[Expanded from a comment on a friend's Kindle-specific request. Most of these are also available in epub (iBooks) format as well.] I picked up a bunch of Bujold and Lee/Miller books on the Webscription site for around $5 per omnibus. In fact, The Warrior's Apprentice and The … [Read more...] about Cheap ebooks, mostly Kindle
WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
Did you know that the Incoming Links and the two WordPress news Dashboard widgets are just RSS readers? Click “configure” in the upper right corner of each widget, and you’ll be able to change the feed to one that you choose. Find all the WordPress Hidden Gems in [link … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
Did you know there’s a members-only content feature built right into WordPress? It’s a little buggy, which is probably why it’s not more well-known. If you change a post or page to privately published, only logged-in users who can see private posts and pages will be able to see … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
Like the [link id="6210"]screen options[/link], the bulk edit feature is easy to overlook. Check off several posts in the post or page list, then choose “Edit” from the Bulk Actions dropdown. You’ll be able to edit all the attributes of the posts: categories, tags, … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
If you’ve been using WordPress for a while, you might not have noticed the screen options that were added a few versions ago. You can change the number of posts or pages shown per page in the Edit screens, and you can hide some of the columns if you like. This is especially … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
Migrating single WordPress installations into multisite networks
Last week, I had to migrate a bunch of single WordPress installations into one big network. As part of the tinkering I'd done with the new network features while I was writing about the 3.0 features, I'd done this sort of migration in limited tests, but I'd never tried it with … [Read more...] about Migrating single WordPress installations into multisite networks
Review double shot: Feed and An Artificial Night
Remember [link id="2830"]back in April, when I gushed a bit about Seanan McGuire[/link], and I was all excited that she had a new book coming out the next day? Well, I never got around to reviewing that book, mainly because there was just too much to say, but I'm going to try … [Read more...] about Review double shot: Feed and An Artificial Night
what I’ve been up to
The last few weeks have been eventful, and not really in a good way. I've spent a good chunk of my summer trying to nail down what's going on with some strange health issues, and a road trip to see a specialist turned up nothing -- which is good, I don't have a dread disease, but … [Read more...] about what I’ve been up to
WordPress Hidden Gems (OpenCa.mp presentation) on Slideshare
My presentation for OpenCa.mp this afternoon, WordPress Hidden Gems, is up on Slideshare. I'll fill in some slide notes later, since it's mostly screenshots and there's much text in the transcript. Enjoy! … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gems (OpenCa.mp presentation) on Slideshare
Good pizza
We've had good luck with Smitten Kitchen recipes lately. The scalloped tomatoes were so good we made them twice more -- Michael especially likes the breakfast suggestion with the egg -- and the cheddar biscuits were pretty great. So this weekend I wanted to find a good pizza … [Read more...] about Good pizza
