Archive for December, 2005
wp-upgrade
Yesterday I upgraded to Wordpress 2. The only issue I had related to some pre-existing entries in my .htaccess file. The new configuration that WP uses in .htaccess is all-encompasing, so if you have any custom rules, make sure that they come before the wordpress section in the file, or they’ll likely be [...]
pandora and last.fm
Last.fm / audioscrobbler has an api and a protocol to push updates for music you’ve listened to into the audioscrobbler database. I would really love the guys from Pandora to consider adding support for sending updates to audioscrobbler into the pandora interface. At the moment all of the music I discover through Pandora [...]
the year in review
Lucas Gonze: “Year in and year out people do it on Saturday night and confess it on Sunday morning. Download is the new fuck.”
rails podcasts
I’ve been working my way through the Rails Podcasts. The interviews with Dan Benjamin and Dave Thomas are particularly good.
adapting to the new environment
Great speculation on the future of PHP now that Ruby on Rails has tipped. That graph on PHP usage looks like the start of a downward trend, but the latest snapshot tells a different story. Still, Duncan’s got an interesting argument going.
I’m just thankful that rails has come along because it’s forcing every [...]
more mind hacks
Matt Webb has a really interesting series of posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) about beginning a meditation practice, and his experiences and insights during the first five days.