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Category Archives: programming

using javascript code in wordpress posts and pages

For this bookmarklet creation tool I posted a while ago I noticed that it was actually quite hard to get some custom written JavaScript code embedded in a WordPress post. When searching for a solution to the issues I ran into, I noticed there either wasn’t a lot of info to be found on this [...]

graphics programming, the easy way

I’ve been playing around with Processing a bit lately, and I have to say that I’m impressed with it’s potential. What is is anyway you ask? Well, let’s say you get this idea of representing twitter feeds in a cool graphical way. Or maybe you feel like creating a graphical representation of a zombie apocalypse. [...]

how to be a programmer

Free ebooks rock don’t they? Well, in a sheer strike of luck I came across this particular one which I’ve been reading bits and pieces of during the last few months called How to be a programmer“. The thing that’s interesting about this programmers guide is that it focuses on the everyday, non-programming aspect of the job. [...]

windows batch scripting kung fu

When you’re stuck with oldskool Windows batch scripting, you can get the feeling your being transported back in time to the DOS age where New Wave was popular and Bill Gates was looking like a geek. Well, yeah, he still looks like a geek, but at least New Wave is dead, thought the haircuts where [...]

a security tip from a pro

“painted master” by Darwin Bell,
cc-licensed
Security is something you should know a few things about as an application programmer. In fact, if there is one thing you should know is that you don’t know jack about security, or at least not much.
When it comes to down to figuring out your own security scheme there is one [...]

slightly fixed

Things that suck: having to change your permalinks.
They’re called permalinks for a reason, but if for some unknown reason you keep getting CGI errors on the old links you can’t just keep that setting can you? So now I’m using the old and ugly WP default permalink structure again, linking to a post using it’s [...]

akismet pwnz spam

You might or might not have heard about Akismet before, but in case you haven’t let me tell you that that little Wordpress plugin is simply a godsend.
Even a small blog like mine isn’t small enough to stay out of the cross hair of the evil spammers on the internet. I just noticed once [...]