After deciding that we are too stupid to be permitted to receive certain kinds of attachments in Outlook, Microsoft has also decided that one the most important features offered by Outlook, saved searches, are too dangerous to be permitted. Welcome back to 1995!
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Alex King on WordPress Theme Development
tecosystems Redesign | alexking.org: Another good post by Alex King, this one about developing a new theme (and also about mixing business and friendship).
Rhapsody Rabbit Realization
I’ve always loved the Bugs Bunny cartoon Rhapsody Rabbit and wished I had a recording of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 performed by the pianist who performed it for that cartoon. Well, today I went down the rabbit hole searching for an answer…. And I found it. The pianist was Jakob Gimpel. I also found… Continue reading Rhapsody Rabbit Realization
What is a podcast?
Mike Arrington recently reignited some discussion about the definition of a blog. I have a related question: What is a podcast? I’m really only concerned with two technical questions: Does each feed item need an enclosure? If not, what ratio of items with enclosures to total items makes a feed a podcast? Does the enclosure… Continue reading What is a podcast?
Superhero Meme
As seen on Scripting News and TechCrunch (among other places)… Your results: You are Hulk Hulk 80% Superman 65% Spider-Man 60% Green Lantern 60% The Flash 55% Iron Man 50% Robin 45% Catwoman 45% Supergirl 35% Wonder Woman 30% Batman 25% You are a wanderer with amazing strength. Click here to take the Superhero Personality… Continue reading Superhero Meme
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Supports OPML
Not that I’ll ever use it, but it looks like Microsoft is supporting the use of OPML subscription lists in Outlook 2007. I tried NewsGator’s Outlook extension, and I think Outlook is the worst conceivable way to consume the large volume of information I have in my modestly sized subscription list. But at least Microsoft… Continue reading Microsoft Outlook 2007 Supports OPML
Alex King WordPress Plugin Roundup
Alex King, a WordPress über-hacker (and formerly a b2/b2evolution hacker), is writing a series of posts about his recent redesign of alexking.org. His latest post describes the numerous WordPress plugins he’s using, many of which he wrote. I’m not using any of these right now, but I steal Alex’s ideas and code all the time… Continue reading Alex King WordPress Plugin Roundup
BlackBerry Browser User Agent
FYI: My BlackBerry’s Web browser identifies itself (i.e., “User Agent”) as: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 So in PHP, an inexpensive check would be something like: if ( 0 === stripos($useragent, ‘blackberry’) ) { echo “True”; }
UPDATE: Washington Post Fixes Website for Mobile Users
After about two weeks of unresponsiveness, I finally found yet another way to contact the Washington Post to complain about their broken website (see my previous post for more info). This time, they promptly responded to my complaint, and within three or four days, the website was fixed. My contact person, Sarah Lumbard, was courteous… Continue reading UPDATE: Washington Post Fixes Website for Mobile Users
Shame on you, Washington Post
At some point today, the Washington Post broke its website for Blackberry users (and perhaps other mobile device users). Now, any time I try to access an article by clicking on a link in my RSS aggregator on my Blackberry, I get redirected to some lame “mobile site,” and I can’t see the story I’m… Continue reading Shame on you, Washington Post