I am very jealous of Sarah’s new coffee mug…
Blog
-
Defective Comics
There’s not really a lot to look at as of now, but — due to the delightfully ridiculous application of Batman to the most suburban of settings — Defective Comics by Daniel Danger & Olly Moss just became my new favorite Tumblr site.
-
Try Git
Want to learn how to use git? Try this easy to follow tutorial, courtesy of the folks over at GitHub. [via]
-
HTML
I want this t-shirt (and most of the other ones at The Unrefinery) so hard. They even come in 3XL! [via]
-
Like Tears In Rain
I am totally in love with Anders Ramsell’s watercolor version of Blade Runner. It’s extremely beautiful. I just hope that he can finish the whole movie. [via]
-
Feature Request: Tracking Plugin Updates
You know what I’d kill for? A plugin that takes this info from a WordPress plugin page:
And drops it into place here:
Because keeping track of that sort of thing is becoming increasingly important for anyone who gives half a shit about keeping their site and its plugins up to date.
So, uhm, does anyone have the free time to do something like this? Because I don’t right now — but I’ll gladly buy a nice bottle of something alcoholic for the person who does…
Update: Request fulfilled by the exceedingly wonderful Pete Mall!
Here’s what it looks like in action:
Thanks Pete! I’ll have a bottle of whiskey for you at WordCamp SF.
-
WP201: The Video
The folks over at WordPress.tv have posted my section of the day long class I helped teach on WordPress performance & security during WordCamp Phoenix 2012. The audio is a little muffled and the video is 10 minutes longer than the theatrical release of The Avengers — and nowhere near as entertaining — but I tried to pack it as full of as much information as possible. Enjoy!
-
Related Posts
Everything Merlin said about related posts plugins and social media icons in this week’s After Dark was totally spot on. If you’ve got a blog and can spare a minute and thirty seconds, you shouldn’t hesitate to give it a listen.
-
Sophomore Release
Out of 2732 user submissions, I just collected and added 35 words & phrases to Hipster Ipsum.
That means that only 1.281% of the stuff that people gave me was actually usable. The rest of it was names of people, inside jokes, repeats of stuff already in the database and a staggering amount of slurs and insults.
So thanks for nothing, crowdsourcing…
-
Shit People Say in LA
Shit People Say In LA
This one’s for the locals. And the people who don’t live here but still like to laugh at the locals. [via]