Monthly Archives: February 2009

How Much Do You Need In Your Rainy Day Fund?

Posted on Tue 24 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

Utah, like so many other states, is trying to adapt their state budget to the current economic conditions. In general this translates into budget shortfalls, often resulting in spending cuts and tax increases. I recently received a flyer from Senator … Continue reading →

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I'll Be At WordCamp Denver

Posted on Wed 18 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

I’ll be at WordCamp Denver at the end of this month. If you’re going to be there be sure to say hi and if you really want to geek out I’ll be speaking on WordPress XML-RPC and AtomPub APIs at … Continue reading →

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Don't Get Hit By Someone With MetLife Auto Insurance In Utah

Posted on Mon 16 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

Our little Toyota Corolla was recently hit while parked on the street. The person who hit it felt very bad and quickly called his insurance and got everything moving quickly to get this resolved. There was no one in the … Continue reading →

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Presenting At Utah PHP Users (UPHPU) February Meeting

Posted on Mon 16 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

I’ll be presenting at the Utah PHP Users (UPHPU) meeting this Thursday. I’m going to cover the XML-RPC and AtomPub APIs in WordPress. UPHPU is a great group, it’s very casual and everyone seems to have a good time. We … Continue reading →

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Installing WordPress As A Subversion Checkout ( Or External ) In A Subdirectory

Posted on Thu 12 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

My preferred method for installing WordPress is to check it out from the Subversion repository (http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/). Recent versions of WordPress have added support to allow wp-config.php and wp-content to live outside of the WordPress directory. Here’s the steps to make … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.7.1 Released – XML-RPC and AtomPub Changes

Posted on Tue 10 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

Ryan just tagged the 2.7.1 release of WordPress. This being a maintenance release there are only a few changes to XML-RPC: Fixed bugs in wp.newComment (ticket 8672) Fix break of metaWeblog.getCategories that was introduced in 2.7 (ticket 8494) Added the … Continue reading →

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The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 25-27

Posted on Tue 10 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

Amendment 25: Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, … Continue reading →

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I Don't Like PHP's extract() Function

Posted on Thu 5 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

When looking at PHP code that I’m not familiar with a common task is back tracking what operations were done to a variable for it to end up in it’s current state. More often than not this means looking through … Continue reading →

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The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 21-24

Posted on Thu 5 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

Amendment 21: Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States for delivery or use therein … Continue reading →

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Update On libxml2 Issues

Posted on Tue 3 Feb 2009 by Joseph Scott

Updates 4 Mar 2009 @ 2:38pm : Conclusion of libxml2 Issues – Use PHP 5.2.9 & libxml2 2.7.3 17 Mar 2009 @ 3:05pm : WordPress & libxml2 Episode IV: A New Plugin At the end of December I detailed problems … Continue reading →

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