 2.3 so far is built-in […]
WordPress 2.2: Three Things Developers Will Like
May 16, 2007 – 2:10 am
In the newly released WordPress 2.2 the built-in widget support is likely to get most of the attention. Here are three things you as a WordPress plugin or theme developer might also find useful. You can now set your site’s “home” and “siteurl” values in the wp-config.php file Say you have a production site and […]
I Ran My Computer’s Keyboard Through the Dishwasher
May 13, 2007 – 1:13 am
My main computer’s keyboard is 10 years old. It works fine, so I haven’t had any reason to replace it as I’ve built and re-built my computer. Besides, over the years it’s adjusted itself to me; there’s even an indentation for my thumb worn down on the spacebar. But lately the years of dirt build-up […]
WP-DB-Backup: Important Security Update
May 9, 2007 – 12:47 am
Thanks to Alex Concha for pointing out a security vulnerability in the WordPress database backup plugin, which I’ve fixed in the latest version, 2.1.0. If you’re using any previous version of the plugin, including version 1.7 bundled with the 2.0.x line, it’s very important that you upgrade. Please note that for security reasons, the plugin […]
Congratulations to My Lovely Wife!
April 23, 2007 – 1:18 pm
Yesterday Melita won the Zazzle Earth Day T-shirt design contest. Below, Sam sports one of the shirts, and you can see it here (check out the rest of her Zazzle store). She’s definitely going to put to good use the prize, Adobe Creative Suite 3. And since Earth Day is also her birthday, this made […]
Boston Marathon 2007
April 16, 2007 – 5:34 pm
Last year’s marathon saw Robert Cheruiyot set the race’s record time, but this year’s “nor’easter” gusted cold rain on the runners, giving both men and women their slowest winning times in decades.