August, 2005

  1. Theme Browser is Back Up

    The WordPress theme browser is back up and running again after ~48 hours of downtime. For those who are curious, here is what happened: Last week, I had to rewrite the theme switcher plugin because it was killing the server it was running on. The original theme switcher code was traversing every directory in each…

  2. Everything has a Gender

    You may not know this but many non-living things have a gender. Ziploc Bags are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. Copiers are Female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. It’s an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed,…

  3. Untested WordPress Themes

    I’ve posted a list of untested WordPress themes that have been submitted to me for addition to my list, but that I don’t have time to code review before posting. As I previously posted, there are a few things I’d like to have looked for in each theme. Once one person approves the theme, it…

  4. Modular Reports for iTunes Stats

    It occurred to me that if I really wanted people to contribute reports for iTunes Stats, I should make it a little easier to build the reports separately. I’ve posted a new version that takes a step in that direction, and includes 4 sample reports. Download version 0.2 beta. Reports are now individual files in…

  5. iTunes Stats

    Well, I got curious so I went ahead and wrote up a little script to grab some basic stats from my iTunes data. I figured others might be interested in this as well, so I’ve packaged it up as a download. Download What it does right now: Imports a Library.xml export from iTunes into a…

  6. Around the web

    Sen. Hagel Says Iraq Looking Like Vietnam – Yahoo! News Saddam says he’d sacrifice his life for Arab cause – Yahoo! News The Gadgeteer – 21 in 1 USB 2.0 Card Reader Canon’s New Offerings Zip Files Downloaded with Internet Explorer Are Not Saved to Your Computer – A customer pointed this out to me…

  7. 2000 Songs Rated

    I’ve been rating songs using an “unrated” smart playlist on my iPod since I got it. So far, I’ve gotten through a little over 2000 songs and have ~800 to go. Now that I have all this data, I want to see some stats on it. I’d installed an old version of Goombah at one…

  8. Tasks Pro™ 1.6 beta 1

    I’ve just posted the first beta release of Tasks Pro™ 1.6. I started making the changes for this release back in February, so to say this has been a long time coming is quite an understatement. 🙂 Version 1.6 will be a free upgrade for all Tasks Pro™ 1.5 customers. There are two big features…

  9. Follow-up on Online Invoicing

    I’ve done some in-depth exploration into several other online invoicing systems since deciding Blinksale wasn’t quite what I was looking for. I set up my client list complete with recurring payments in each of these systems – really tried them out. The first service I looked at closely was BillingOrchard. I liked a number of…

  10. Donated to Adium

    I just sent a small donation over to Adium. If you’re on OS X, are on more IM protocol and aren’t using Adium, you’re missing out.

  11. WP Plugged In 1.5.2

    I’ve updated my “plugged in” version of WordPress to 1.5.2. This includes the following additions to the standard WordPress install: WP Grins (new version, should validate now) – clickable smilies. WP Since Last Visit – shows new posts/comments since your last visist. WP Mobile – PDA friendly layout w/ auto-redirect. WP Photos (still not available…