My buddy Jeremy Bingham, CTO for Daily Kos, just released a new caching patch called mod_mcpage for lighttpd. He can describe it better than me… read his post about it on Daily Koz.
WordCamp PDX
Well WordCamp PDX came and went. It truly was a whirlwind for me. I stayed at my old friend Mikey’s house on Friday night and of course we stayed up late. And of course WordCamp had to start at eight in the freaking morning! Thankfully it wasn’t in downtown Portland so parking wasn’t an issue at all. CubeSpace was ground zero for WordCamp PDX.

Simple customization of WordPress Sidebar Login Plugin
I came across this great WordPress plugin yesterday called Sidebar Login. Like the name says, it lets you place a login form in your WordPress sidebar so you can bypass the typical WP login screen. I thought the plugin would be a nice addition to a site I’m finishing up at work. Here’s what it looks like on my site:
SQL Buddy: A MySQL admin utility
While browsing through my RSS feeds last week I came across a post over at WebResourcesDepot about this really slick MySQL admin utility called SQL Buddy. It’s written in PHP and Ajaxed to the max! And it’s free! Needless to say I downloaded and tested it out immediately.
MySQL Administrator on Mac OSX Leopard: A Few Tips and Tricks
I mentioned in my previous article I’d show a couple of MySQL Administrator tricks so here goes. Many programmers like to use Terminal to do all MySQL administration tasks. It’s a great skill to have and one that can be picked up pretty easily and quickly when you get comfortable working with MySQL. I prefer to do everything visually so I can actually see what I’m doing. There’s no right or wrong way but a lot of advanced tasks require work in the Terminal. However GUI tools are perfect for everyday administration tasks.
