May 2008 Archive

Open Links to a Different Site in a New Window with Prototype


Using the JavaScript library Prototype I can easily make any external links open in a new window, as well as change the rel=”external” links to open in a target=”_blank” window!

Popularity: 67% [?]

Smart Quotes in Code with WordPress and Markdown


Wordpress’ built in smart quote formatting was turning my code into un-copy and pastable stuff. Not good! I found a way to turn it off but I”m looking for a way to make it smart enough to avoid all my code.

Popularity: 66% [?]

Making Firefox’s Location Bar More Useful


I’m making Firefox work better for my needs. I use the location bar as a Google search bar and now I can customize it with keywords to do a search through php.net, my own site, or any other search. I can also just use keywords to pull up specific bookmarks.

Popularity: 67% [?]

Block Tracking and Detect WordPress Login


An update to the function I use to block my tracking scripts, not it blocks tracking form my previews and forces preview query strings and whenever I am logged into the WordPress admin.

Popularity: 45% [?]

Late Fee Shmate Fee


I beat the credit card company, $15 worth. I win, that’s 3 days of dunks breakfast right there, and a 1/8 of a gas tank :(

Popularity: 24% [?]

PHP Serialize, What’s it Do? What’s it For?


An explanation of how the PHP serialize() and unserialize() functions can be helpful for you as far as storing a PHP array in a MySQL database and still begin able to attain it’s PHP variable qualities quickly upon retrieval.

Popularity: 27% [?]

Lighting the Egg Photograph


Lighting a white egg on a white background is a fun strobist exercise. I [over]documented my attempt. Five slightly tweaked lighting setups with photos of the setup and produced image. You should give it a try and share your attempt!

Popularity: 33% [?]

Clipboard Express WordPress Plugin


Clipboard Express is a multi-user clipboard plugin for WordPress. It allows each user a place to privately store notes, links code snippets and other information they need to have easy access to when logged into WordPress.

Popularity: 27% [?]

The Day I Really Lost My HDR Virginity


So I used Photomatix for the first time. Wow, it was good for me, now everywhere I look I see the opportunity for another HDR photograph. It’s like crack.

Popularity: 24% [?]

Spring Cleaning (Blogger Style)


Had to clean up some of the business end of the site. It’s about damn time!

Popularity: 22% [?]

26 Things: the alphabet game worksheet


26 Things for May 2005 PDF checklist download! The alphabet game. This is gonna be fun!

Popularity: 19% [?]

Spring has Sprung and I’ve Stopped Staring at my Comptuer


SO it’s spring, and it’s time for me to emerge from my web dev cocoon/hibernation and become a bustling busy photography butterfly!

Popularity: 11% [?]