Monthly Archives: March 2008

Fix/Tricks for plugin auto-update on Wordpress 2.5

One of the neat features of Wordpress 2.5 is the click to install plugin upgrades, assuming the plugin is registered in the Wordpress Plugin Directory. If certain conditions are correct on the server it can do it in place, otherwise it tries to do it via FTP.
To make it so wordpress could upgrade them [...]

Bleeding edge

Looks like both the upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 and to keeping my WP up to date by using subversion went smoothly. I should have done the svn thing a long time ago.
One thing I should note is the rsync magic I used to go from the Wordpress 2.5 hand install to Wordpress 2.5 svn [...]

Place shifting action 3: Revenge of the Sith

Previously I put out an early version of my ruby based command line oriented tivo download script.
I’ve had a patch from MARK NOTARUS to make the menu have some more options and I’m using Console::ProgressBar from facets now.
It works well enough for my needs, but let me know if you hit any roadblocks. Just [...]

Our long twitter nightmare is over!

After a bunch of complaints and the fact that the blog was like 80% twitter updates, I have ended the tyranny of twitter updates.  If you want to follow my twitter feed its in the sidebar or just check it out directly.
Now to know if I should have twitter updated about posts here…but those are [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-19

bulls vs nets! Let the drinking… We game begin! #
the bulls are in green tonight. Sometimes I forget that St. Pat’s is a 2 week celebration in Chicago. Man, I love this city #
at the half, bulls are up 58-34 #
@JimDuncan I know where today’s Sam Adams is. I forgot to [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-18

If anyone uses the phrase NARSS for a NAR related RSS feed, especially if rlthey credit me with the phrase, punch them please #
@PhoenixREGuy I should find out of I’m opposite the Flex demo. I’d like to see that too. #
@heathernorton That is my goal…or at least back down to the 30 [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-17

Back to the daily grind, I’m not looking forward to unburying. #
@RickMunday 6 days at Disney is enough. Everyone had a great time. I’m looking forward to not walking for a week. #
@ddribin After being gone for a week, I had 177 messages in my work inbox, a good 60 of them were spam [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-16

@JimDuncan you and Liz really made a good impact today! #
I’m baaaaaaaaaaack #

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-08

In ticketing line at ORD. TGIP. #
we did not have to kill the children mid-flight. We win! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-07

27.5 hours until liftoff #
@RickMunday the mouse is demanding its tithe. #
Okay, this week is ending really nicely #
@JimDuncan One of the things I’ve said in my speaking engagements is "remember everything you learned in HS english about citing, etc." #
@trainmal Should that maybe be reso? #
@mattlavallee The ’s’ is for savings? #
@RickMunday I’ll probably [...]