http://almostdaniel.com a pretty big deal since 1977. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From our director of Purchasing: DO NOT CREATE ANY REQUISITIONS ON MONDAY JUNE 30. Any requisition created on June 30 will be canceled by Purchasing and you will need to recreate it on July 1 with new year funds and your name will be removed from the book of life. http://almostdaniel.com/2008/06/25/end-of-year/ I just returned from the 2008 Portlets and Consortium conferences for the CampusEAI Consortium. I participated in three presentations (more on that later), stood up and talked a lot, and showed how Wii bowling both helps and hurt you when you go to a real bowling alley. http://almostdaniel.com/2008/05/30/portals-identity-and-user-experience/ Gravatars – Globally Recognized Avatars – may be the coolest thing since MU*s. Yes, I'm showing my age. I was a text-only geek. It's how I learned to roleplay. It's how I learned to program/code. It's how I had my first social-networking interaction via the internet. This was back in ... http://almostdaniel.com/2008/05/15/gravatars/ It's official. FormPress is now live at wordpress.org. http://almostdaniel.com/2008/04/06/im-a-real-boy-er-plugin/ The second update for the beta of FormPress has been released. This version introduces a new "Required Fields" feature as well as many maintenance updates. http://almostdaniel.com/2008/04/03/formpress-02-released/ http://almostdaniel.com/2008/03/24/1/ Daniel with Heather Armstrong Originally uploaded by poortvld I am at sxsw interactive. This is my second year. This conference gives me the ideas and the energy to try and make a place for myself in the web industry. This is Day Two, ... http://almostdaniel.com/2008/03/09/all-i-want-is-to-eat-your-brains/ In mainstream culture, the term hacker has a negative connotation. It is a synonym for a person who commits computer crimes, usually by breaching security systems. The hacker community prefers to bestow the name hacker to highly skilled programmers who are admired for ingenious and clever uses of technology and ... http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/ Even though the United States is woefully behind other nations when it comes to residential broadband connections, the number of homes with high-speed connections has been growing at an impressive rate. In 2003, broadband usage grew by over 25% in just six months. That trend has continued as the cable and ... http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/wi-fi-piracy/ Yes, I know. Five+ years of development. An approach to open-source content management that is at the same time refreshing and inspired. One of the top blogging tools in the world. And now, WordPress processes my forms for me. Preempting Genius The WordPress Plugin API provides hooks into the execution of its code ... http://almostdaniel.com/2007/11/21/turning-wordpress-into-a-fancy-form-processor/