I'm a backer of the Veronica Mars kickstarter campaign. As one of my first backings, I was a bit overwhelmed by the options, but settled on th $35 level so that I'd be guaranteed a digital copy a few days after the theatrical release. You've probably heard how much of…
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Jeffrey Meagher
Enabling ImageMagick on MAMP Pro 2.2
Not a terribly easy task, but eventually I got ImageMagick to work with MAMP Pro 2.2 with PHP 5.5.3. Here's a few steps. Brew never worked for me, so I used MacPorts instead. Follow the steps to install MacPorts Install ImageMagick with sudo port install ImageMagick Install…
WordPress Theme Breaking Plugins like The Event Calendar
I've been working with a wordpress theme from ThemeForest.net and ran into a most peculiar issue. I don't claim to be a WP guru or anything, but the theme stopped working correctly by not showing all the featured articles on the home page. I got an error that looked…
Setting up Ghost on a MediaTemple DV4
After backing Ghost on Kickstarter and getting my copy of it (Yes, I know it's been released to the public already), I thought I'd share how I got it all set up and running on my MediaTemple DV4.0. Actually wasn't that difficult. Step 1: Install Node.js I followed…
So I Bought this Piano...
As a refinishing project, I picked up this piano from a free ad on craig’s list. It’s a B. Shoninger upright grand piano. Looking at it’s finish, it’s all crackly. The patents inside on the sound board say things such as “Mar. 12. 78″, and “Feb.…
An upgrade from cakePHP 2.2 to 2.3 with DebugKit
For my latest project, ParentApprovedSchools.com, I was lucky enough to do a fresh install of cakePHP 2.3. And with that, I found the handy-dandy plugin called DebugKit right there in the cakePHP install directions. So I gave it a try. It's pretty much amazing. Clients that see the…