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WordPress plug-in hacks

I’ve been meaning to post this ever since I transitioned to the new blog.

I’ve already explained in another post the frustrations I have with regards to the approach of WordPress plugins 1 How “snobbishly self-contained they tend to perform, etc.

This post however is to assert that despite all these “limitations” there is one developer that seems to have found an awesome workaround – and if people just get on board with his plugin architecture, most of the “silly issues” plaguing WP plugins could be solved.

So yeah, I guess this post is more of an evangelical one to [hopefully] give more exposure to Mr. Rob Marsh SJ and his extremely versatile Post-Plugin Library. Read More

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LX3 Firmware Upgrade

About half a month ago, a lot of photography sites jumped the gun and announced the availability of a new firmware version for the popular LX3. They did say it was slated December 15, but honestly, that’s useless info.

Firmware upgrades are hardly the kind of things that people “anticipate” unless they’re finally released. There would’ve been no difference if they just informed users today.

It’s the 15th in most parts of the world by now (16th here in the Philippines); at least they kept their word. And you gotta love the Japs for their engrish!

The upgrade is available here. Enjoy 😉

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Are you happy?

Here’s another one of those “Manual to my life” posts. This entry in particular explains (in part) why I have a generally “positive” disposition – despite having the same (or probably even more difficult) challenges in life just like any other person.

It doesn’t have anything to do with being “happy” or “positive” – but the simple fact that I refuse to be “negative.” What do I mean when I say that? Read on…

I don’t like people who complain. Well that’s not really true; I embrace everyone’s mystery 🙂

But if you want to test my patience, then the quickest way to get me going is to complain – bonus points if you try to spin it in such a way that you’re kawawa – if you’re lucky enough; I might just decide to step in and beat you with a stick – and I think people will agree that you don’t want to be at the business end of that stick (oh wait, depends what “stick” we’re talking about hehehe). Read More

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Why didn’t I think of this sooner!?

So I was giving myself a hard time by manually adding .htaccess match conditions whenever there was a 404 (file not found) error reported 1 which was related to the old permalink formats I used in my MovableType days.

I realized just how much of an idiot I was when I could’ve used regular expressions. As such, I was able to replace all of them with just these five lines of code:

RedirectMatch permanent ^/blog/archives/(.*)/([0-9]{4})_([0-9]{2})_([0-9]{2})(.*)\.php$ http://nargalzius.com/blog/archives/$2/$3/$4
RedirectMatch permanent ^/blog/archives/(.*)/index_([0-9]{4})\.php$ http://nargalzius.com/blog/archives/$2
RedirectMatch permanent ^/blog/archives/(.*)/index_([0-9]{4})_([0-9]{2})\.php$ http://nargalzius.com/blog/archives/$2/$3
RedirectMatch permanent ^/blog/archives/(.*)/index_([0-9]{4})_([0-9]{2})_([0-9]{2})\.php$ http://nargalzius.com/blog/archives/$2/$3/$4
RedirectMatch permanent ^/blog/archives/([a-z]{1,})($|/$) http://nargalzius.com/blog/archives/category/$1

Let’s break them down shall we? Read More

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Best. Wedding. Ever.

I have a feeling that the wedding 1 or more appropriately: reception we attended yesterday will be featured in the newspapers or magazines – it was quite a surreal experience – enough for me to blog about; well, plus of course the bride is practically family.

This post is for the girls, because I just know how you love talking about this sort of stuff, and let me tell you, as a guy, even I have the urge to share it with you… it was that good! This reception, has got to be the best I’ve been to.

It was the reception ceremony/party of the Litton-Garrido nuptials, held in Le Pavillon. Charissa (Issa) is a family friend, and I’m here to pimp the awesomeness of her party to everyone. You heard it here first (I hope).

I wouldn’t want to be the one to divulge the budget they had for this, but let me just say; there’s a “magic number” women talk about in context of wedding expenses… and if anyone’s wondering exactly how much that could get you… then look no further!

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⇡1 or more appropriately: reception