Big thanks to Andrew Koransky for updating the WP-iCal plugin to; support WordPress 2.5.1 and greater, make it more compatible with WordPress’ admin view, and a few other excellent tweaks.
It’s been running, smooth as can be, at MNteractive.com for a while now.
More info and download at Andrew’s site
Thanks Andrew.
I’m excited for 2009. The New Year is just the landmark I (we?) need to shake off the malaise of 2008 and start fresh. New.
My goal for the year is clarity.
Clarity of priorities, clarity of mind, clarity of spirit.
To achieve this clarity, I’ve identified a handful of small (easily measurable) and big (less measurable, more directional) ideas.
SMALL IDEAS
BIG IDEAS
Spend more time…
Spend less time…
Big thanks to David over at Minneapolis MetBlogs for a very nice write up on me and Cullect, check it out:
Minnesotans Making an Impression – Garrick Van Buren
I’ve been fighting with WordPress 2.7’s xmlrpc.php file for a few days now, and I’ve made 2 modifications that may be useful to you.
If you’re writing new posts via metaWeblog.newPost and the angle brackets from your HTML formatting are being stripped out (as described in this official WordPress bug report) and you’d rather not rebuild PHP on your server (who does?), open up xmlrpc.php and replace:
$post_content = apply_filters( 'content_save_pre', $content_struct['description'] );
with
$post_content = apply_filters( 'content_save_pre', $content_struct['description'] );
$post_content = str_replace('lt;', '< ', $post_content);
$post_content = str_replace('gt;', '>', $post_content);
This should replace the stripped angle brackets with actual, functioning angle brackets.
Secondly, if you’re having trouble uploading files via metaWeblog.newMediaObject, try this fix (big thanks to Keith Garner). In xmlrpc.php replace:
$bits = $data['bits'];
with
$bits = $data['bits'];
$bits = base64_decode($bits);
WordPress has given me quite a roller coaster ride these past couple years. While 2.7 is a huge improvement over the last couple releases, if I wasn’t so committed, I’d be looking for something much leaner.
Update 30 Dec 2008
Big thanks to Daniel Jalkut for commenting that the reason I needed $bits = base64_decode($bits); was probably due to my bits not being properly encoded. Correct he was. So, rather than a bug in WordPress, this is a bug in Applescript (what isn’t) and in Ruby’s XMLRPC/client for failing the Principle of Least Surprise (if the spec says the tag is <base64>, the tag should be <base64> not <string>).
To get the <base64> tags in Ruby, you need to encode with XMLRPC::Base64.new(the_file) not simply Base64.encode(the_file)
(I’m posting this more for my reference than anything else)
Apple’s been great about keeping their product offerings simple and straight forward. Historically, the biggest question when deciding on which Apple computer to purchase was:
Do I want the power & storage of a desktop or the portability of a laptop?
Even today, the prices between a 2.4GHz iMac and a similarly spec’d 2.0GHz Mac Book differ by only $125 ($1274 vs $1399 respectively).
At that price difference portability easily wins over processor speed.
Today, the same dilemma exists between the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
Do I want the power & storage of the iPod Touch or the persistent connection of the iPhone?
16GB iPhone: $1979.751
16GB iPod Touch: $299
Wow. I didn’t expect that.
Since I’m not excited about being an AT&T customer again and am good with WiFi as my network – I guess it’s not really a dilemma. Huh.
🙂
1. $299 + (($30 AT&T iPhone data plan + $39.99 AT&T 450 min/mn voice plan) * 24 month contract).
I was interested in how Hollywood actors promote themselves, find work, and generally build a career. So, I called up Tim Coyne of The Hollywood Podcast for the break down.
We cover auditions, agents, reels, and the side jobs that keep the bills paid.
[40 min].
If you’re still looking for something delicious to give the fanatic coffee drinker in your life – I’m super excited to share that both Jeremy Raths, of The Roastery, and Andrew Kopplin, of Kopplin’s Coffee, are offering coffee subscriptions.
The Roastery Regulars subscription, is $144, delivers 1 pound of coffee to your door every other week for 26 weeks (yes, 2 lbs /mn for 6 months + a bonus pound).
Kopplin’s Coffee of the Month Club subscription ($180) offers 1/2 lb. per month for 12 months of some of the most amazing coffees you’ve (I’ve) ever tasted. I’ve been ‘beta tasting’ Kopplin’s subscription this year and I’ve been blown away month after month (I’ve even recorded a few of my tastings). The only downside – it’s only a 1/2 lb. per month. 🙂
In both cases, I’d recommend picking up a good press pot or a Chemex, your regular drip coffee maker probably isn’t up to the task.
Shef Otis talks about moving from actor in LA to dad of 7 kids under 8 (SevenSidekicks.com) in suburban Minneapolis, and his Dadiator Workout program to keep dads as fit as their kids.
[51 min].
This morning, staring at the messed up stack of folded broadsheets, I felt bold and broached the subject.
“Honey, I’d like to rethink our subscription to the Sunday paper.”
After an expectedly tense moment, she replies.
“What’s the problem with me perusing a few weekly ads maybe reading the comics. It’s not an extravagant expense.”
Well, she’s got me there.