http://blog.19clicks.com Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:07:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For some unknown and presumably bizarre reason, WordPress refuses to save any post I compose that contains the word "s-e-l-e-c-t". In order to write this post, I had to insert dashes. If I take out the dashes and try to save, I get a blank post.php page. ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2009/01/02/i-tried-to-save-my-wordpress-post-and-all-i-got-was-this-blank-postphp-page/ I recently acquired a USB 3G modem from AT&T, in the hopes that it would allow me to work pretty much anywhere with minimal fuss. Now that I'm officially freelancing I'm dying to get out of the house, but don't want to have to worry about where I'm going ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2008/11/19/running_att_usbconnect/ The quick guide to buffing up your Joomla 1.5 RSS feeds. First of all, do the things it says to do in these 10 Simple Steps to Joomla RSS. Namely, install RD-RSS, add feeds, set up Feedburner. To turn on HTML, you're going to need to edit the RD-RSS source code. The ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2008/07/24/give-your-joomla-15-rss-some-html-lovin/ My posts on this site will be even fewer and farther between than usual through August, as I am cycling across the US in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  I have another blog for this excursion because, well, the more blogs the merrier. http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/06/30/hiatus/ Nice when you're using URLs in a bunch of different places that differ only by a parameter or two. <c:url value="http://www.google.com" var="my_google_link"><c:param name="query" value="lookforit" /></c:url> <c:url value="my_google_link" var="my_new_google_link"><c:param name="pagenum" value="5" /></c:url> <c:out value="${my_new_google_link}" escapeXml="true" /> This results in: http://www.google.com?pagenum=5&query=lookforit Note that using escapeXml in your <c:out /> has the added benefit of giving you some ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/05/08/add-a-parameter-to-a-jstl-after-creation/ Today I was merrily (for at least the first 2 minutes) trying to get a little script to run correctly in Internet Explorer. Naturally, I had done all of my development on my trusty MacBook, testing it in Firefox. I'd played with it a bit in Safari and Camino, both ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/04/02/ie-javascript-peculiarity-likely-the-first-of-many-posts/ Deleting spam comments gets old, fast. Although Typo was nice, it didn't deal well with the Viagra ads. So, here I am. Sorry about all the RSS reposts. http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/03/23/im-on-wordpress/ They said it was impossible, (and I’m pretty sure that for $0, it is impossible). Google Calendar (specifically, the Google Apps for My Domain version) synced over the air to a Blackberry. I’m here to tell you the good news. There’s hope, and it comes with a 15 day ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/03/22/20-google-calendar-for-my-domain-to-blackberry-sync-over-the-air/ Last week I cracked open my piggybank, gave my morals the day off, and bought a Blackberry used on eBay. It will replace my xv6700, which I love dearly, except for the part where it runs Windows Mobile 5. I hate that part. I also detest the ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/03/15/http-error-406-why-the-new-blackberry-you-just-bought-on-ebay-wont-let-you-install-anything-cool/ This is how I pulled together my Java dev environment in Tiger. I started off pretty clueless, and what guidance I could find via Google was fragmented and/or out of date. So here’s my setup. If any of you experts out there have suggestions / corrections, please ... http://blog.19clicks.com/2007/02/07/how-to-set-up-eclipse-3-tomcat-5-5-ant-wtp-subversion-subclipse-mysql-spring-and-greenuml-in-os-x-10-4/