Mini blog for 2008-01-24
- An umbrella that tells you the forecast http://www.ambientdevices.com/products/umbrella.html #
Archive for January, 2008
Mini blog for 2008-01-17
- It’s hard NOT to love Apple. I ordered the Apple TV yesterday from Apple’s store, 2 day Fedex. It arrived today by 9am (next day) from CHINA #
- Twitter peeps: go to m.twitter.com on your iPhone and add it to your home screen http://m.twitter.com/ #
Mini blog for 2008-01-16
- Let down by Jobs’ keynote today. Apple could have done so much more with the resources they now have after a spectacular 2007. #
How to create a custom iPhone or iPod Touch WebClip bookmark icon
To override the site bookmark icon on a specific web page, insert a <link> element similar to <link rel=”apple-touch-icon” href=”/apple-touch-icon.png”/> within the <head> element of the page.
<head>
<title>chrisTHIS!</title>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png"/>
</head>
The bookmark icon dimensions should be 57×57 pixels. If the icon is a different size it will be scaled and cropped to fit. My examples are shown to the right. Design tip: leave space around your artwork since Apple crops the edges to make the icon round.
Safari will automatically composite the icon with the standard “glassy” overlay so it looks like a built-in iPhone or iPod application.
Note: I have noticed that the <head> element is not needed for this to work. Just put the .png file in your root folder! Perhaps this isn’t needed if you use the default “apple-touch-icon.png” file name in the root folder? I went ahead and did it anyway, just to be on the safe side.
Mini blog for 2008-01-15
- Full Macworld 2008 keynote now online http://tinyurl.com/ywd6sj #
Mini blog for 2008-01-14
- Magic fireballs are interesting http://tinyurl.com/29kvw5 #
- Google updates its apps for iPhone and Macworld http://tinyurl.com/22dn2p #
- Major EyeTV 3.0 updated being announced tomorrow! http://tinyurl.com/2748nn #
- So watch what happens when you go to http://www.macbookair.com today… #
- Macworld 2008 Steve Jobs keynote real or fake? http://tinyurl.com/2htv5f #
Mac: How to make desktop shortcuts
Since I switched over from Windows XP to Mac OS X Leopard this past November one of the more puzzling things has been how to add desktop shortcuts. This was real easy in Windows’ Internet Explorer. Just Right-click your desktop and select “Create Shortcut”. On a Mac (FireFox or Safari) this is not an option.
I finally found the answer, and like most things on the Mac, it’s easier than the PC.
You may have noticed while surfing around that when clicking text on a page it sometimes turns into a box, one that you can drag. I know I did, and I always wondered what I could do with it. Now I know.
You can drag any text link from a page onto your desktop to create a shortcut. Also, if you want to make a desktop shortcut of the current web page, just drag the icon that appears to the left of the URL in the address bar. This is by default a globe icon, but a site can customize it so it may look like some other 16×16 image. Either way, just drag it to your desktop and it will create a .webloc file. Just click it to open it up in your default browser!
Works great in both FireFox and Safari.
Just click and drag the icon to your desktop when it turns to a hand icon.
Mini blog for 2008-01-10
- And they’re calling this $2,500 death trap a "car"? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575262/ #
- OMG this is hilarious and so cruel! http://tinyurl.com/3eyy4c #
- This has got to be the goofiest escalator interview ever with David Caruso http://tinyurl.com/2nfanq #
9mm-thin 50″ Plasma TV
One of the more amazing new technologies to come out of CES 2008, IMHO, is this 9mm plasma screen TV from Pioneer. Watch this video:
There are some photos at Gizmodo. If you think your current LCD/plasma TV was thin, this is what the future holds…
Mini blog for 2008-01-09
- Just realistically priced out a new Mac Pro. Only came out to $2,949. Not bad, with room to upgrade later. #
- Knight Rider Feb 17th: still skeptical but can’t wait http://tinyurl.com/33jog2 #
- Did Bill Gates just say Windows sucks? LOL http://tinyurl.com/2amwna #
New Knight Rider KITT car
NBC’s new Knight Rider show, based on the popular 80’s show, premieres this February 17th. It features the Knight Industries 3000 (KITT) Shelby Ford Mustang GT500KR created in the vein of the original KITT car that Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) kicked around with his big poofy hair.
A friend of mine designed the iconic red lights on the front of KITT just below the front lip of the hood. I’m going to interview him for an exclusive story for my Muscle Car Blog site. Should be a lot of fun!
Here’s the latest 2 minute video about the show:
Mini blog for 2008-01-08
- The best placed to create corner images for boxes in web design http://wigflip.com/cornershop/ #
- WordPress 2.3.2 is torquing me off. Anyone else having issues? http://tinyurl.com/2c4v4e #
- Apple announces new Mac Pros, 8-core Intel Xeon is now standard, not top-of-the-line. Me wants one bad! http://www.apple.com/macpro/ #
- OMG I want one so bad! http://tinyurl.com/2ry57p #
WordPress 2.3.2 and spam protection
The latest WordPress, 2.3.2, frustrates me. It used to be where I could add any plug-in and it would work just fine. A few weeks ago after I upgraded to 2.3.2 I noticed that many of my more interesting plug-ins no longer worked, such as the comment preview plug-in, a few Flickr photo plug-ins, etc. After trying to get them to work on my own without success, I simply de-activated them.
I’m not sure if removing the comment preview plug-in was helping, but now I am getting more comment spam than ever from bots. I’ve tried a few plug-ins documented on the WordPress spam plug-ins page, but nothing seems to really work with 2.3.2. I have tried Did You Pass Math? which did not work (generated an error upon activation), Math Comment Spam Protection Plugin which also did not work (showed the form, but did not enforce the math), as well as Ajax Comments which changed nothing.
I’m not a bozo when it comes to this stuff, or at least I don’t think I am. I am a web developer by profession. I understand PHP and how WordPress works, and all I know is that it’s not working very well these days. I have a ton of plug-ins that I have de-activated because they no longer work with this update.
Is anyone else having problems with WordPress? I am using Akismet for spam protection which works great, but I still have to delete a lot of spam marked as suspect at the end of the day and I’m hoping another plug-in like a math or CAPTCHA question will help.
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Got a case of the Mooondays? This should pick you up.
That’s a Scrubs tribute to:
Some super cute puppies
A couple of really cute puppies that I’ve spotted lately… enjoy!
