Ryan Sholin

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  • New feature: View all comments by a reader

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    Just turned on this WordPress plugin and I like it. Find a post with comments, then look for the “View all posts by so-and-so” link. Inspired by Jonathan Snook. [UPDATE: Months later, this post is getting traffic from a Related Posts link right now, so I’ll point out that I turned this plugin off pretty…

  • Unexpected browser/resolution combinations

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    I’ve been tweaking the design of this site, doing less and less testing in IE6, but yesterday I saw something I hadn’t thought of. Wish I had a picture, but you’ll have to imagine it for now: Some editors and page designers keep their monitors oriented vertically, instead of horizontally. Combine that with IE6, and…

  • Ten WordPress plugins that make this look easy

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    In honor of Daniel’s Blogger break-up, here are 10 WordPress plugins I use and recommend: Ultimate Tag Warrior: Does a lot more than build that ugly/hot/buzzwordy tag cloud over on the right, it gives search engines a leg up on knowing what you’re writing about, which makes it easier for people to find you. Then,…

  • So what the heck is an Inkling, and why should it be Invisible?

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    So I’ve made some changes around here. If you only read via RSS, now might be a nice time to click through and check it out. First, a caveat, which is that the redesign is ongoing, and little things like colors and spacing and styles for some of the little features here and there are…

  • Incoming search phrase of the week

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    This one came from Google.  Drumroll please… “ideas for baseball handshakes” Actually, that’s not a bad idea. I was never much of a forearm-smash kind of guy myself.

  • Work in progress, nothing to see here

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    The redesign I’ve been working on for this blog is coming along. I’m going to screw around with it a little live on the site, so don’t be alarmed if things start breaking or falling from the sky header.

  • Reinvent one thing at a time

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    I’ve had an exciting week. Talking to profs and students at the AEJMC convention really lit the proverbial fire under my ass, and I’ve been able to get started on a database (Okay, so it’s just a spreadsheet at the moment.) that will be the kernel of my thesis data. Meanwhile, I put together a…

  • This is only a test

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    Just a quick check of the MySQL databases here to make sure everything’s in order after a little server upgrade.

  • Possible downtime this weekend

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    For those of you who keep the pointer perched over the refresh button to keep up with my rapid-fire postings, take note: some sort of server upgrade might cause this page to go dark tonight and/or tomorrow. I know, I know, it’s hard, but you’ll be okay. Both of you.

  • The internship that shall not be named

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    Yeah, so I’m not writing about my internship. Not sure if that seems right or wrong yet, but I think I’ll stick with that decision. I’ll probably post a debriefing when it’s over, and I still reserve the right to some subtle self-promotion when I make the front page, but it just seems, well, unsubtle…