Author Archives: sidney
Even better than an original idea
Has anyone looked at the role of interdependence between species in Darwinian evolution as being similar to autocatalytic processes that are conjectured to be the basis for pre-biotic evolution? Looking at what Google has to say: (search for autocatalytic interdependent … Continue reading
WordPress 1.5.1.3 security upgrade
So many security upgrades, so little time…
OzWin and Tapcis
I have begun setting up a web site for OzWin for refugees from the late lamented OzWin Forum on CompuServe. That site will have information and downloads. The community will continue in our own section in the Tapcis Forum. If … Continue reading
WordPress 1.5.1.2 security upgrade
I was just about to post a belated note about upgrading to WordPress 1.5.1.1 when I noticed that there is a security upgrade to WordPress 1.5.1.2. It appears to be a one line patch, so what I’m actually running right … Continue reading
WordPress upgrade
I’ve upgraded WordPress to version 1.5.1. It was as easy as the installation instructions make it out to be. The only extra step was running my script that sets all the file permissions for secure PHP operation, as described in … Continue reading
Safe mode and WordPress registration mail
WordPress failed to send email, such as when registering a name or trying to retrieve a password. The problem turned out to be in the wp_mail function in wp-includes/functions.php. It takes an optional argument $more, which it passes on to … Continue reading
Theme Switcher Shim plugin now obsolete
It appears that the author has updated Theme Switcher Plugin to version 1.1 and now includes the functionality I put into Theme Switcher Shim Plugin. So I’ll see if I can delete the shim from the Plugin Manager database. I … Continue reading
[DokuWiki | blikithoughts]
This post is an experiment with the WordPress dwBliki plugin and a rambling about blog/wiki integration in general. Even though the title and categories make it look like one of the DokuWiki entries, I’m creating it in WordPress. I’ve seen … Continue reading
[DokuWiki | start]
[[start]] ported by dwBliki from DokuWiki I have just installed [[http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki|DokuWiki]] and the strangely named [[http://www.ezpdo.net/blog/?p=26|dwBliki]] plugin that makes DokuWiki a WordPress plugin. As I have no idea how a bliki is supposed to work, I’m creating this wiki page … Continue reading
Theme Switcher Shim plugin
Here’s a plugin that lets the themes in the Theme Contest repository work with the Theme Switcher plugin you find in Plugin Manager. Continue reading