UPDATE: This also works with WP 2.7.1. If editing wp-db.php is too daunting, you can download my version, which will work as long as the prefix of your main blog is wp_. While developing new themes for the blog, I needed a place to preview a theme that includes all the current posts, comments and [...]
Use 1 database for 2 blogs with WordPress 2.6
August 15th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Category: Wordpress
How to: Make a backup drive
July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s 8 AM. You’re just about to email the TPS reports you’ve been working on since 1 o’clock this morning when suddenly your computer stops responding to your inputs. In a panic, you shut down the system by holding the power button, but on the next startup, the screen doesn’t even reach the desktop. Before [...]
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Pick the right iPod
July 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
In 2001, Apple introduced the 5GB iPod. At first it wasn’t the amazing success it is today, but soon people realized that Apple’s hardware/software integration made the MP3 player experience that much better. Soon Apple came out with different models, and today there are 4 models to choose from. Each model has benefits and drawbacks [...]
Category: iPod
Use Leopard icons
July 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Whenever a new operating system comes out, many people enjoy peeking around the internals to see what sort of treasures lie beneath the shiny exterior. Nerdy, yes, but in the case of Leopard, that searching yielded some very cool results. You may notice from browsing around the site that I like to use illustrated icons [...]
Category: Tips
Move iTunes media between drives
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
This was going to be a post about how to move your iTunes library from one drive to another (maybe after upgrading it) and have iTunes recognize it properly. I thought it was going to include XML editing to trick iTunes into thinking the media was somewhere it wasn’t before. Turns out the solution is [...]
Category: Tips
