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Introductory Notes

Unless noted, any script written by me can be freely distributed and modified. I’m not too keen on providing support for these—so these are provided “as is”—but if you have questions or suggestions, email me at webmistress@irrsinn.net.

ASP Scripts

Migrate BlogWorks XML Comments to Wordpress
This little ASP script will migrate your BlogWorks XML comments into Wordpress. Trackbacks are disregarded, unfortunately, in part due to the fact that I didn’t have enough for them to be worth saving, and in part because I didn’t have the patience to attempt to pick apart the different types of “incoming” and treat each differently. To use this, extract the ASP file from the zip file and open it. At the top of the file you’ll find directions on what needs to be variables need to be set for individual installations; basically, if you’ve managed to stay hosted at an ASP provider and install Wordpress, you should probably be okay. Further information about the circumstances surrounding the creation of this script.
Remove extraneous paragraph markings in migrated BlogWorks entries
Using BlogWorks XML in conjunction with w.bloggar led to the presence of doubled opening and closing paragraph marks, as well as paragraph marks around lists. This script executes a series of SQL statements that cleans these up in a Wordpress installation. Directions for use are like the Comment Migrator, and are included in the ASP file. Further infomation on the circumstances surrounding the creation of this script.

PHP Scripts

Wordpress RSS feed, full entries with comments
This isn’t perfect—the comments to password-protected entries still show, for instance—but this a working RSS 2.0 feed example. Copy and save into a PHP file of your choice and place in your Wordpress directory. Link, and enjoy. Further information on the circumstances around the creation of this script. And the conclusion..

Non-scripts

Calculus I Project–Curve Fitting (pdf)
In Calc I at Rose-Hulman, my section of the course was asked to do a curve-fitting project, where we used second and third derivatives to make curves that fit like wine glasses or like circles at the bottoms of wine glasses. I also have a PDF of the Maple sheet my partner and I created.
Computer Architecture I Project, Final Report (pdf)
In this course, we designed and modeled a small instruction set for a multi-purpose processor. This is the final report of those endeavors.
Critters in a Box
This was a two-week, two person project for an Artificial Intelligence course taken in the fall of 2005. We attempted to model how small rodents might live if placed in a box with certain items dropped in by an omnipotent user. … Yes, it’s kind of silly, but it was fun to make.
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March 11th 2010
Tags: Music

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Awesome trumpets: no longer an oxymoron

Curt Ramm played with They Might Be Giants in Wednesday and last Friday's shows, and I'll admit, he's given me more than a little crush on the trumpet. I'm sure Greg will be jealous. I can't find much in terms of videos of him except for Bruce Springsteen ...
March 9th 2010
Tags: Linkage

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Quasi-daily linkage

10 Usability Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit - Nice and easy list to follow. I fixed a silly problem on my site this morning courtesy of the reminder. Clients From Hell : The client calls around 9 PM on a Saturday... - “[very angry] I am reading your email in ...
March 9th 2010
Tags: Techiness

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I’ll be damned – more WP trouble

I was fixing a webcomic issue on Greg's blog, and I'll be damned if from one minute to the next, it didn't suffer from an index.php injection, too. This is weird as hell. A bunch of spurious content appeared on his homepage, although clicking through to those posts ...
March 9th 2010
Tags: On Life and Love

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They Might Be Giants. Maybe.

I got to see them last weekend in Hotlanta, GA. Pretty good show, although it had a more "indie" feel than I was expecting. I guess Greg's idolization of them leads me to think of them as a fairly major/big-label group, which they aren't. They put on a good ...
March 2nd 2010
Tags: Techiness

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WordPress PHP injection?

I just found a creepy case of injection in my index.php file. I noticed this morning that my homepage was throwing a "headers already sent" message pointing to index.php, line 10 when it wasn't cached by Supercache. A reload of the page cleaned it up. But my ...