Markdown

I’ve got the PHP Markdown plugin installed, which is helpful in formatting code. I haven’t used it too much yet; it may interact with my otherwise preferred formatting options. The general reference to the syntax of markdown can be found at daringfireball.

Excluding Category from Main Page in WordPress

I’ve added the following custom code that I found on Zeo’s blog.  It gets added to the functions.php section of the theme being used (Theme Functions) for the blog.  Which obviously will require it to be updated each time I change the appearance of the blog.  But it’s simple.  I found a relatively complicated plugin … Read more

Bad Analysts at Ars Technica

Ars Technica has an Apple-specific blog. Recently one of the authors provided some analysis of iPhones and netbook rumors. But it’s weak. I don’t really expect more from Ars Technica; I think they promote themselves as more professional than their actual comportment reveals. The article’s lede includes self promotion, and questionable attribution. Last month, I … Read more