Category Archives: Geekery

Genetic Testing: 23andme

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Otto

A while back, the personal genetic testing company 23andme offered a special sale. They discounted their normal price from $500 to $99 for one day only. Naturally, I jumped on it. Just got my results back. Nothing particularly surprising here, … Continue reading →

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Simple Twitter Connect

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Otto

Since people have been emailing me and asking for it… WordPress Plugin: Simple Twitter Connect It’s similar in concept to the Simple Facebook Connect plugin. In fact, it rips off quite a lot of the same code. But instead of … Continue reading →

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Don't include wp-load, please.

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Otto

Edit: This post has moved to here: http://ottopress.com/2010/dont-include-wp-load-please/. Take your comments there. Time for Otto’s general griping: WordPress plugin programming edition. Here’s a practice I see in plugins far too often: Plugin.php file adds something like this to the wp_head: … Continue reading →

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How to Setup your Facebook Connect Application

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Otto

Note: This post has been moved to here. Please leave comments there instead. The majority of the email I get from users of the Simple Facebook Connect plugin is questions regarding how to setup their Facebook Application. It’s really not … Continue reading →

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SFC Chicklet

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Otto

I saw this morning that Jesse Stay had created a rather neat little chicklet for his FBFoundations plugin. I thought it was a clever idea, so naturally I stole it and added it to Simple Facebook Connect as well. Of … Continue reading →

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