Posts from 2009

SyntaxHighlighter2 WordPress plugin brings Alex Gorbatchev's SyntaxHighlighter 2.0 to WordPress with 6 themes and valid XHTML output, replacing the older plugin.

Patch the WordPress memcached object-cache backend to prepend $blog_id to keys, letting multiple standalone WordPress installs safely share one memcached server.

FeedBurner Widget 1.2 for WordPress now supports FeedBurner MyBrand, letting you display your subscriber count using your own branded feed domain.

Facebook went read-only for about 10 minutes, blocking status updates and comments with a database write failed message — a brief but frustrating outage in 2009.

Jango vs last.fm — Jango wins on track quality and discovery accuracy while last.fm excels at finding new genres. Both are great for different listening habits.

When both Google Analytics and AddThis plugins are active, WordPress generates invalid markup. A patch fixes onclick attribute merging to keep your HTML valid.

Smart Throttle 1.0.0 lands on the WordPress plugin repository with configurable throttling — install or upgrade it right from the WordPress Plugins dashboard.

Smart Throttle WordPress plugin automatically adjusts comment flood timeouts based on hourly rate, stopping spam bots without CAPTCHA or writing a single DB row.

Switching from Subversion to Git reduced development time significantly — no more waiting on commits, merge anxiety, or overwrite fears. Development is fun again.

KernelCheck automates building the latest Linux kernel on Debian and Ubuntu, requiring minimal interaction while optimising the kernel for your specific hardware.

Avermedia M135A TV tuner works plug-and-play on Linux 2.6.28 with video4linux — all local channels, remote, and audio via sox with no manual configuration needed.