Random meanderings you're probably not interested in…
Why won’t I give you my phone number on Facebook? Because if you knew what you were doing, you wouldn’t need to ask me for it. I was reading through my normal morning selection when I ran across this article on TechCrunch detailing how they tricked a bunch of people into giving up their phone … Continue reading “Why I won't give you my phone number on Facebook”
Edit: This post has moved to here: http://ottopress.com/2009/wordpress-settings-api-tutorial/. Take your comments there. When writing the Simple Facebook Connect plugin, I investigated how the Settings API worked. It’s relatively new to WordPress (introduced in version 2.7), and many things I read said that it was much easier to use. It is much easier to use in … Continue reading “WordPress Settings API Tutorial”
Edit: This post has moved to here: http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/. Take your comments there. Over here, Jorge Escobar is writing about how he got hacked with the latest version of WordPress. After some minor back and forth on FriendFeed, I got him to do a search which found a malicious backdoor he might not otherwise have found. … Continue reading “How to find a backdoor in a hacked WordPress”
Playing around this weekend, I discovered a neat and fun little app for the iPhone. A lot of new apps have came out for the iPhone lately that are based around driving directions. TomTom came out with theirs for $100, and Navigon is another popular one that runs $90. But, if you want to try … Continue reading “Waze – Free iPhone Directions Application”
According to the Telegraph, Bob Dylan has been approached by multiple GPS manufacturers to be the voice of their GPS system. While this is ludicrous on the face of it (having listened to Bob for many years, let’s face it, clarity ain’t his strong suit), I find that the best part of the whole story … Continue reading “Bob Dylan to be new voice of GPS system”
I always wondered how Google Maps knew traffic conditions. Today, there’s a blog post where they explain it a bit better. Basically, they simply have all the phones running Google Maps with GPS send back data as to a) where they are and b) how fast they’re moving. Both of which GPS gives you more … Continue reading “Google Maps traffic… it needs work.”
It occurred to me that some of my friends don’t really know how to taste and describe beer properly. Even my wine friends, descriptive as they are, are pretty poor at describing beer. The methods of tasting are not all that different, really. There’s more of a snobbery surrounding wine and some of people are … Continue reading “How to Taste and Describe a Beer”
I’m getting really annoyed with all the hubbub over the latest Tennessee gun law. You know, the one similar to the one passed in Arizona recently? TN and AZ are getting singled out as places that allow guns in bars. The problem is that it’s not true. That’s right, it’s just not true. Jon Stewart … Continue reading “The media are a bunch of idiots.”
Ferrari not included. http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/370-Beech-Street_Highland-Park_IL_60035_1109385563
Spotted in Savannah, originally uploaded by Otto42. Spotted this one early in the trip. Too early, in point of fact, to actually drink Jager.
