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Entries from December 18th, 2008

Apple OS X 10.5.6 BSOD?

December 18th, 2008 1 Comment

It looks like Apple may have helped some of their users join the coveted Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) club this week with the latest update to Mac OS X.
This update has caused a great number of problems for Mac users, something that isn’t typical of updates to the Apple OS.  For the few who [...]

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Random Image Selector 1.5.0 Released

December 17th, 2008 65 Comments

The latest version of the Random Image Selector plugin for WordPress is available. This is a relatively minor update which precedes the v2.0 update that I’m hoping to release early in the new year.
This update includes a major function addition (generateRandomImageUrlEnc) which spits out a properly URL-encoded version of the random image’s URL.
There’s also [...]

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Twitter Acquires Sandy and Stikkit

December 15th, 2008 No Comments

Here’s a clip of a post I did over on the AGP Blog about the acquisition of Sandy & Stikkit by Twitter. It’s going to be very interesting to see what Twitter decides to do with the newly acquired technology, particularly in the wake of reduced services in nearl every country outside the US (read: [...]

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Security on the Mac

December 15th, 2008 No Comments

Recently I came across a discussion on a Mac forum with some people discussing how shocking it was that Apple had been recommending that its Macintosh customers consider using anti-virus software.  This is a discussion that has always raised my ire, as the supposed superior security of the Mac has always been an issue of [...]

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WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane” Released

December 10th, 2008 No Comments

I really don’t have any time to do a nice full-length post on the release of WordPress 2.7 tonight. So I’ll provide a whole bunch of links for you to get your 2.7 fix.

Matt’s official post on the WordPress development blog
WordPress weekly Podcast which will spend some time talking about the release on Friday [...]

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