As you can see, I’ve added a theme switcher widget to my side bar.
Now, if you don’t care for my default theme, you can pick a different one to view my site in.
This widget is a wrapper around Ryan’s Theme Switcher Plugin. Please see the plugin page for more info.
Well, only two days after downloading and installing Mint for the first time, I’m excited to announce that I published my Bird Feeder WordPress plugin to the Peppermill yesterday.
The Peppermill is a section on the Mint site for extra plugins (called “peppers” … get it? … “peppermint”), and so far, my entry is the first (and only) in its category. Here’s hoping for many more to come.
We’re in a 30 day escrow starting now for our new house.
More details later…
Hey, I finally got around to testing and repackaging my latest theme for public consumption. I guess it’s not really as polished as it could be, but there’s always room for improvement, and I’ll probably never really be completely satisfied with it, so what the heck…
Go get Oasis 2 if you’re interested.
If you have been looking for a clear, easy to understand (and well produced) visual that explains what “Web 2.0″ really means, and a reminder of how dramatically the world has changed and is changing, look no further than this video.
I think this is a must-watch for anyone interested in the evolution of what content / media means in modern times.
Thanks to The Shifted Librarian for posting this!
If you read this site via an RSS aggregator, you may have noticed some items you had already marked as “read” showing back up again.
This should be a one time occurrence, since I just switched around my feed system to use a couple new plugins. One is the one I just wrote yesterday for integration with the Mint stats system, and the other is the FeedBurner plugin, which routes my feeds (regular posts and comments) through FeedBurner.
Hope it didn’t confuse anyone. I guess it’s more likely that this post itself will be confusing… oh, well.
I finally listened to Dan and installed Mint for site stats, and I was intrigued by the “pepper” (kind of like a plugin for the stat tracking system) called “Bird Feeder“, which shows you some stats about your feeds.
The only downside to this was that all the info I could find after a quick web search suggested modifying (or “hacking”) your core WordPress files to add the necessary include statements for the feed tracker to work.
This was no good, so I set out to develop a quick plugin to accomplish this task. Here is the result.
Thanks / props to Chris for providing a sample of the hard-coded solution (editing the wp feed files) which I used in creating the plugin to accomplish the same thing.
During the super bowl is pretty much the best time to get anything done throughout the whole year.
I went to Costco this afternoon during the game and it was like the whole city was a ghost town. The roads were clear, the stores weren’t crowded; it was kind of weird.
Entertaining interview with Bill on John Stewart’s show: Part 1 - Part 2
My favorite part:
Jon: What’s your password?
Bill:
Jon: You don’t have to answer that. Is it ‘Gates’?
Bill: I’ll tell you later.
Jon: Hey, do you have pets?
Bill: Well actually, we keep putting off having pets. Our kids put on a lot of pressure.
Jon: Did you ever have a pet when you were younger?
Bill: Sure I had a dog.
Jon: What was the pet’s name?
Bill: That’s not my password.
Side note: I love how Bill is still a total nerd and doesn’t seem to be too ashamed of it. I also noticed while listening to this that his voice sometimes reminds me of Ben from Lost.
