Common IT Answers
All work and no play makes IT a stress filled hell hole.
Failure of Imagination
It’s an accepted fact that all code will, at some point in time, break. The Open Source community is plagued with this problem, but it’s not endemic just of them. Software aging and rare conditions cause failure in all software.
Blocking IPs – Don’t
The short-short version of this is “No, I’m not going to re-write my plugins to BLOCK IP addresses. It doesn’t help.”
How the WordPress Upgrade Works
Every time WordPress upgrades, someone is going to bitch that WordPress ‘deleted’ their stuff. Guess what? It can’t.
Don’t Fear Wandering Off Topic
Bill Engvall’s wife commented that he wanders off topic, and sometimes you have to suffer through ‘Bad Weiner Day’, but eventually he’ll get to the point. The point here is that you shouldn’t be afraid to wander off topic.
My WordPress Scripts
Speaking of when to code… I get asked “If you don’t use the built in WordPress upgrade tool, how do you upgrade your install?” a lot. So… here’s how.