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Resident Advisor swooped in probably grabbed the best musician at the moment to do a Halloween themed mix for us, Fever Ray. I just don’t remember them contacting her since i’m her…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:39:24 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:20:12 -0400

WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release:

As you know over the past couple of months we have been working on the new features for WordPress 2.9. We have also been working on trying to make WordPress as secure as possible and during this…

Last.fm tags tube: Last.fm chart showing changes over time by...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:33:55 -0400

Last.fm tags tube:

Last.fm chart showing changes over time by genre. Compare to the one by artist (same timeframe)

Mad Science + Awesome! = New playground apps

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:33:49 -0400

Mad Science + Awesome! = New playground apps:

We’re thrilled to announce that the Last.fm Playground now has a brand new VIP zone. In this subscriber-only area we’ll showcase some of our fanciest ideas, visualizations, or plain weird…

Beer, Bike and Buds Ride @ Uncle Billy's TONIGHT!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:33:49 -0400

Beer, Bike and Buds Ride @ Uncle Billy's TONIGHT!:

Start: 10/19/2009 - 7:00pm

Y’all might not know about the new Monday ride in town. If the Heavy Metal Fitness ride is a bit beyond you, and you’re more looking for a cruise that involves beer,…

WordPress 2.9 Media Embedding

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:33:48 -0400

WordPress 2.9 Media Embedding:

As promised in my previous post on WordPress 2.9 features, this post will be a demonstration of the super easy media embeds coming in WordPress 2.9. What I find particularly interesting…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:03:24 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:40:40 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Changing the domain

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:29:03 -0400

Changing the domain:

Sometimes this happens, you’ve built the site and have to or want to change the domain it’s on. Or you did dev work on a different domain and now it’s time to go live.

The domain name is actually…

PHP $_SERVER variables are not safe for use in forms, links

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:47:49 -0400

PHP $_SERVER variables are not safe for use in forms, links:

A common security mistake I see WordPress plugin authors (and PHP coders in general) make is using $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] or $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] as the action of a form or part of an anchor’s

Timthumb workaround

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:28:41 -0400

Timthumb workaround:

Sometimes you have to use a theme that has timthumb deeply integrated. And sometimes when you use a theme like this and you’re using WordPressMU and you’re also using the Sitewide Tags plugin to…

When “woman” means “short”

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:28:41 -0400

When “woman” means “short”:

Sociological Images has a great post about product design gone wrong due to stereotypes. Lisa writes that Moto Guzzi motorcycles have created a “lady seat” (I kid you not; that’s what they…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:50 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dubstep Essential Mix by Guardian Part II

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:17:52 -0400

Dubstep Essential Mix by Guardian Part II:

Cover Art by Alex Cornell

Continuing our Dubstep Essential Series which has been exclusively for the blog we have part 2 from Guardian coming in at just over 54 minutes and about 37…