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[twitter] Letter from insurance: oops! We accidentally paid for your kids inhaler. Sorry! We won't do it again. We promise!

2009-07-03T18:56:10-04:00

Letter from insurance: oops! We accidentally paid for your kids inhaler. Sorry! We won't do it again. We promise!

[twitter] Lawn mowed. No rain/hail yet.

2009-07-03T16:19:35-04:00

Lawn mowed. No rain/hail yet.

[twitter] Attempting to mow the lawn before weather changes. Weatherbug predicting hail.

2009-07-03T14:26:48-04:00

Attempting to mow the lawn before weather changes. Weatherbug predicting hail.

[bookmarks] Modernizr

2009-07-02T08:30:00-04:00

Modernizr is a Javascript library that allows client side detection of CSS3 and HTML5 browser features. It allows you to write CSS with conditionals through one of my personal favorite bits of CSS magic: classes on the body tag. It also gives you the ability to do the same in our Javascript.

[twitter] Last line of dream before alarm: "I'm hoping to change the world through three feet tall servant robots"

2009-07-01T06:09:02-04:00

Last line of dream before alarm: "I'm hoping to change the world through three feet tall servant robots"

[twitter] Read this! RT @strangerthings: For creative folk: just posted "Dealing with Silence and Rejection" at EarlNewton.com. http://bit.ly/YDM92

2009-06-29T19:51:07-04:00

Read this! RT @strangerthings: For creative folk: just posted "Dealing with Silence and Rejection" at EarlNewton.com. http://bit.ly/YDM92

[twitter] Apparently I get up at 5:30 to feel stressed and accomplish nothing until it's time to go to work. I think I'm doing it wrong...

2009-06-25T08:24:40-04:00

Apparently I get up at 5:30 to feel stressed and accomplish nothing until it's time to go to work. I think I'm doing it wrong...

[comments] Use Google Libraries: A Plugin to Improve Script Loading Performance in WordPress (All the Billion Other Moments)

2009-06-24T14:04:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

@bolo - That's not something my plugin touches one way or the other. It's determined by WordPress core.

[twitter] Yawn. Morning already?

2009-06-24T05:39:00-04:00

Yawn. Morning already?

[twitter] Gah! 3.0 update sorted all my playlists that start with number to the BOTTOM. WHY?

2009-06-21T08:46:38-04:00

Gah! 3.0 update sorted all my playlists that start with number to the BOTTOM. WHY?

[twitter] It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight

2009-06-20T18:46:59-04:00

It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight

[comments] Hosting your JS at Google (Meet Yoast! - Yoast - Tweaking Websites)

2009-06-18T14:37:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

Thanks so much for the kind words about my plugin. I'm always glad to hear when people find them useful.

[comments] ProgPress: Wordpress plugin for wordcount tracking ((undefined))

2009-06-18T14:13:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

Thanks so much for checking out ProgPress, and especially for taking the time to post about it.

When I have some time, I plan to update it to use shortcodes ([progpress title="Graphic Novel Script (MG)" label="pages" goal="100" current="62" ]) which are a bit more user friendly (but the existing method will continue to work as well).

[comments] ProgPress: A Progress Meter Plugin for WordPress (All the Billion Other Moments)

2009-06-18T13:50:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

@Debbie Ohi - Yikes! Thanks so much for pointing that out. Not sure why that stopped working, but it should be all set now.

[blog] “Now Reading” Plugin and WordPress 2.8

2009-06-14T08:28:00-04:00

Overall my WordPress 2.8 upgrade went fairly well, at least as far as any site visitors would see. The admin was a different story.¹ After some poking around² I was surprised to find out it was Rob Miller’s fabulous Now Reading WordPress plugin³ preventing me from editing posts.

I’m not sure exactly what changed in WordPress to trigger the issue, but after some poking I tracked down the problem, and I think I found a solution other than removing the plugin.

In the file wp-content/plugins/now-reading/url.php, look for the following:

function is_now_reading_page() { global $wp; $wp->parse_request();

I commented out the call to $wp->parse_request(); and it fixed the problems I was having with the site admin, and so far it seems Now Reading is unaffected by this change.

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If you’ve ever used the Google Gears/Turbo Mode stuff in the WordPress Admin, I advise you to do the upgrade in a different browser because it seems to be responsible for a lot of problems folks are having with the automated upgrade
and upgrading one of my own plugins
It powers the library pages here on the site.

[blog] Use Google Libraries 1.0.6

2009-06-13T18:37:00-04:00

Required Upgrade for Users of WordPress 2.8

I’ve updated my Use Google Libraries plugin to support WordPress 2.8.

Disables script concatenation in WordPress 2.8, since it seems to have issues when some of the dependencies are outside of the concatenation.
Persists flag to load scripts in the footer in WordPress 2.8

If you’re using WordPress 2.8, you’ll want to upgrade ASAP. Download it from the Plugin Directory (or use the auto-update feature). If you find it useful, feel free to leave a tip.

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[comments] Titles (isbw.murlafferty.com)

2009-06-13T07:28:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

You don't know how good it is to hear it's not just me!

I've been referring to my current WIP as "Miracles", which is not at all what I plan on calling it, but I don't really have any better ideas yet.

Of the titles I have come up with that stuck, my favorite is "Nothing Happens to Xintesity Bateman", but usually my working titles are fairly useless.

Anyone have a good system they'd like to share?

[comments] Use Google Libraries: A Plugin to Improve Script Loading Performance in WordPress (All the Billion Other Moments)

2009-06-12T07:21:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

@yoyo - The plugin is working in 2.8 fine, but it doesn't have support for the extra data (like the flag that says to load in the footer) in the released version.

I've added it, but I have to set up a 2.7 install to test that it still works there. Feel free to grab this version and see if it does what you want until then.

[comments] Go Read: “Personal Effects: Dark Art” (All the Billion Other Moments)

2009-06-10T07:11:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

@J.C. Hutchins - It's my pleasure. Congratulations on yesterday's awesomeness.

And thanks for all you do, with the free podcast fiction, and the awesome interviews, and the now defunct *sniff* MINE (where you taught me a ton working with me on my contributions). Always looking forward to what you'll do next (but no pressure).

[photos] "Personal Effects: Dark Art" Unboxing

2009-06-09T20:59:54-04:00

JCZorkmid posted a photo:

I haven't been this excited to get my hands on a book in quite some time. Yes, the walls in my office are a hideous pink. What's your point?

[comments] 500 Words A Day Challenge ((undefined))

2009-06-09T08:28:00-04:00

jczorkmid says:

Thanks for mentioning ProgPress. If anyone tries it out and has any feedback/suggestions, I'm always glad to hear them.

Good luck to everyone participating. I know you can do it!

[blog] Go Read: “Personal Effects: Dark Art”

2009-06-09T08:20:00-04:00

Today is officially the US release of J.C Hutchins and Jordan Weisman’s “Personal Effects: Dark Art”. I don’t read a lot of non-comic style print books, preferring audio or electronic mediums, but I’m pumped for this one. It’s more than just a novel, it’s (part of) an ARG.¹

Victor Miller, creator of Jason Voorhees and writer of the original Friday the 13th has read the book, and shares his opinion in one of the many video blubs.

I can’t begin to explain all the cool things going on in relation to this book, but Hutch can, so head on over to JCHutchins.net and watch the Personal Effects 101 video on the front page. He’ll also be liveblogging about the release throughout the day today, so be sure and check it out.

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You know how you’re watching LOST, and you see a strange commercial for something, and you’ll check the site out, and it’s somehow related to the show? It’s sort of like that.