Recently, while trying to get all the resources in place ahead of the project launch for Shopp I ran across an issue integrating WordPress with MediaWiki. I did a heavy amount of research on the problem and found things more or less at a standstill. The bad news is, I didn’t find a magic solution. The good news is, I did find something. continue

I was going to make this a reply, but the scale of the problem really seems to deserve it’s own post to drive a new discussion. As mentioned before, I went back to the drawing board to rework the product editing interface to more completely handle product options. Here’s an update with what I’ve come up with. continue

I love MooTools. I’ve never been one to jump on bandwagons (like frameworks). I always hand-rolled my own JavaScript behaviors. Many months ago now, I decided to give a JavaScript framework a whirl so I began taking a look at what was available. After having reading numerous opinion posts on other blogs, visiting the actual frameworks’ sites and reviewing pros and cons of each, I finally settled on MooTools. As seems to be the case a lot lately, I feel like a giddy nerd arriving late to the party. continue

And I thought life couldn’t get any busier. [Inserts foot into mouth.] This is just a reminder that whatever the state of things, it can always get more extreme than you can imagine. It also brings to mind that when ‘things’ are already at an extreme, it doesn’t take much added extreme-ism-ness to make it feel completely overwhelming. continue

I’ve been putting together a quick reference guide to MySQL for some upcoming projects and thought that it was handy enough others might find it useful. When I went looking for some good references I was surprised to only find a handful of options and none of them alone had all the information I wanted at my fingertips. So, I figured, it would be worth it to spend the time to create my very own super-uber-ultimate MySQL reference. And now, I’m giving it to you… my lucky readers! continue