Archive for January, 2006

Google at work on desktop Linux

0 Comments Published by Ben Wann January 31st, 2006 in Nerd, Technology

Looks like the folks over at Google are really keeping busy on their 20%. I might just have to download this when I find it, and reformat the ol linux machine.
Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - […]

Google Maps Plugin For Wordpress

0 Comments Published by Ben Wann January 24th, 2006 in AJAX, wordpress

I cant tell you how grateful I am for this plugin. It has saved me sooo much time!!!
Not sure if I should thank Chris or Abigail, but Chrisandabigail.com
… You ROCK!
» Google Maps Plugin For Wordpress
Google Maps Plugin For Wordpress
Well, it appears that I have a version that I can release to the public of […]

A List Apart: Articles: Web 3.0

0 Comments Published by Ben Wann January 17th, 2006 in Nerd, Technology, rants

I love Jeffrey Zeldman. As a young and aspiring web developer, living rent check to rent check, I feel personally close to this article. Web 2.0 has been an interesting trend, much talked about, and yet hard to find or actually define. Read this article to find a particually well defined view […]

I, Cringely: Win Some, Lose Some

0 Comments Published by Ben Wann January 13th, 2006 in Nerd, Technology, rants

Ever since I first saw the three part video series The Triumph of the Nerds, I have loved Bob Cringely’s “I, Cringely” column. He recently released his predictions for 2006 on January 5th. Of these I find that #4 is really interesting to me:
4) Enough about Apple. Google will continue to roll out […]

Subversion Properties - SVN:ignore

1 Comment Published by Ben Wann January 12th, 2006 in Nerd, Technology

This will actually help to not let .DS_STORE files into a Subversion source code repository.
Protect yourself, beforeyou wreck yourself I say! (Note taken from the early english saying “Check yoself, befo you wreck yoself!”)
SVN Properties
svn:ignore
The svn:ignore property contains a list of file patterns which certain Subversion operations will ignore. Perhaps the most commonly used […]

Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections

0 Comments Published by Ben Wann January 12th, 2006 in Nerd, Technology

This is really going to be helpful, as I often times need to make photoshop files on my powerbook, but then have to move these files over to a windows machine that is running Apache Tomcat to serve up web applications. .DS_STORE files are the bain of the existence of anybody trying to run […]

Sacramento Web Developers SIG » Blog Archive » A Better 404 in WordPress

0 Comments Published by Ben Wann January 9th, 2006

I will be implementing this in my blog in the near future! Thanks very much SWD!

Sacramento Web Developers SIG » Blog Archive » A Better 404 in WordPress
A Better 404 in WordPress
When I think of handling 404 errors in the best way possible, there is no site that comes to my mind faster than Mike Davidson’s. I mean, he’s got ‘em nailed. I’m not going to link up a non-existent page on his site, but do yourself a favor (so we’re all on the same page) and go try it out.

Ok good, you see all that? He automatically does a search for what he thinks you were looking for. If only one result is returned from the search, he automatically sends you to that page. Even more, when a 404 happens you also get a search bar right at the top of the page with the guessed search term already filled in. Pretty. Pretty. Pretty good.

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