Nov 6, 2007
Donncha, one of the lead developers of WordPress MU, has just released WP Super Cache, which is basically WP-Cache on steroids.
While WP-Cache caches to static HTML files, it still needs the PHP engine to be started up to serve those static HTML files. WP Super Cache solves this, by rerouting the request past the PHP engine with mod_rewrite, and serves the HTML file directly.
WP Super Cache gets around that. When it is installed, html …
Nov 5, 2007
Although I first heard of the show with zefrank when it started, mostly thanks to Kottke, I never really watched any of it. So, I’m starting with the very first show, from March 17, 2006, and I’m planning on working my way through the entire year of “episodes” (mini-episodes?), all the way to the very last one, posted exactly one year later.
zefrank also made a special video (I think it was a special video) about …
Nov 4, 2007
It appears the previous design is still considered by some to be a ‘clone’ of Gruber’s Daring Fireball, despite sharing absolutely no similarities under the hood.
Whilst flattering, it is none-the-less a distraction that cannot possibly end up on a positive note.
Design regressed, the topic is now closed. Thank you. #
It’s not really so much what’s under the hood than what it looks like. I could make an Expression Engine or …
Nov 4, 2007
Right now, if this website were a building, it would have scaffolding around it and be marked off limits. Which means that [yet another] redesign is in progress, and while the biggest parts of the design are done, much of it is still broken. Feel free to give any opinions about the design as it progresses.
I tried to find an image of Han Solo from the fourth Star Wars movie, for the whole “sorry about …
Nov 4, 2007
I recently posted an AppleScript for X-Chat Aqua that displayed iTunes’ currently playing track. However, there were a few limitations and needed improvements, including:
- Complicated installation — made more so by the fact that X-Chat’s user commands menu kinda sucks.
- It’s not contained — you needed an AppleScript file lying around your system.
- Limited functionality — it was impossible to output the information in an action, for example.
I finally got around to digging a bit …