Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It’s almost 8pm, the air conditioner has been on for seven hours solid, and it’s still close to 85 in my room. You can feel the heat pulse through the wall, which is a little unnerving. I can’t even imagine what it’s like for people without air conditioning. I’ve also […]
Category: Burningbird
How I got my Harry Potter book
It was late Friday night and I had just gone down to feed the cat before getting ready for bed when I noticed the light that shines through the front window had gone out. Moments later, there was a smart tap tap tap at the door. Somewhat nervously, I looked out through the peephole to […]
Testing new plug-in
I’m testing a new plug-in that strips images from syndication feeds, and replaces the content with the ALT tag. The code is a modification of an existing WordPress plug-in. The original replaced the IMG tag with whatever static text you choose. I decided to go with the ALT text, instead. Download the Imageless with Tag Text […]
Writing computer books
I’m in the middle of ‘proofs’ for Adding Ajax, which is never a terribly fun experience. You can only fix errors during proofs, because the layout of the book and the indexing can’t change. You don’t have time for anything major; to spend a lot of time rewording phrases you might not be as happy about. […]
Hacking Computer Books
I’m in the middle of ‘proofs’ for Adding Ajax, which is never a terribly fun experience. You can only fix errors during proofs, because the layout of the book and the indexing can’t change. You don’t have time for anything major; to spend a lot of time rewording phrases you might not be as happy […]
