Archive for January, 2009
Themes Updated
It’s been quite a while now since I submitted the new versions of my This Just In! and Get Some! WordPress themes over at the theme repository, and I’m still waiting on approval almost a month later. So I’ve posted the themes here because who knows how long it’ll take to hear back from them. …
How to Recover Deleted Posts Using Firefox Cache
If you’ve been running a WordPress site for any time at all, and are as clumsy as I am sometimes, you’ve probably deleted a post or two by accident, or maybe WordPress deleted it for you unintentionally. While I love writing here, writing something twice because you deleted the first copy is a major chore – we’ve all had to redo work that was already done and, whatever the reason, it’s frustrating. Here’s how I recovered a post that got deleted almost immediately after I published it.
Download Windows 7 Beta
Update 1/13/09: Microsoft has extended the download period. You can get Windows 7 here until Jan. 24th
News over at Webisee is Microsoft will be releasing Windows 7 Beta for free download to the first 2.5 million people beginning Jan. 9th, PST.
Windows 7 is said to have significant improvements over Windows Vista, including faster performance, better …
Got Rid of IntenseDebate
I decided to get rid of the IntenseDebate comment system I found out about and installed a few months ago and blogged about here. It turned out to just be much too much of a hassle for not much of a benefit.
The main features that drew me to it were the comment threading and comment …
New WordPress Plugin: Maximum Security
Weblog Tools Collection has an interesting audio interview with Mark E. of Maximum Security about his newly released Maximum Security WordPress plugin. Apparently, Mark is a 15-year veteran of the computer security business, and he seems to know his stuff. His new plugin looks to be a pretty comprehensive and easy-to-use security suite for WordPress. …
