EDIT: WordPress.org plugin usage statistics shows the following chart: All users are strongly encouraged to update to the latest version (1.2.7 at the moment of writing this post). The code is cleaner, there is more information regarding MySQL and the phpMyAdmin codebase gets cleaned up and updated for speed, performance and HTML validity. Obviously you need to have direct access to your database, which requires a self-hosted blog (learn how to switch from Wordpress.com to your own domain...

I’ve always sucked at date/time calculations using PHP or MySQL. This changed a while ago when I broke the ice with a Facebook-style function for calculating time diferrence in a friendly way. Today, I had to calculate past dates using 2 separate date and time columns. MySQL uses NOW() to output a date format such as "2011-03-10 14:30:00". My date...

I just updated my Firefox today, as version 4 just popped up. First impressions are not favourable. The “Open Link in New Tab” context menu item has been switched with the “Open Link in New Window”, just like Google Chrome and recently released Internet Explorer 9. While this may be seen as a consistency move with all browsers, I was...

Japan has been put to great trial these weeks. Here’s part 4 of a series of photos from Japan earthquake and tsunami. Photos sources: US Environmental Protection Agency Het Belang Van Limburg Reuters DigitalGlobe

Japan has been put to great trial these weeks. Here’s part 3 of a series of photos from Japan earthquake and tsunami. Photos sources: US Environmental Protection Agency Het Belang Van Limburg Reuters DigitalGlobe