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Here’s a PHP function that can send messages to any user on a vBulletin forum. I wrote it because somebody asked me if I could help with their code and I figured it would be easier to write it from scratch. Also, I predict it will be […] Continue Reading…

Some time ago I made a Firefox extension that would let you easily search any site you had open. The addon, while not hugely popular, has received some favorable comments and is still actively used by some.

Today someone who identified hirself simply as nettrotter submitted a bookmarklet that […] Continue Reading…

I’ve noticed there is a cycle of information creation and information consumption. When I run out of ideas I can’t simply sit there and wait for some bright thought to pop into my head – ex nihilo nihil fit. I start going on walkabouts, playing with things and looking […] Continue Reading…

It’s a plugin that measures the performance of other plugins. Well, at least in theory. After several days of intermittent and furious development the plugin is more of a glorified hack, or rather an amalgam of hacks, that provides a myriad of details and slightly-inaccurate summaries about the inner […] Continue Reading…

Lets talk about that plugin-related code you have to put in your theme files when you want to add something nifty to your blog, like a “Related posts” feature or AdSense ads. It occurs to me that most plugin authors have been handling this the same way – you […] Continue Reading…