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Archive for June 2005

AJAX Shoutbox plugin

In Plugins, WordPress on 20 June 2005 with 2 comments

I’ve installed Andrew’s AJAX Shoutbox plugin “Wordspew” on my band’s private site so we can chat in realtime without using full-fledged posts and comments. Version 1.0 RC2 seems to work just fine, too. I’m not going to touch anything with it now, and I’m stoked that it looks fine with Kubrick.

I’ll need to look and see if I should implement it on a my main site. How much will it take to overload the server? *shrug*

Unblock number?

In Cell Phone, Tip on 17 June 2005 with 15 comments

(Edit: Too many questions I can’t answer. Stop asking me.) If you have your phone number set to block caller ID all the time (like *67), what’s the code to unblock it on a call-by-call basis? I wanted to ask my friend if they can press that code for me. Thanks.

Saosin baby!

In Asides, Concerts on 16 June 2005 with no comments

Saosin at the El Rey tonight (Thursday, June 16) - oh yeah!

PDA alarm usage

In Annoying, PDA on 15 June 2005 with 2 comments

If you’re going to use the alarm feature on your PDA:

• don’t leave it somewhere for a period of time when you’re not around
• don’t have those alarms enabled while you’re gone
• don’t have Gridlock enabled, otherwise the people who have to deal with the alarms (read: me) can’t turn it off

Caffeinate Your Hypertext

In Blogging on 15 June 2005 with 3 comments

I loved this conversation I had today! I won’t say anything further, in hopes you all understand what I mean:

Bryan: I wish everybody actually used hypertext rather than just using “here” and “click here” to link to different pages
Matt: i learned it from you
Bryan: Wow, thanks!
Matt: no, i’m serious
Matt: it makes a LOT more sense
Matt: to quote words instead of heres
Matt: my gosh
Matt: lol

Default font sets

In Web Dev on 15 June 2005 with no comments

Speaking of being nice to web developers, I came across these two pages:

• Windows XP default font set
• Mac OS X default font set

They show how the fonts look, so you don’t have to try and find them yourself. Alternatively, you can type their name into Identifont to display them. It’s probably in your best interest to choose fonts that are on at least both of these pages when modifying your website, so all your visitors can view your website just like you intended.

Be nice to your web developers

In Annoying, Business, Web Dev on 15 June 2005 with 1 comment

If you’re not running a website yourself, and you have someone else on staff doing it, please proofread a thousand times before you send them some text you want published on a new page. Sure, it’ll take a few more days to get it out there. But, do you really want to send your web developer twenty emails asking to change a little here, a little there? (more…)

A Complete Freeware Collection

In Freeware, Open Source, Software on 15 June 2005 with no comments

The “complete freeware collection” is a collection of hand-chosen free and open source applications, which when combined, make the complete freeware package. In other words, all you need is the operating system and you won’t have to spend one cent on software. Nothing in this software bundle contains spyware or adware.

There’s a few programs that I do use that aren’t mentioned, but a lot of programs I haven’t heard of before, so I’ll be checking those out in my next Windows clean install which I need to do very soon. (Golf clap: Forever Geek)

Protected: What kind of friend are you?

In Life on 14 June 2005 with Enter your password to view comments

Legal Guide for Bloggers

In Blogging on 13 June 2005 with 1 comment

Since there’s a chance you can get into trouble from blogging, you need to arm yourself with knowledge. Know the boundaries and you’ll be better off. Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Legal Guide for Bloggers (Golf clap: IO Error)