Not as much fun as Fraggle Rock. I’m currently dependent on the following fragile tools: Twitter Google Reader To a lesser extent, Firefox and Chrome What do I mean by “fragile tools”? Consider Twitter: It started as a fun ecosystem for development, where anyone could whip up an interesting alternative way to interact with the… Continue reading Fragile Tools
Tag: miscellany
I’m #1 (too)
Wow! [via Dave]
My Link Blogs
Finally have a bunch of my link blogs posted. A little explanation, though. First, this is an OPML file, generated by NewsGator, filtered through sed, and displayed by Optimal. Second, I maintain these link blogs in FeedDemon and my own aggregator built on the NewsGator API. As of the latest version (ver. 2.5), FeedDemon automatically… Continue reading My Link Blogs
Quick WordPress Upgrading
Note to self: Grab a unified diff of the new version versus the old version: svn diff -r HEAD –old http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/<old_version> \ –new http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/<new_version> Apply the changes to the current installation: patch -d <path_to_wp_install> -u -i <patchfile>
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
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
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
Note To Self: Del.icio.us API Change
Del.icio.us rolled out a new API server. Eventually, the old server will shut down. This will effect MySQLicious. If the old URL was: http://del.icio.us/api/posts/get the new URL will be: https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/get Note: The use of https (for secure connections) The new server name The addition of a version number where the /api/ used to be