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By Matthieu, 2012-04-01 02:19

Some photos taken on a walk 3 weeks ago (March 11, 2012). We hit 15 C that day, and thought it was warm. Little did we know temperatures would reach the upper 20s soon afterwards, then drop back to the “normal” seasonal range.

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By Matthieu, 2012-03-20 11:01

Quick way to display a “Category archive” as a page in WordPress

1. In your wp-content/themes folder, copy the “category.php” file to “template-categorypage-categoryname.php”.
2. Edit the template-categorypage-categoryname.php.

1. Add

   <?php /** * Template Name: CategoryName Category page

   <?php /** * Template Name: CategoryName Category page

   to the top of the page.

2. After the first

   ?>

    tag, add

   <?php query_posts('cat=[categoryid]&posts_per_page='.get_option('posts_per_page')); ?>

   <?php query_posts('cat=[categoryid]&posts_per_page='.get_option('posts_per_page')); ?>

   Where [categoryid] is your WordPress numeric category ID.

3. Create a new page and choose the template “CategoryName Category page” from the page attributes sidebar widget.

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By Matthieu, 2012-03-07 11:17

Anti-Graffiti: Canada Post is doing it right.

Old news, I know. But I just noticed that the “random” postal code distribution in fact favours the jolly old man in red.

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By Matthieu, 2012-01-30 23:39

Play the music and watch the .gif.

Found on two separate tumblr blogs today in my dashboard.

Image via fromme-toyou

Audio via dailycommunity via samweed

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By Matthieu, 2012-01-30 17:18

Found this info somewhere on the Web… Don’t remember where exactly.

Anyway:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
    <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
    <service>
        <type>_smb._tcp</type>
        <port>445</port>
    </service>
    <service>
        <type>_ssh._tcp</type>
        <port>22</port>
    </service>
    <service>
        <type>_sftp-ssh._tcp</type>
        <port>22</port>
    </service>
    <service>
        <type>_device-info._tcp</type>
        <port>0</port>
        <txt-record>model=iPhone3,1</txt-record>
    </service>
</service-group>

You can change iPhone3,1 to any Mac identifier to change the icon. For example MacBook1,1 is a white MacBook or MacBookPro5,2 is an aluminum MBP.

Bonus info: To correctly display and have WP-Syntax highlight XML code, use

<pre lang="xml" escaped="true">

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/other_notes/

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By Matthieu, 2012-01-23 17:41

I’ve seen these all over xda, figured I’d have some fun and make my own.

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By Matthieu, 2012-01-19 11:01

A nice explanation of EDGE/3G/4G/HSPA/LTE

Network Symbols Explained

*As I’ve only had AT&T, I can only speak for how it is with them.*

Firstly, AT&T stock LTE phones always showing 4G is a lie. It will show 4G wether you have HPSA or HPSA+. Technically 4G doesn’t even exist. It’s a marketing gimmick.

According to AT&T here is how the symbols work:

• E(dge): GSM – The slowest of the slow.
• 3G: HSPA or UMTS – High Speed Pack Access and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
• 3G(+): HSPA+ – An upgrade to the HSPA protocal. This is your average network.
• 4G: HSPA+ – Tower upgrade. Enhanced backhaul. (essentially the same tech as 3G+)
• 4G LTE: LTE – Long Term Evolution. On LTE you should typically expect speeds no less then 20mbps.

If you are using the RumRaider ROM (as of 1/3/’12) your symbols will appear as:

• E – E
• 3G/3G+ – 3G
• 4G – H
• 4G LTE – 4G

via General Knowledge Thread – xda-developers.

Bell/Telus/Sprint/Verizon also operate an older 3G network using CDMA2000 technology. 1x, EV-DO and 1xEV refer to CDMA2000 extensions for enhanced data.

Gotta love when marketing brings “technical” terms to the masses.