Viewing Source on the Nexus 7
If you want to “view source” for an HTML page on the Nexus 7, you can do so in Chrome by prepending “view-source:” to the URL. Example: view-source:http://alexking.org This will also work (it redirects...
View ArticleHow to Safely Use Plugin Functions in a Theme
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } I feel like I’d be remiss if I didn’t add this to the conversation. I’ve seen some people...
View ArticleBig WordPress Patch: Remove “stripslashes” from API Functions
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } For the last month or so I’ve been working on a patch to move the “stripslashes”...
View ArticleWordPress “stripslashes” Patch Progress
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } The patch I posted about previously to improve the slash handling within WordPress for 3.5...
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Big “Slash Sanity” Patch Unit Tests
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } I was able to finish up1 the unit tests to cover the various “slashing” scenarios that my big...
View ArticleTwitter Tools 3.0
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } When I first started posting to Twitter I soon realized that I wanted to keep a copy of that...
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Twitter Tools 3.0 FAQ
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } Wherein I attempt to answer some of the more common questions I’ve seen surrounding...
View ArticleTwitter Tools 3.0.1
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } I released Twitter Tools 3.0.1 last night to address all confirmed bugs in version 3.0:...
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Twitter Tools’ Data Upgrade Process
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } One of the important changes in Twitter Tools 3.0 is the way that tweet data is stored in...
View ArticleInteractive PHP Console
So this gives you an interactive PHP console: $ php -a Handy! A bit surprised I didn’t already know this.
View ArticlejQuery Delayed Change Event Plugin
A little while back I created a small jQuery library for a project I was working on. This was mainly an exercise for me to refresh my knowledge of jQuery plugins, but it was also a feature I needed....
View ArticleCapsule Reaction and My Usage
Quite simply, the reaction to Capsule has far exceeded my hopes. I’m thrilled. As Capsule is a product in a nascent category, my biggest concern was that people wouldn’t immediately see the benefits it...
View ArticleCapsule Hotkeys and Background Queue
It’s been very gratifying to see people continuing to discover Capsule this week, and seeing it resonate with them. This was typed into the demo earlier today: This software is an example of a thing...
View ArticleGameTonight, now with Event Times
I’ve updated GameTonight to show the time of the event. This is also included in the JSON API and Status Board output. No guarantees that the event times are correct, but they are faithfully...
View ArticleSoftware is Like Legos
Writing software is a lot like building things with Legos; the really cool part is you get to invent/mold/create many of the Legos you’ll use to build your thing. If you create them wisely, everything...
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My Content-Powered Projects Page
.threads-post-notice { background: #e8e8e8; padding: 10px; } .threads-post-notice a { font-weight: bold; } As alluded to earlier, I’ve cleaned up my projects page which is now powered by a new...
View ArticleSASS Variables for Selectors
I’ve been getting friendly with SASS as Crowd Favorite has standardized on that for our CSS pre-processing. Today I was excited to learn1 I can use variables for selectors (and for property names,...
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Stickies as Visual Organizer
For the last few months I’ve been trying something new to visually organize my priorities. I’m using the built-in OS X Stickies app as a visual organizer. I have a separate desktop that I use just as a...
View ArticleRafe Colburn on What Bugs Taught Etsy About People
Meeting Rafe and getting to chat with him at Monktoberfest each year has been one of the event’s highlights for me. And I love stories like this. Things that happen + thoughtful people = interesting...
View ArticleIs WordPress the Right Tool for the Job?
I recently got an email that asked: Do you ever question whether WordPress is the correct CMS for something? I am a big WordPress fan too and I’ve solved some really cool content management challenges...
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