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OMG! Know what the #iPad is for! Y’know how old people can’t see well and want an iPhone? Well.… #heh (via @hidama) #
My job is fun. That is all. (via @scalzi) #WeShouldAllBeSoLucky #
With seeing this, I think I’m pretty much done with ever going to an ATM again. http://is.gd/7yJsl #
Artists Encase Detroit House In Ice To Dramatize Housing Crisis http://is.gd/7z89j (via @nprnews) #

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The rapid deceleration of the blunt instrument against the deceased equine shall be repeated endlessly. (via @abiteofsanity) #heh #
Ya know how Amazon could get lots of apps on the Kindle? By allowing apps on the Kindle. #closedsucks (via @doctorow) #
Calvin and Hobbes meet Wolverine… http://bit.ly/7OnGJE (via @billamend) #awesome #

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I really want an apple pie, but I just don’t have time to create the universe. (via @aedison) #
You’re feeling very, very sleepy.… http://is.gd/6kue2 #
RT @dzesika: Giant hawk just outside my cube window! http://yfrog.com/4e874gj #awesome #BeatsMyBoringView #
I entered the SUPERFAN Sweepstakes to meet the @MythBusters because #IMASUPERFAN ! http://www.discovery.com/mythbusters #
The Eighth Circle of Hell runs on SQL Server. (via @abiteofsanity) #
New at #CoffeeBear: Help the Powers http://is.gd/6xhkc #

Author Pages with hCard & jQuery

Posted by Mark | Filed under Web Design, WordPress

While I’m definitely not the designer that any of the people who created these beautiful hCards, I was greatly impressed by them. In particular, I liked the personal hCard created by Tim Van Damme and decided to make my own version of it. Only since I’m using WordPress rather; than a static site, I wanted the page to be generated automatically from info stored with my user profile within WordPress. Unfortunately WordPress does not by default store all the information I wanted to display as part of the user profile.

Initially when I setup the author page, I used the Cimy User Extra Fields plugin to get those extra fields; however in the words of Lord Downey, “It, uh … lacked elegance.” Don’t get me wrong, Marco Cimmino has created a very powerful and useful plugin. My problem is that it’s too complicated for what I want to do. Then almost as though the WordPress developers read my mind, the release of WordPress 2.9 included a new filter making it simple to add/remove new fields to the user profile page. So easy in fact that the following bit of PHP code added to my theme’s function.php file was all that was required to add the fields I needed. Read more

Help the Powers

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life

On Sunday, while Shawn Powers and his family were at church their house burned down. While his family was safe; they lost all their pets to the fire. Shawn works for as the Technology Director for a school district in Michigan, sidelines as an Associate Editor at Linux Journal and is a pretty funny guy. The kind folks at Linux Journal have started a ChipIn fund to help Shawn and his family get back on their feet. If you’ve got some spare change in your PayPal account; please think about dropping some of it there. Thanks!