Wordpress 2.8.4 release, a joke?

 14th August 2009 by Chris

I have been maintaining several Wordpress blogs (all currently running 2.8.3 as of the time of writing). I logged in earlier today, and found that there was a new release. Of course, I wanted to have them all updated at the soonest possible time.

By practice, I download the zipped file to apply them manually onto our source code repositories for update. Usually, I find this useful because I get to see what the changes really were for the new release. I was surprised to see that the new version I downloaded was a complete joke.

I got Wordpress 2.8.4 here. I downloaded the file also inside the server, for a quick copy of the latest version, in case it will be needed. Applying it to local copy of the repository, I found some big joke. Amusing, but also confusing.

Making GTD work for you using Hiveminder, Google Calendar, iCal, iSync and your mobile

 21st June 2009 by Chris

I'm a fairly new member of Hiveminder. I remember, I saw it first from a Lifehacker article discussing about the best GTD tool. I wanted something unobstrusive and could be used in a variety of ways.

I found Hiveminder and I gave it a spin. I immediately liked its simple layout which is quite refreshing and neat. I don't have to think much about how to use it. I immediately began using the "braindump" for all the tasks I had to work on. Though I'm a fan of handy notebooks, I would very much love to have technology remind me of things I need to work on too. Sometimes, I get too lazy to read my notebook or scribble down my thoughts for most of the time, I think faster than I could write!

Lovin' my Pidgin

 28th June 2008 by Chris

Since I love Linux (not really shunning Mac lovers), my best chatting companion is Pidgin. I like it since its simple to use and it can hold as much as 10 accounts at the same time! I wouldn’t have to worry about having to open multiple chat clients for each of my accounts. Lovely!

Dominance is power

 25th June 2008 by Chris

When I came to be as a programmer, the only things that I knew was about Microsoft, DOS, Apple and Commodore 64. I didn't know about open source, or linux or unix and its various flavors. I was only exposed to what was commercialized, and what everybody was using.

As the years progressed, I found myself wondering why there are differences between the platforms and the applications and their developers such as myself squander to continuosly fix and present the "one" product in various translations (aka, in various browsers or platforms). Preference is always at the top of all priorities. The user knows best, and their wants and needs are the most important.

I resorted to the study of W3C documents and followed guides and documents on writing good web code. A code that would not only work magnificently but also be as clean, readable and standards compliant as it should be. More years passed, and I have gotten frustrated with the "Internet Explorer". Since the birth of Firefox, it no longer mattered to me whether I'd still be using Windows for development. If I can have Firefox in Linux, then nothing beats my setup. Yeah right.