BurningbirdWhen developers talk about creating a software fork, what we mean is that we’re going to take a cut of the code of the original and then develop from that point on in a separate and usually no longer compatible branch. Firefox is an example of a fork of the original Mozilla project that was so […]
Congratulations to Matt Mullenweg for the a (job/contract?) with C/Net and the Houston Press article. Looks like C/Net wants to tie itself into the weblogging golden goose, and has grabbed a talented member of the community as a start. Matt has an agreement with the company that 15% of his time can be spent on WordPress. In […]
We’re finally heading into the last few days before the election, and at this point, I wouldn’t give a plug nickel for either the Democrats or the Republicans. I can’t turn on the TV or radio without some negative piece of crap (worst I’ve ever seen) being played. I’ve just brushed up against the one […]
Any car parked longer than 4 hours in the city is considered a parts store. From Visitor’s Guide to Driving in St. Louis.
A good rule of thumb for web design is that indulge your interests in nifty tools–DHTML*, Flash, whatever–but your navigation should never be made up of anything other than a hypertext link, and you should never make your critical content accessible primarily (or only) through a mouse. Lately, I’m seeing more and more sites use […]