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Installing WordPress

Sheri Bigelow — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:55:54 +0000

A walk-through of a WordPress install using FTP. Programs used were WordPress 2.5.1 and FileZilla 3.0.11 on Mac OS X Leopard.

How to Setup Syntax Highlighting in MediaWiki

Sheri Bigelow — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:41:17 +0000

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

Download GeSHi (Generic Syntax Highlighter).
Upload geshi.php and the geshi folder to your MediaWiki extensions folder.
Create GeSHiHighlight.php using this source code.
Copy the following line to your LocalSettings.php file.
```
include("extensions/GeSHiHighlight.php");
```
Add code to a MediaWiki page using
```
 tags.
```

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

Edit: Oops. I had posted the last step with

 tags instead of . I’ve fixed it now. Thanks override!

The Intermechanics of Lollygagging

Sheri Bigelow — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:28:57 +0000

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 Names Most Influential PHP Apps

Sheri Bigelow — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:13:08 +0000

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 at the Olympic Sculpture Park

Sheri Bigelow — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:58:01 +0000

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

Come to Blogging for Business (B4B) • June 6, 2008 in Salt Lake City

Sheri Bigelow — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:04:30 +0000

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.

New Google Favicon

Sheri Bigelow — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:32:41 +0000

Whoa. Google has updated their favicon. And since I’m afflicted with tabitis, it kind of threw me for a loop. I must admit I kind of like the old one better.

Old: New:

San Francisco: May 18-19, 2008

Sheri Bigelow — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:15:31 +0000

Views of San Francisco including a very foggy Golden Gate Bridge.

Sonoma: May 17, 2008

Sheri Bigelow — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:08:28 +0000

Oranges, grapes, grasses, and poppies. I seriously love California Poppies.

Sonoma: May 16, 2008

Sheri Bigelow — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:32:56 +0000

First day in Sonoma was filled with yummy breakfast, tasty wines, and walking around a bit in the (unfortunately) 100 degree weather.