I’m well satisfied with Ulf Petterson’s excellent WordPress theme, Modern, but for one thing: at 419px, the main content column is just too narrow. Things just won’t fit: 500px-wide, medium-size photos from Flickr; quoted code snippets (unless you prune their line-lengths).
Well, Kevin McGuire worked out how to widen the main column by 100px. It turns out there are seven places in Modern’s stylesheet that need changing. Who’d have known? I widened my theme according to Kevin’s instructions and couldn’t be happier.
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Was I ever startled this morning when my browser asked if it should load the 93 tabs I’d had open last time. Now that’s officially way too many, perhaps even reason to worry! Time for a nice brainpeel so I can close this sucker.
Python web frameworks
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I stumbled onto a new text editor today, WriteRoom, that promises the simplicity of a typewriter:
WriteRoom is a full screen, distraction free, writing
environment. Unlike standard word processors that
focus on features, WriteRoom is just about you and your
text.
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[tags]wordpress,vim,tagging,markdown,python[/tags]
Only a certain kind of geek will delight in the following post.
I favor Vim for most of my text editing. I wanted to compose my WordPress entries with Vim, especially after finding a Vim syntax file for Markdown. Great! But how to post those entries into WordPress?
I found a way last night. A Berkeley student with the same itch, Kesava Yerra, wrote a Python Vim script that posts to WordPress. Supposing you've installed the Ultimate Tag Warrior plug-in for WordPress, his script even lets you tag your post. (An earlier version didn't have tagging.)
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I love extensions in Firefox. They add power and elegance. I've tried a bunch of them. These are the ones that've proven their worth.
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