Chronicle the unexpected deaths of 3x Hans-G Hi-221DPB monitors.

• Got 3x Hans-G Hi-221DPB monitors back in December 2008.
• Use simultaneously for a 3x monitor system. Thus they each see the same usage.
• Happy for almost 3 years.
• One starts being flakey on power-up. The power light cycles through green-amber-off for 5-20 min until display activates. Annoying but livable.
• After a

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I recently had several of my monitors die…that is another post: variabledisaster.com/2012/01/26/hanns-g-hi-221dpb-monitor-death/

• Noticed that old or alternate monitors have a creamy haze instead of a sharp white.
• Remember that a common tip to handle fatigue is to look at bright light, preferably sun light.
• After replacing old monitor with new one that shows sharp white, noticed I had more energy,

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Developed as a replacement for the WP default editor.

• WHAT

• joshlobe.com/2011/10/ultimate-tinymce

• Not much more than TinyMCE Advanced (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tinymce-advanced) which has a better toolbar layout.
• Unless you need the extra image editing options, link editing options, emoticons, image maps, insert youTube, or other features
• … use TinyMCE Advanced instead. Review: variabledisaster.com/2012/01/15/review-wordpres-plugin-tinymce-advanced

• I submitted the feedback form and

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When I get the time:

• jetpack.me

• Actually a pack of plugins, many of which look useful. Review sooner than later.

Conclusion: FAIL but wait for updates.

• wordpress.org/extend/plugins/inline-editor/
• Creates corrupted graphics on WP Excerpts.
• Seemed slow but that could have been temp or my config.
• In the developers defense:

• It is version 0.7.6.
• They do request bug reports and help making the plugin better.
• I don’t have time to help them.

Description: Make it so that Posts in specific Category are ONLY viewable to specific User Groups. 

Conclusion: Role Scope.

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• WHY

• Add CMS functionality by allowing only specific User Groups to view and access certain posts.
• Hidden posts should be inaccessible to search engines, public visitors, and unspecified User Groups.

• Role Scoper : wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper

• Adds: Admin >

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“This plugin adds 16 plugins to TinyMCE: Advanced HR, Advanced Image, Advanced Link, Advanced List, Context Menu, Emotions (Smilies), Date and Time, IESpell, Layer, Nonbreaking, Print, Search and Replace, Style, Table, Visual Characters and XHTML Extras.”

• Praise

• Richer customizable toolbar.
• Does <table> in a better but still half-asked way than the default editor.
• Once you try it you will

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Wondering how best to monitor site traffic.

All traffic monitors I have worked with seem to always give WTF results. What gives? Shouldn’t this info be getting mature? When I play a tech expert, I can usually explain results using some reasonable tech jargon. But deep down I wonder if the data is really what it says it is.

• WHY

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This plugin enhancing the WordPress Search application.

Conclusion: Good. Should be considered core.

• http://www.relevanssi.com/
• Recommended by : http://managewp.com/5-features-that-should-come-as-standard-in-wordpress-and-how-to-get-them
• Hype: WordPress search done right. 
  • Better results for your users, which means happy users.
  • Better control over search results for you.
  • Better experience for both you and your users.
• First Impression:

• Extensive Settings page. Requires indexing. Modifies DB, lots of useful stats.

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9 Things I Hate

1. Browsers that display content over the web page.
• This is a fairly recent trend. Both IE and Chrome do it.  So far I find that both will over lap the bottom of the webpage with their own intrusive content.
• This kinda messes up web design when designing a fixed footer for a website.
2. Adobe Fireworks: Does

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I Hate:

1. Designing Responsive Website Layouts
• There are tons of shotgun tuts but nothing with a comprehensive  strategy. I guess I gotta do it myself again.
2. WordPress Editor: It deletes, changes, and inserts formating without control or undo.
• I’ve got to find a way to turn this off.
3. JetBrains PhpStorm v2: It is so slow, frequently. Open, wait 10min, start

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WordPress v3.3 is still pretty ugly in aesthetics and GUI. Over the weeks ahead, I plan to develop a new theme, grayWordPress, with a robust base of bells and whistles. I will also need to develop a new plugin, WordPressXS, which will allow WordPress core features to be toggled on/off.

Here are some of the grayWordPress features:

• Header Options:

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Template Requirements:

• Quick, free, responsive css.

Why I chose WhiteBoard (whiteboardframework.com/):

• Architecture: Less Framework, graceful degradation, widget/menu rich.
• FREE, open source.
• This article fulfills the attribution requirement.
• CSS files = 8+6+3 = 17kb.

What I need to do to make it work:

• Disable logo link on home page.: Already there.
• Remove+refactor .container.: Inconsistent context and complication.

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• Never enough time to do it perfect.
• Reboot the site for 2012. Moved hosting from ReadyHost to DreamHost.
• Develop it in real time.
• Content Expectations : Articles, Reviews, Tuts, Reference Tools, Downloadable Assets, code, fictional interviews.
• Gotta be responsive layout…NOT mobile. Mobile is too limiting.
• I am the owner, author, complainer. I prefer to remain madcream10 (anonymous) but I won’t

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