WordCast 41: Cats in boxes- best blog theme ever
Posted Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 by Dave Moyer
I’m finally back hosting WordCast for 2009. We took a bit of a break but it’s good to be back. We’re coming up on our first anniversary!
Happy New Year! We’re back and better than ever for 2009 with a brand spankin’ new show. We’ll cover everything from WordPress theme files to fixing hiding dropdowns to when, oh when, will 2.7 hit 1,000,000 downloads. (Dave’s on for January 8th, Kym’s on for the 7th. What do you think?)
Episode 41:
- Malicious theme files… (remv.php) what they are and how to get rid of them
- Jeffro launching a new site: WPTavern.com
- Ozh’s Journey through 5 Years of the WP Admin UI
- BloggingPro’s list of the Top Ten Plugin Developers for 2008
- Weblog Tools Collection news: Scholarships on the horizon, now accepting ONLY GPL licensed plugins and themes for advertisers
- Lorelle took bets on when 2.7 downloads would hit 1 million. Any ideas?
- Celebrity Pressers: Playstation’s Blog, eBay Ink
- Tip of the Week: Fixing “hiding” CSS dropdowns via WPHacks
- Kym’s Pick: Viewport theme
- Dave’s Pick: My Category Order plugin
- WordCamp Update: Chicago Men’s Breast Cancer Meetup, Atlanta Install/Upgrade Meetup, Toronto Meetup, WordCamp Las Vegas
Our theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller
Listen now: Download this week’s episode
A Rather Entertaining Chat
Posted Sunday, December 28th, 2008 by Dave Moyer
Ah, instant messaging. A world where anything can happen and I can go on incredibly random yet quite hilarious tangents that make for great blog posts. While I know this will likely bore many of you, I can’t let this conversation remain in chat logs forever! Let’s flashback to last night, shall we?
[ripples and harp sound effect]
Dave: You know me.
Kat: Executive director of pop culture content at Bitwire. Very obsessed with David Bowie, and engaged with Dave (that’s me) at the moment in a fascinating discussion about how David Bowie’s eyes are not two different colors, they only appear that way due to an optical illusion formed by a permanently dilated pupil. Kat was disappointed to learn this, as she happens to have two differently colored eyes, a possible connection to Bowie.
The chat that is shown below is a direct result of me being in an interesting mood and also very tired (this took place rather late at night.) Enjoy.
Kat: When I meet him I’m asking him if his eyes are different colors and if he says yes, I’ll seriously be really happy.
Me: I just called him. He said that his eyes aren’t two colors
Kat: Alright, what’s his phone number?
Me: I can’t tell you! Who knows who you’d give it out to! Plus, you couldn’t reach him anyway.
Kat: Me, myself and I. And why not?
Me: It’s blocked to everyone but me and his mom.
Merry Christmas to All…
Posted Thursday, December 25th, 2008 by Dave Moyer
I’m not sure what it is. The lights, the music, or the general (mostly) happy attitude that everyone seems to have around this time of year that makes me love Christmas so much. Whatever it is, it’s easy to say I’m obsessed (I hosted a twelve-hour show for the third year in a row this year all about it!) so I’m popping on this Christmas morning before the rest of the family is up to send my best wishes to the ‘net.
No matter what holiday you may celebrate- Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa (Festivus)… this time of year is extremely special for the world. It’s a time of giving, a time of joy and a time of wonder, regardless of location and regardless of age, regardless of race and gender. Today is irrefutably Christmas and I’m not going to wish you “Happy Holidays” this morning, because…
- It’s Christmas. Uh… yeah.
- No matter what you believe, you don’t need to celebrate the religion in order to partake in the spirit.
Let’s take a look at #2. Many Jewish friends of mine comment to me how much they enjoy seeing Christmas lights up on all the neighborhood houses (and I’m sorry for not being politically correct and putting up all white “Holiday” lights, but that’s another post). Dennis Prager, a radio talk show host of the same faith, played Christmas music for bumpers throughout his entire show these last few weeks, because he likes the music!
No matter what faith you choose to follow, what beliefs you hold (or lack thereof), this is a beautiful time! I can’t think of one major musician who hasn’t put out at least one Christmas album at some point, and there’s a reason! It’s great music! The TV specials are great, the decorations are great, just like the overall spirit of the season… great.
No matter what religion you choose (or lack thereof), part of the greatness of this season is that it’s got a “one size fits all” tag displayed proudly on the front. Who cares if you don’t celebrate the faith behind the holiday? You have just as much of a right as any to partake in the joy that it brings. That joy is a beautiful thing. Put on that warm and comfy sweater that is this season. Wear it! Share it! One size fits all.
Best wishes to you this Christmas morning and every morning…
- Dave
Photo licensed under Creative Commons by !!WaynePhotoGuy on Flickr
[Finally] New studio tour
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 by Dave Moyer
After the Holiday Marathon was (finally) over, I took a minute to film that new studio tour you all have been clamoring for. Now stop it and put those clams back where you found them. (Oh yeah. And Merry Christmas, Happy Haunnukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, and/or whatever holiday you’ll be celebrating this December.)
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