Posts from July 2009
The Bats Are Coming
It’s when you can’t hear the bats, that’s when the bats are coming. That is what is printed on the front of the birthday card I received from my brother-in-law. On the inside it says, “Other than that, I have no birthday advice.”
#FridayFive: Favorite Coldplay Songs
View the Friday Five from July 17th, 2009
Florida Gators 2009 Football iCal Schedule
Update: Visit collegefootballcalendar.net to subscribe to the latest college football schedules! Apple iCal users: You can once again easily subscribe to the Florida Gators 2009 Football iCal Schedule! And I can’t promise anything, but Windows Outlook users might be able to subscribe with this link, or by using the link on the GatorZone schedule page.
iTunes Tuesday: Create Playlists Quickly
In the previous episode of iTunes Tuesday I explained the difference between Smart Playlists and user-created playlists. Basically the key difference is that Smart Playlists are ones that iTunes creates for you based on criteria you define and user-created playlists are ones you make by picking and choosing songs. Today I’ll show you a couple
Monday Night Workout
‘Twas a painfully brutal session at the gym tonight with @kbakst. It’s been several months since we finished the Velocity Diet, and we’re both in pretty damn good shape, but we’re still lifting weights as if morbid obesity was knocking at the door. I’ve been more focused on keeping the rest time between sets at
Angelina Jolie: Awesome
Angelina Jolie made a trip to the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, D.C. back on June 26th. No one reported on this until now because she didn’t tell anyone. She spent several hours with wounded soldiers and gave each one a gift bag which included, among other things, a $1000 gift certificate to Best
#FridayFive: My Favorite Nuts
View the Friday Five from July 10th, 2009
WordPress Wednesday: Safe Function Calls
If you’re editing a WordPress theme template file by adding a call to a plugin’s function, you need to be careful. In six months or a year you’re going to deactivate or delete that plugin, and you’re going to get a big ugly fatal PHP error on your blog. You can avoid it, though, by
iTunes Tuesday: Show in Playlist
There are two types of playlists in iTunes: Smart Playlists and “regular” playlists. A Smart Playlist depends on parameters you’ve set, like “songs added in the last month”, or “songs by The Beatles or Bob Dylan”. Regular playlists — also known as “user-generated playlists” — are the ones you create. (These are the playlists you
Daily David
View the Daily David from July 6th, 2009