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In which I present my 3rd and 4th Textpattern Plugins

Textpattern

In which I present my 3rd and 4th Textpattern Plugins

Introducing my third and fourth Textpattern plugins: * cwh_link_to_next * cwh_link_to_next They’re pretty much a matched set and compliment cwh_link_to_home in functionality. These ones took a little longer to produce than cwh_link_to_home, partly because I was stumped for a

By Christopher Horrell 12 Aug 2007
cwh_link_to_prev

Textpattern

cwh_link_to_prev

cwh_link_to_prev is a Textpattern plugin that provides a replacement tag for <txp:link_to_prev /> that includes a new format attribute which provides the ability to set the link format as a link tag suitable for placing in the head of any individual article page

By Christopher Horrell 12 Aug 2007
cwh_link_to_next

Textpattern

cwh_link_to_next

cwh_link_to_next is a Textpattern plugin that provides a replacement tag for <txp:link_to_next /> that includes a new format attribute which provides the ability to set the link format as a link tag suitable for placing in the head of any individual article page

By Christopher Horrell 12 Aug 2007
Email issues, resolved!

Email issues, resolved!

I was able to finally fix my previous email issues and the contact form is back in place. Hooray! I switched my mail system from my hosting server (yay barclay!) and onto Joyent’s Connector, but I didn’t turn off mail on this domain or delete the old aliases,

By Christopher Horrell 07 Aug 2007
Yeah, they meant tentative

Yeah, they meant tentative

So hey, remember the occupancy letter I received about a month ago? It turns out they did mean tentative after all. I received another letter from the developer last week and my new occupancy date is October 9, 2007. Damn it!1 Just when things seemed like they had finally

By Christopher Horrell 30 Jul 2007
Email issues

Email issues

If you’ve tried to send me a message in the last week via the contact page, or the associated address, chances are I never got it. I was fiddling around with some settings and what not and, er, screwed something up. It should be OK now, although the contact

By Christopher Horrell 30 Jul 2007
My Simpsons Avatar

My Simpsons Avatar

There’s a website for the upcoming Simpsons Movie and it has an nifty avatar generator (from the main site, click Create your Simpsons Avatar). Very fun and I think mine looks pretty close to the actual me. There’s a surprising amount of variety in the choice of hair,

By Christopher Horrell 26 Jul 2007

In which I purchase some furniture

I now have some furniture for my new place! This is relatively old news as I put in my order on June 28 th right before I went a fabulous 6 day vacation. Aaaah! So, thanks to the fine people at EQ3 I now have: * A sofa (in white leather!

By Christopher Horrell 19 Jul 2007

Final or Tentative?

More news of the condo-waiting front (well, technically I should refer to it as a loft what with the high ceilings and all). There was a recent strike which has delayed things a bit more. The strike is over now and I received the latest update from the developer a

By Christopher Horrell 26 Jun 2007

In which I present my first Greasemonkey script

I’m a current user of Apple’s dot Mac service and have been for a few years. I use the webmail application pretty regularly, but the one thing that has always bothered me about the interface is the huge global navigation banner that takes up a good inch of

By Christopher Horrell 22 Jun 2007

Dot Mac

Update: Since the switch from .mac to MobileMe, this script no longer works and, thanks to the improved UI of MobileMe, is no longer necessary. Dot Mac is a Greasemonkey script for the Firefox web browser. This script enhances the dot Mac web interface by removing the common Apple header

By Christopher Horrell 22 Jun 2007

Organ Donor

I was just filling out that card the Ontario government includes with the application to renew your licensee plate1. The card has two options * Any needed organs or tissue * Only the following organs and/or tissue (specify) The second option also provides a blank space where you can be really

By Christopher Horrell 23 May 2007
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