The Breaking of the Vessels — in which Cat Valente is awesome. "But despite its absurdity, this is a myth about writers that persists, over thousands of years. That metaphor for what it feels like when the writing is going well has been turned into what a lot of … [Read more...] about The Breaking of the Vessels
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Where I was yesterday
The Beau Monde organized two house tours. I spent yesterday knocking around the grounds at Tudor Place: Which has trees like this: And today I'm back in the hotel for RWA National. Follow that for live tweets from the conference. Already this morning there have been … [Read more...] about Where I was yesterday
Word Unmunger (HTML cleanup) Automator script updated
For years, I used Luke Francl's Word Unmunger to strip the gunk out of Word-generated HTML files (an occupational hazard when you work in higher ed). I fell out of the habit when I started working more on application interfaces than static files, but recently I had another batch … [Read more...] about Word Unmunger (HTML cleanup) Automator script updated
How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist’s
How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist's … [Read more...] about How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist’s
New WordPress plugin; new WordPress site
My new Next Page plugin provides shortcodes and template tags for previous, next, and parent navigation in pages. It's a feature I've wanted for a while, and a post in the support forum finally made me figure out the code (and then rewrite it from scratch to make it work as a … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin; new WordPress site
Previous and Next links for pages
Ever want to let your visitors browse your pages in order? You've probably discovered that previous_posts_link and next_posts_link don't work on pages. I've written a plugin, Next Page, to solve the problem. You'll get an options screen allowing you to specify the language of … [Read more...] about Previous and Next links for pages
Why you don’t need to roll your own link shortener
Everyone wants the shortest links possible, mostly thanks to Twitter. There are a number of tutorials on creating your own link shortening service, and for WordPress sites, the Link Shortcut plugin is the most popular option. You don't need it. If your domain (including the … [Read more...] about Why you don’t need to roll your own link shortener
Trying to be… V?
There have been jokes for years about Michael Jackson's plastic surgery, and how he'd never be as pretty as Diana Ross. I just found him painful to look at since he'd so drastically altered his face. Now, of course, the images are hard to escape, and I'm thinking it wasn't Diana … [Read more...] about Trying to be… V?
Free-market food fight
New college-educated NY street food vendors are doing Sharks vs. Jets with the old hot dog guys. "The owners of Street Sweets both left six-figure jobs to build their business, and the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is driven by Doug Quint, a doctoral candidate in bassoon performance at … [Read more...] about Free-market food fight
“Try a Flash blocker.”
Why does Flash hog memory and crash your browser a lot? Because Adobe doesn't care, and thinks you should be using a Flash blocker in browsers other than IE, although admittedly it "Will still crash, but slower cycle." I have to agree with Mr. Welch: "Where the FUCK does Adobe … [Read more...] about “Try a Flash blocker.”
