This would probably make a better post during the long South Dakota winter seasons, instead of at my desk, in the summer, with no air conditioning; but yet, here I sit, writing away.
What I love about this house is the courtyard, with the old Ash tree (100 years) in the middle. Not only does this tree provide shade, but it’s also a great climbing tree for kids (extra bonus points if they can make it to the roof).
Another very cool feature is the windows and/or opaque walls. Not only does it allow for the obvious natural light to come in through the days, but it also allows the interior lighting pour over it’s boundaries onto the yard.
So I’ve run into this a few times and finally got sick of constantly trying to remember where I fixed it. But I’ve had it happened where when I set the homepage to a specific category the pagination doesn’t work any more.
I came across an old post by John Crenshaw over at rlmseo.com, that explained what’s happening with WordPress the best.
The solution to this problem is pretty simple. You need to tell WordPress to use the “paged” query variable in your custom loop, otherwise it’s ignored. If you’re using the query_posts function for your custom loop, the easiest way to do this is like so:
I found two new sites today that I thought were pretty cool. The first one was tweeted about by one of my co-workers and it’s called “I Write Like“, the other I found referred to on a blog, called “Postling“.
I Write Like is a site that analyzes your writing style and then compares it with some of the more famous writers out there. Once the comparison is complete, the site returns it’s results with a list of books on Amazon from that famous author. Pretty cool (I write like Cory Doctorow, just incase you were wondering).
The other site is called Postling and basically, they let you manage all your web properties in one location. There’s many sites and services like this out there, either in web form or downloadable application, but this one seems to have a fairly streamlined signup process, simple explanations and an easy to use interface; which tells me it will be a handy tool to use in the future. The secondary benefit for this site would also to manage your online identity, and not just content, in one location.
I love this house, and I know a few buddies that would like it too. It’s simple, clean & does what it needs to. My favorite shot of the house is the interior one, looking outside through the 4×3 pane living room window.
I found this video out from a random tweet, scrolling through my stream of information. It’s of this gentleman who lives in Hong Kong & has an apartment of about 300 square feet (reminds me of one of places I lived at).
Basically, he guts the place out and installs adjustable walls, which reveal various rooms, 24 total combinations in all. From kitchen, to bath, to screening room, he does a good job about utilizing the space he has, which also forces him to be efficient.
I originally saw this house posted at ArchDaily, but have seen it at a few other blogs that I pay attention too. I’ve always been a fan of simplistic houses that compliment their environment. Ones that don’t try to hide the fact that they’re a house & yet still allow it’s surroundings to go about doing what they did before the house was built.
I first saw this house from DigsDigs blog who had a pretty good write up on it. It’s a mobile home, but with a clean feel on a low maintenance yard, with in ground pool.
If you thought that modular homes are ugly then A-Cero could prove that you’re wrong. The company designs modern and minimalist houses and its modular houses isn’t the exception. They have extremely modern look as inside as outside thanks to glossy black exteriors and black and white interiors.
Here’s a few front and back photo’s and an interior shot
Earlier today the WordPress blog released an article titled “Secure File Permissions Matter” in an effort to debunk some of the blog posts out there accusing WordPress of having a pretty significant security vulnerability…
Summary: A web host had a crappy server configuration that allowed people on the same box to read each others’ configuration files, and some members of the “security” press have tried to turn this into a “WordPress vulnerability” story.
While every blogging platform / cms has their own set of quirks, one thing I’ve never had bad luck with is security when it comes to WordPress. Now that doesn’t mean I haven’t seen malicious code within WordPress, but it has never been because WordPress had a security hole & if there had been one, they’ve always addressed with an update or a patch.
The post goes on to say
A properly configured web server will not allow users to access the files of another user, regardless of file permissions. The web server is the responsibility of the hosting provider. The methods for doing this (suexec, et al) have been around for 5+ years.
and I would have to agree in saying that the times I’ve seen an install compromised was because of extremely loose FTP or server passwords, or some other issue.
In conclusion, I’d say WordPress is still a great blogging / small CMS platform to use & work with.
