Posts about ‘Misc..’
Apr
28Updated WP-Flickr
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Posted: 28th April 2008
Tags: php, wp-flickr
Posted in Misc..
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Just to let you all know I have updated WP-Flcikr, making it compatible with WordPress 2.5
As part of the update, I have fixed the following:
- Compatibility with WordPress 2.5
- Issue where users without curl installed would get an error authenticating
- Updated the style to match WordPress 2.5
- AJAX enabled the plugin to stop the page refresh (which ws incompatible with WordPress 2.5) when switching Photo Sets on the write/edit post page
If you are using WordPress 2.5, you can automatically upgrade to the latest version from the plugins page. If you are not already using WP-Flickr, you can download it here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-flickr/
Dec
3Blog Updates
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Posted: 3rd December 2007
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I am making a few changes to the layout and style of the site. I apologise in advance for any disruption caused.
Nov
29Released: WP-Flickr WordPress Plugin
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Posted: 29th November 2007
Tags: php, plugin, portfolio, wordpress
Posted in Misc..
Comments: 5 Comments »
WP-Flickr is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add photos from Flickr to your posts, without leaving the WordPress write post / page editor. Browse your Flickr photostream, sets or favorites and select to insert into the page.
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Nov
2Moved to WordPress - Second migration in two months…
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Posted: 2nd November 2007
Tags: jon, Misc..
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I have migrated my blog from Mephisto to Wordpress. Before I get flamed for this, please let me apologise for any broken links. Any articles written in Mephisto (after August 2007) should be fine as I have set WordPress up to use the same style Permalinks, however any written in my .Net blog engine previous to that will now get my error page. I have tried to make this page as helpful as possible by providing a search facility.
My reasoning in moving to WordPress is not a reflection on Mephisto as it is an excellent blogging platform, however more to do with ease of deployment and hosting a PHP based system over a Ruby on Railsbased system.
Once again I apologise if you are unable to find the article you are looking for, you should be able to locate it through the search facility or using the Categories or tags (on the left).
Regards,
Jon
Oct
17Apple Leopard to be released 26th October
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Posted: 17th October 2007
Tags: apple, OS X, Ruby on Rails
Posted in Misc.., Ruby on Rails
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For all you Apple Mac fans out there, Mac OS X 10.5\’92s release has been announced for the 26th October 2007 (As promised).
I have already pre-ordered my copy and looking forward to the 300 new features.
In particular:
Ruby on Rails - “Work in a developer’s dreamland. Leopard is the perfect platform for Ruby on Rails development, with Rails, Mongrel, and Capistrano built in”
For more information, scoot over to Apple’s Website
Sep
3Let the migration begin…
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Posted: 3rd September 2007
Tags: george, Javascript, jon, Ruby on Rails, UI Design, Web Design, web development
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With my new focus on Rails, I have decided to move my blog to the excellent Mephisto Blog, from now on I will also be focusing my articles a little more towards not only Ruby on Rails but also Web Development, Web Design, UI Design and Javascript.
I have also used this opportunity to streamline the design of the site, there were a few things that didn’t work quite as they should on the old site and will have been improved along with a revamp of the colour scheme.
As I write this www.miletbaker.com still points to the old blog until all the content has been migrated and I have configured Apache to relay requests to my old urls to their new location. Once this is complete that will also be migrated across.
Also look out for the Jive (Javascript Input Validation Engine) for Prototype which I am currently working on with George which will feature real time inline validation as well as validation calls via Ajax and a Rails plug in. Check out Live Validation.
Aug
29Blog update coming soon
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Posted: 29th August 2007
Tags: jon
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Hi All,
I apologise about the lack of post recently I have a backlog of things to post about in the near future as soon as I migrate my blog to the excellent Mephisto blog engine. As part of the move I will be giving my site a facelift so check back soon. My feed address will remain as http://feeds.feedburner.com/miletbaker so feel free to subscribe in the meantime.
Regards,
Jon
Apr
23Tip: Creating stronger passwords.
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Posted: 23rd April 2007
Tags: Misc.., security, tips
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In this day and age we often get asked for passwords to secure our content or personal information. Many people find if difficult to come up with memorable passwords and popular choices are things like the day of the week when they set it or literally the word “password”! So, I though I would share my way of coming up with a memorable password that appears to be a random string of characters
For this method you need to come up with a phrase of several words. This may be relevant to a particular the site or company or personal to you in some way, it could be some lyrics to a song or poem or a private thought etc. For an example I will use the following well known line from a nursery rhyme:
“Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pale of water”
We can easily turn this into a memorable password by using the first letters, so in the above case, we get:
jajwuthtfapow
Already, we have a 13 character password. However, we can make this stronger still, by using other common techniques, for example swapping words that sound like numbers for their corresponding number. i.e. to = 2 or for = 4. So with the above example, we get:
jajwuth2fapow
We can also add in symbols (where supported). For example we could swap and for + or &. So again with the example above we end up with:
j+jwuth2fapow
Remembering the phrase and the simple substitution rules for numbers and symbols provides us with a good strengthen password. Obviously we still should use different passwords for different sites and it is also wise to have a phrase that isn’t obviously related to a particular site.
