Steps for setting up GeSHi (Generic Syntax Highlighter) on MediaWiki:

1. Download GeSHi (Generic Syntax Highlighter).
2. Upload geshi.php and the geshi folder to your MediaWiki extensions folder.
3. Create GeSHiHighlight.php using this source code.
4. Copy the following line to your LocalSettings.php file.

   include("extensions/GeSHiHighlight.php");

5. Add code to a MediaWiki page using <pre> tags.

   <php><?php echo "Hello World!"; ?></php>
   

More information about GeSHI can be found at http://qbnz.com/highlighter/.

Edit: Oops. I had posted the last step with <pre> tags instead of <php>. I’ve fixed it now. Thanks override!

How to Be a Productive Procrastinator was the topic at hand on Talk of the Nation on June 12, 2008. Rationalizing our dawdling, Neal Conan lead a discussion about the latest on procrastination from Timothy Pychyl, blogger of Don’t Delay on Psychology Today and professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and John Perry, self-professed structured procrastinator, co-host of the Philosophy Talk podcast, and professor of philosophy at Stanford University. Two of my personal favorite procrastinators are Douglas Adams and Mark Twain.

Happiness is the product of the pursuit of your goals. Is procrastination a negative or positive force in your life?

“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” -Mark Twain

PHP::Impact recently named sixteen PHP open source applications that have “changed the world” including two of my all-time favorite, much loved, and long used web phenomenons, WordPress and Gallery. Ten years running is a long time for the popular, pragmatic, database-wielding phpMyAdmin to have been in high demand—I had no idea phpMyAdmin had been around that long. I am also very impressed to see Magento eCommerce on the list since it just came out of beta this March. So far, Magento is getting rave reviews and a few complaints. It will be interesting to see how these projects continue to evolve and change take over the world.

SMX Advanced networking party at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.

There is an exceptional line up of speakers for the upcoming Blogging for Business (B4B) 2008 Conference this Friday, June 6, 2008 in Salt Lake City. Registration is $299 and you can sign up at http://regonline.com/b4b2008. I’ll be at the event, and I am looking forward to networking with the B4B crowd.