The last time I posted here was six years ago. I decided to come back to try to see what changes have come to wordpress. I’ve lost the ability to blog and write over the years, so perhaps I might start doing it again here. I enjoy writing, but it takes time. Plus the content has to be compelling if you want others to read. I’m not sure what I’m going to write about here, if I do start to write. Lets see how this goes.
On Blogging…
January 3, 2016Testing again!
October 10, 2009This is another test!
January 1, 2006
Is there a way to import a blogger blog into a wordpress.com blog? I would think it would be relatively easy considering how well the importer in wordpress 2.0 works.
Cricinfo – Grace under fire
November 28, 2005A short summary of some of the greatest innings by the Pakistan Captain Inzamam.
Inzamam-ul-Haq has often talked of the need to handle pressure as being the key to succeeding in international cricket. His best innings, as detailed below, have been compiled when the pressure has been at its greatest, and Inzamam at his most unflappable.
And from here:
Inzamam also has a great sense of timing, and not just with his square drives. He performs when it matters most, and he makes his performances count. Seventeen of Inzi’s 24 centuries have been in a winning cause, a proportion second only to Bradman. Inzamam’s performances also lift the batsmen around him. When he goes beyond 30, it is like a rising tide, and Pakistan’s average score per batsman jumps up by 10 runs, as pointed out by The Numbers Game. And though it appears unlikely that Inzamam will catch up with his great contemporaries in the number of centuries, he does have more scores of 50+ in international cricket than Brian Lara (156, to Lara’s 153). Tendulkar is well ahead on this count at 184.
Lowering the priority of a PostgreSQL query
November 28, 2005Lowering the priority of a PostgreSQL query:
When maintaining a large database system that requires high availability, there are times when you want to run some maintenance queries without impacting the performance of other users accessing the database. A nightly script that cleans up old data or updates cached calculations is a good example: the maintenance should be performed, but not at the expense of other connected users.
(Via Big Nerd Ranch Weblog.)
Build apps using Asynchronous JavaScript with XML (AJAX)
November 22, 2005Build apps using Asynchronous JavaScript with XML (AJAX):
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript with XML) enables a dynamic, asynchronous Web experience without the need for page refreshes. In this tutorial, you learn to build AJAX-based Web applications — complete with real time validation and without page refreshes — by following the construction of a sample book order application.
(Via IBM developerWorks.)
How to create object-oriented graphics using PHP
November 22, 2005How to create object-oriented graphics using PHP:
Learn how to build an object-oriented graphics layer in PHP. Using object-oriented systems can make building complex graphics much easier than building the graphics using the primitives in the standard PHP library.
(Via IBM developerWorks.)
Sylvain Wallez: Google Base: the rise of the semantic web?
November 22, 2005Sylvain Wallez: Google Base: the rise of the semantic web?:
Google Base introduces structured data to web search engines, which up to now mostly had raw text to base their search results on. A few days ago, I was chating with Bertrand about how GBase could be related to the search engine by adding a simple link to web pages:
(Via PlanetJava.org.)
XML Developer Center: Frequently Asked Questions for Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE)
November 21, 2005WordPress.com is available to all!
November 21, 2005WordPress.com is available to all!:
WordPress.com just opened its gates to everyone.
(Via digg.)
Cool. It will be fun to see this service grow. WordPress.com is an example of a business based on opensource!
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