You asked for it...
Yeah, that is right, the good Dr. Bacchus uttered those fateful words...
"Hmm. I wonder what *I* would look like as a superhero."
As if I wouldn't rise to occasion and create something for him... Perish the thought! So here it is, the super hero alter ego of one Doctor Bacchus:
Hope you like it Bacchus!
January 29
Some new sounds from the old guy...
Yeah that is right, I am back at the whole "recording an album" thang, and this time I am going to release it under my real name!
This time I am working my jazz muscles, and trying to kick out some melancholy jams, and I must say that I am pleased with the way the sound is coming along. I still need to lay down the guitar tracks, but other than that I am pretty happy with this little experiment. So I was thinking, "Hey why don't I throw a snippet of one of my tunes up and get some feedback from the readers?"
So that is exactly what I am going to do. Here is the first of a series of snippets I will be throwing up for feedback purposes; feel free to download and listen to this little gem, and then for pete's sake give me some feedback in the comments of this post.
Here you go, the first minute three of Slow Remembrance. Hope you enjoy it and please let me know any praises/complaints.
Filter Content by Author, for WP 1.2+
Here is my updated hack to allow you to filter the front page of your blog by author if you have more than one as I do:
<?php
function author_list() {
global $tableusers;
$query = ("SELECT ID, user_nickname from $tableusers ORDER BY user_nickname");
while ($data = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
echo "<a href="".$blog_file."?author=$data[0]">$data[1]</a> ::<br />n";
} ?>Place this in your my-hacks.php file and then place the function call <? author_list() ?> in the page where you would like to have this list displayed and that is it. If you would like to have a text file of this to download, you can find it here (if you are using Safari, you won't see the code, just save the file). And remember this code is realeased under the same license that is in use on this site, so use it accordingly.
Last (n) comments, for WP 1.2+
Here is the updated hack that lists the last (n) number of comments to your front page, version .03:
<?php
function last_comments() {
global $tableposts, $tablecomments;
$query = ("SELECT ID, post_title, comment_author, comment_date, comment_id
FROM $tableposts, $tablecomments WHERE
$tableposts.ID=$tablecomments.comment_post_ID ORDER BY
$tablecomments.comment_date DESC LIMIT 5");
while ($data = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
echo stripslashes("$data[2]<br /><a href="".$blog_file."?p=$data[0]&c=1#comment-$data[4]">$data[1] ::<br /><br />\n");
} ?>Insert that in your my-hacks.php file and place the function call <? last_comments() ?> in the page where you would like this to show up.
Changes since version .02 of the hack:
- Cleaned up the syntax
- Added the Comment ID to the URL string so you actually go to the comment that you were clicking on, and not just the top of the comment list.
If you would like to download this as a text file you can find it here (if you are using Safari, you won't see the code, just save the file). And remember this code is realeased under the same license that is in use on this site, so use it accordingly.
Into the great beyond...
Well in around 5-10 minutes my wife and I will be packing into her parents car and heading to Georgia for a family get-together.
This gathering will be a welcome break from work and a good time for me to recharge; not to mention the fact that I have a new neice, and have as yet to meet her. I always enjoy my time with my oldest Brother-inLaw and his family but I am not a big fan of the trip from rural central Kentucky to Georgia. Luckily this time there will be enough drivers that it will be a little more tolerable.
Well that is it for now from me, I will be in and out of contact, digitally, so I don't expect much from me until Monday or Tuesday.Chris-Heather-Davis:~ chrisheatherdavis$ cd /United States/Georgia/Statesboro/
Chris-Heather-Davis:/United States/Georgia/Statesboro/ chrisheatherdavis$
[Process Completed]
See everyone on the flipside.
Excellent...
Here it is, what we have all been waiting for:
Finally the XServe has been updated to the G5. iLife has been updated with new version numbers for three of its apps, and the inclusion of a new app, GarageBand. I can't say enough about this app, in the demo Steve Jobs had John Mayer come out and help him. The most impressive bit was at the end when Mayer laid down a guitar track live to finish off a composition and they then played it back, it was incredible.
Of course iTunes was refreshed with support for GarageBand built in; you can now export your finished track from GarageBand, straight into iTunes. That was impressive.
iPhoto and iDVD were updated with welcome refinements and new features as well.
And here is the icing on the cake:
That is it for now.
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