CForms II, Bluehost and the From: address
There are several forum posts, articles, and help from bluehost attempting to explain how to get the default address on Bluehost to send to something besides user@***.bluehost.com when using CForms II plugin for WordPress. However, I had no success with following them. They all seem pretty out of date and are lacking in specific instructions. So, I’m not trying to beat a dead horse here, I’m just trying to sum up exactly what I did that gave me success (after 3 days of trying). My method focuses on using the php.ini approach....
read moreSetting up Subversion (SVN) on Bluehost
I found some instructions from J. Taylor on how to install SVN on Bluehost, but they were a bit out-dated. For one, Subversion is now an Apache project and isn’t found on subversion.tigris.org anymore. You can find the project on http://subversion.apache.org/. Other than that, the instructions are great! mkdir src cd src wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.6.15.tar.bz2 wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-deps-1.6.15.tar.bz2 tar -xvjpf subversion-1.6.15.tar.bz2 tar -xvjpf ...
read moreSetting the Record Straight: The Cloud = The Internet
I want to set the record straight once and for all. The term “Cloud” refers to the internet. Cloud computing is using the internet to create, store and access information rather than desktop computing where you create, store and access information on your own machine. Here’s the proof. The Cloud = The Internet It is not some magical product that Microsoft has invented. Microsoft is using the term to make you think they are smart and innovative. They are using the term to make you think they have some new software that will do...
read moreGetting MediaWiki Collapsible Nav to Load Collapsed
Whether you are using the old UsabilityInitiative extension, or the new split out Vector enhancements, you may have noticed an issue where the Collapsible Navigation functionality causes the first nav item in your list to remain open when the page loads. It doesn’t behave like the rest of the nav items that will remain in their closed or open state when you move to another page in your wiki. It simply remains open no matter what. If you wish to solve this little bug, you can replace line 3 of Vector.combined.min.js with the...
read moreTime Tracking Report Bookmarklet for Basecamp
If you’ve ever tracked your time in Basecamp, and you are forgetful like me, you know that sometimes it’s a pain to go check how much time you’ve already tracked. When you forget to check your time as you go, you end up going back and fill in the blanks. The process involves a few too many clicks, and not any way to really create a shortcut. First, you need to click the Time tab, which shows everyone in your group’s time and it orders by company, not by date or project. Cool, if you are a manager after an overview. Not...
read moreHow to remove .svn files
If you are looking for a command line way to remove all .svn folders in a directory tree, the correct answer here is: Don’t. As it turns out, all you need to do is run an SVN Export command and that will create a clean directory tree for you, hastle free. Here’s an example $ svn export svnProject myExportWithoutSnvFiles Then you can just ignore or remove the svn directory tree and keep the new one.
read moreUsing Firebug to Hack TinyMCE
Sometimes we have to use someone else’s CMS to get our content live. That’s what I ran into today. The genius that set up this suctom CMS, decided it wasn’t a good idea to allow the user to have access to the HTML editor that comes with TinyMCE, so at first I thought my ability to add classes, and custom code was impossible. It actually is possible with the Firebug plugin for Firefox. As you may already know, Firebug allows you to edit HTML and CSS “live” on the page. I put “live” in quotes, because...
read moreTwitter vs. the Attorney General
We all know that Mark Shurtleff has no clue how to use Twitter. In fact, he mistakenly announced his Senate Candidacy via twitter when he thought he was sending a text message to news reporter Ben Winslow. But that was like, a whole year ago, right? Mr. Shrutleff has certainly become more aware of how to use Twitter and now knows that whatever he tweets his more than 7k followers will read, right? You would think. But recently Shrutleff has been spewing out more nonsense thinking he was responding to who knows who on twitter. I thought it was...
read moreMarketing vs. IT
It seems that Marketing and IT departments are always at odds. Having worked for a substantial amount of time in each division, I have come to my own conclusions as to why this is the case. I believe there is a misperception as to the root cause to the problem and I believe that I have a solution. The common accusation is that Marketing is too right brained and doesn’t understand the technical side of things that IT must face every day. In reverse, the accusation is that IT is too left brained and has no creativity. I believe both to be...
read moreWhy I hate my Blackberry
Often I just want to take my Blackberry Curve and throw it through the window. Why? Because it has a freaking track ball. Whoever thought a track ball was a good idea on a device that becomes as unresponsive as the Blackberry, should be stoned to death (or maybe they were just stoned at the time?). The reason this has become so frustrating to me is because of the slow processor. Yeah, it’s a small device and I can’t expect it to be a super computer, I get it. But if in the moment that it becomes unresponsive, even for a fraction of...
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