Monthly Archives: January 2011

How to close all projects in NetBeans

File this under “duh.” I typically have several projects open in NetBeans and occasionally go through and close them all to clean up a little.  Turns out if you shift click on the projects you want closed there’s a new item on … Continue reading

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Just finished up a couple of WordPress plugins

Needed a break from a larger web app I’m working on and this weekend kicked out a couple of WordPress plugins that I’ve had on my idea file for a while now. The first is called rTwit and lets you … Continue reading

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What if classic video games had an extra hard mode?

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JavaScript version of PHP __FILE__ or __DIR__

This is one of those issues I keep coming back to.  I need a way to get the path of the current JavaScript file.  Something analogous to the PHP __DIR__ constant or dirname(__FILE__). Found something close on Stack Overflow.  The … Continue reading

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Should you delay retweets?

Finally noticed the schedule tweet button in TweetDeck this morning.  I have a knack of sending out tweets in batches, and since it annoys me when others tweet 20 in rapid succession it probably irritates others when I do the … Continue reading

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My checklist for setting up a WordPress site

Found myself setting up another WordPress blog this afternoon – blatant link plug – and got to thinking that I do the same steps every time I setup a new blog, and probably should write them down.  So here are … Continue reading

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Show a message to IE6 users

Found this tip over on The Admin Zone.  It’s a quick bit of HTML that will show a message to visitors using IE6. It looks like the following, although I took out the conditional tags so everyone can see it. … Continue reading

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Make any outlet a Magsafe

May have to pick up a few of these when they’re available. The Magsafe plug on my MacBook has saved me more than a few times.  Looks like Stanley Tools is coming out with an adapter to convert a normal … Continue reading

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