Easy way to add embed code to your site
If you want to embed from popular video sites, rather than copying and pasting embed codes, use oembed and the built int wordpress oembed functions.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_oembed_get
Call it from your template and it will create the embed code for you. The only drawback is that it may be slower.
Great wordpress video for beginners
Here is a little WP video to get beginners familiar with WP admin panel.
Pretty Date
Here is a cool little javascript that turns a javascript Date into a pretty string. It’s very useful for twitter
Piano arrived
The Privia 830 arrived today.
Installing this takes a little bit of patience but the instructions were clear and they included Styrofoam pieces that aid in the installation. Very clever. There were a couple of minor issues. A thin wood backing was cracked and a couple of places could have fit better but overall impression is that for under $800, this could not be beat. At first I was fearing that I would regret not buying the high gloss finish version ( cost $500 more ), but after putting this together, I think this is just as good if not better. Unlike the high gloss, this will not show fingerprints as much.
Converting single wordpress blog to network ( aka MU )
What should be simple took quite a while. There is really only way to do this, and that is from scratch.
1) Create an XML export
2) Rename your install and put it somewhere else
3) Drop the database, create a new one
4) Install WordPress
5) Follow the instructions for network install
6) Import your XML.
7) copy the upload directory from the old instance
