Asides – Page 4 – Factory Joe

Fixing Error 412 and Precondition failures in WordPress

Apparently mod_security is really aggressive around certain words (like in my previous post). To get around this, add SecFilterEngine off to your .htaccess file. You might not want to leave that snippet in there long, since it disables the security check, but if you find WordPress denying you the ability to post, it’s worth a shot.

Preggers, Mac-style

Perhaps it’s serendipity, I dunno, but there were two fertility and pregnancy tracking apps released in the past couple days. Is it just me, or should we consider them twins?

Safari on Windows? Not like I called that

Mary Jo Foley points out that in the Firefox 3 feature plans, there’s a statement under “Observations & Assumptions” section that ~~reads~~ read “Apple may have Safari on Windows with likely ties to iTunes & .Mac”. No, really?

WordPress 2.0.6 out, last release before 2.1

Matt’s announced WordPress 2.0.6, probably the last update before the next major upgrade to version 2.1. It features an important security fix and more compatibility with Safari.

WriteRoom 2.0 released

Hog Bay Software‘s excellent WriteRoom 2.0 has been released today, a total rewrite of the previous version sporting a number of excellent improvements, even though the price has increased from free to $24.95. 1.0 is fortunately still available for those thin on coin.

Digging in to TextMate

A great overview of how to get set up with TextMate the right way, discussing bundle management, snippets, commands, languages, templates. A great introduction to the one of the best mac apps available for developers.

Blake Ross on Google’s trustworthiness

I made similar points a few months ago, back then about Google’s authentication apparatus. Now Blake is suggesting that a similar fiasco is unfolding with Google’s new “Tips” feature, calling it “a new kind of bundling”. What do you think? Monopoly practices or playing fair?

WP Tiger Administration 3.0 is out

Don’t miss it! Steve Smith has released v3.0 of his WP Tiger AdministrationWordPress Plugin. Hotness!

Would you like Google Java with that?

Google has open sourced its Google Web Toolkit under the Apache 2.0 license. This is great news for Java-based web developers… but for other folks who prefer PHP and Rails, I’m not sure what to make of it. I do have to admit, their announcement and all the pieces of it make for a great example of a textbook launch of a new open source initiative.