I can’t believe it’s been one year since the last major release of the random image selector. Since the plugin’s initial inception last summer it has received a fair amount of attention garnering nearly 11,000 downloads.
I’m glad that it’s proven useful for people and there will be a major update coming out over the Christmas [...]
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One Year Anniversary: Random Image Selector 1.2.0
December 9th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: Admin Tools · anniversary · kdmurray · kudos · one year · Open Source · php · plugin · random image selector · stats · thank you · update · Web 2.0 · wordpress · Wordpress Plugins
Disable Anonymous Edits in MediaWiki
October 14th, 2008 1 Comment
It didn’t take me forever to find this, but I felt it was simple enough that it bore re-posting. If you’ve ever wanted to disable anonymous editing of articles in a mediawiki-based wiki (the ones that look & feel like wikipedia…) there’s a simple one-line fix:
In your LocalSettings.php file, add this to the bottom:
#Disable Anonymous [...]
Tags: access · Admin Tools · anonymous · authorization · disable · edits · howto · Mediawiki · php · prevent · secure · Security · wiki
How To Slipstream Windows XP SP3
August 8th, 2008 1 Comment
I’ve decided to go with Windows XP for my dual-boot environment on the MacBook. Partly due to familiarity, but mostly due to the lower resource requirement.
In setting up this new environment, I needed to decide how to cope with my Windows XP disc being an original, pre SP1 disc. The solution: Slipstream.
Slipstreaming allows you to [...]
Tags: Admin Tools · Downloads · Geeky · Microsoft · Utilities · Windows
WordPress 2.6 – Restore the “Add Image” button
August 8th, 2008 2 Comments
During the recent upgrade to WP 2.6 I noticed that the old “Add Image” button was missing. This is something I use quite a bit because it’s quick and simple. Call me old fashioned, but I don’t particularly care for the new Media-bar uploader.
After some searching on Google and the WordPress.org forums, I came across [...]
Tags: Admin Tools · Blogging · Downloads · Open Source · Wordpress Plugins
Command Line 101 – Windows: Backup, Remote Desktop and More
July 22nd, 2008 4 Comments
I’ve been working on some things for work recently which have me deeply buried in the Windows command line again, both writing applications and scripting/automating actions against various systems on our network.
Backup your Files to a Remote Computer
One of the things we all need to do is keep backups of our data. It’s easy enough [...]
Tags: Admin Tools · Windows