http://www.roytanck.com Basically just a WordPress theme/plugin development playground Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:44:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just sold my Linksys WRT54G router on Marktplaats (a hugely popular second hand marketplace here in The Netherlands). It had been gathering dust or a few months, and I didn't think it deserved that after being my 'lifeline' for years. This router has been my single favorite piece of ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/07/17/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/ I use three computers, and it looks like I'll soon be adding a laptop into the mix as well. Google Browser Sync has been an essential tool for me for a long time now. It has kept my Firefox installs in sync, and has allowed be to continue working on ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/07/01/google-browser-sync-alternatives/ Dear Movie Industry, I love movies. I go to the cinema nearly every week, buy and watch lots of DVDs and occasionally catch a flick on TV. I also love high definition video, and now that the 'format war' is finally settled I'm looking into buying a Blu-Ray disc player. My ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/06/24/open-letter-to-the-movie-industry/ As an old school web designer, I consider myself to have a firm grasp of what pixels are all about. Back in the early 1990's I used to optimize the hell out of tiny graphics, manually editing colour palettes and using things like Floyd-Steinberg dithering. Maybe this is why I ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/06/19/upscaling-dvd-players-whats-the-point/ OK, i admit it. I'm probably the only person bothered by this. In the age of broadband where mobile phones browse the web at high speed, I'm probably a dinosaur for trying to keep movie file sizes down. But still. There still are people out there who browse the web ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/06/17/moving-to-as3-what-the-font/ Ziggo is a new cable company here in The Netherlands, that was formed when three major television providers (including mine) recently merged. They introduced their new philosophy in what is probably the worst-recieved TV commercial of the year, so they rubbed me the wrong way even before I had to ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/06/13/ziggo-support/ It's been five years since Matt released WordPress 0.7. I think it's quite an accomplishment that (and how) WordPress has managed to evolve into a very mature blogging solution with all the right features and no bloat whatsoever. I switched to WP (from Movable Type, like so many others) in ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/27/happy-birthday-wordpress/ I've been connected to my LAN through the air for a couple of years now, and I've had some pretty mixed experiences. My Linksys WRT54G router is a marvel, and has yet to fail me. The adapters I've used with my PC however have for the must part not been ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/27/cheap-wlan-adapter-trouble/ I've just uploaded a new version of WP-Cumulus. Version 1.03 attemps to fix compatibility issues, adds a widget, speed control and several other little things. See here for the changelog. Update With the help of Mujahid (and several others), I've been able to track down the cause of the "it kills my ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/19/wp-cumulus-update/ I've been getting a lot of questions about my WP-Cumulus WordPress plugin. Many people have asked my whether they can use the Flash movie in their own projects, and how to go about it. Well, here's how. When you download the plugin you'll find it consists of three files. The first, ... http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/19/how-to-repurpose-my-tag-cloud-flash-movie/