Random meanderings you're probably not interested in…
Drove up to North Carolina this weekend for the Durham Beer Festival. Somewhere along the way, the transmission in my 2001 Impala decided that it was time to destroy itself, presumably in a fit of angry rage. I presume that it was rage and it was angry from the sounds that came out from the … Continue reading “Bought a new car”
“Otto is 255 miles northeast of Grand Turk Island and is moving in a northeasterly direction at a speed of about 2 mph.” – Source “Otto’s presence in the western Atlantic might increase the risk of riptides along the southeastern coast of the U.S.” – Source “The Miami-based hurricane center said that on its forecast … Continue reading “Press Mentions”
View out my window, originally uploaded by Otto42. View out my window at the Hyatt in Downtown Savannah.
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, but it is neat. My blood type is A (A/O). I knew this, good to … Continue reading “Genetic Testing: 23andme”
I’ve been delaying this post for a while, but I recently got a new job. I’ve been hired by Matt Mullenweg, of WordPress and Automattic fame. My first goal will be to start the revamping of the WordPress.org website, which has needed some reworking for some time now. I didn’t really expect this or see it … Continue reading “New Job: Working for the Matt”
For those of you who read this site for my WordPress knowledge, code, rants, or what have you, I’m writing this to point you in a new direction. I’ve started a new site just for that sort of thing: Otto on WordPress. Despite the name, I plan on putting other things there too, including code … Continue reading “Ottopress – A New Blog”
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: Script.js.php has code like the following: The reason for this sort of thing is that … Continue reading “Don't include wp-load, please.”
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 that hard to do, but the plethora of options can seem somewhat intimidating. So here’s … Continue reading “How to Setup your Facebook Connect Application”
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 course, just copying an idea is no fun. So I had to improve upon it … Continue reading “SFC Chicklet”
Heard of geotagged tweets yet? Not surprised, a lot of my friends seem to have not caught on to it, so I’m writing this in a possibly futile attempt to get them to try it out. How to add your location to your tweets 1. Turn on Geotagging. To do this, go to your Twitter … Continue reading “Twitter Geolocation”
